News and events from the research group

Successful completion of the workshop on the topic "Ordinary Infrastructures" in Dakar

After five intense days full of new impressions, the workshop in Dakar came to an inspiring conclusion.

Workshop in Dakar on the topic "Ordinary Infrastructures – African Articulations of Urban Infrastructures beyond the Other"

An interdisciplinary roundtable workshop entitled "Ordinary Infrastructures" addresses urban infrastructures in African cities.

Roadside stalls selling plastic jerry cans in the Kariokor area in Nairobi

New publication by Raffael Beier

This article looks at the relationship between affordable housing, finance and the state: What are motivations to intervene, the forms of financial…

Our research group welcomes visiting scholar Philipa Birago Akuoko from Ghana

Philipa Birago Akuoko is a human geographer from Ghana who will be conducting her research in our department over the next two years.

There is a market in the global south. There are people walking around with goods on their heads, balancing them

New publication by Sophie Schramm on the topic of awkward animals

The article addresses how wild boars and raccoons in Hagen and Wuppertal question existing orders of urban space.

Sophie Schramm publishes an article on the results of ICOLMA research

The article describes how differently migrants in the Ruhr region were affected by COVID-19 and what coping strategies they used.

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