News and events from the research group
SPRING colloquium postponed to 4th of July 2024
The presentation by Newsha Salari takes place on 4th of July at 1:30 pm, in GBI, room 434
![Informal settlement Kliptown, Johannesburg, South Africa Informal settlement with small houses in Soweto, a district of Johannesburg 2020](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/b/a/csm_Johannesburg_2020_Kliptown_Soweto_informal_settlement_Raffael_Beier_private_a434615537.jpg)
Raffael Beier gives lecture at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Tübingen
As part of the G-TURN lecture series, he will give a guest lecture on "The Missing People of State-subsidized Housing" on 27 June 2024
![Tulu Dimtu, Addis Ababa metropolitan area, Ethiopia (2023) Street with so-aclled 'Condominiums' in the suburb of Tulu Dimtu, part of the Addis Ababa metropolitan area in Ethiopia](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/6/e/csm_Addis_Ababa_2023_Condominiums_Tulu_Dimtu_Raffael_Beier_TUD_d4f2306aa9.jpg)
new publication by Raffael Beier and Amandine Spire
In the context of resettlement, this article aims at conceptualising the relationship between the city and resettled citizens
![Casablanca, Morocco(2022) Housing in Casablanca, Morocco (2022)](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/3/f/csm_Casablanca_2022_Raffael_Beier_private_05df4a3e75.jpg)
Invitation to guest lecture by Geoffrey Payne on 12 December 2023
Housing and urban development expert Geoffrey Payne will give a guest lecture on tenure security and property rights
![Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa Several small huts in the area of Khayelitsha in Cape Town](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/9/0/csm_Cape_Town_2017_Khayelitsha_State_Housing_Backyard_Dwellings_Raffael_Beier_private_1f557f6517.jpg)
New commentary by Sophie Schramm
In the commentary, she takes a critical look at the term co-production
![Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Small residential buildings and a street in Soweto in Johannesburg](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/c/4/csm_Johannesburg_2020_Soweto_Housing_Infrastructure_Raffael_Beier_private_3f50e5d188.jpg)
Invitation to guest lecture by Andrea Pollio on July 2nd 2024
The assistant professor at Polytechnic of Turin gives a guest lecture on digital infrastructures in African cities
![Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya Junction next to a shopping mall in the Kilimani area in Nairobi](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/3/5/csm_Nairobi_2019_Yaya_Centre_Junction_Moritz_Kasper_private_cb7e6ad334.jpg)