[Kaupunkitutkimus] VL: INVITATION: International PhD School: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation, in Tampere 15-19 June 2025

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Lähettäjä: Riina Lundman (TAU) <riina.lundman at tuni.fi>
Lähetetty: tiistai 7. tammikuuta 2025 13.05
Vastaanottaja: Hanna Mattila; Toni Ahlqvist
Kopio: Sampo Ruoppila
Aihe: INVITATION: International PhD School: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation, in Tampere 15-19 June 2025

Hei ja hyvää alkanutta vuotta 2025!

Alla levitettäväksi kutsu Tampereella 15.-19.6. järjestettävään kansainväliseen PhD-kesäkouluun, jossa on teemana kaupunkisuunnittelu ja tulevaisuudentutkimus. Tämä voisi kiinnostaa Turun kaupunkitutkimusohjelman ja Tutun säpo-listalaisia, eli voitte jakaa kutsun listoilla ja/tai suoraan sopiville väitöskirjatutkijoille, jos koette sen relevantiksi. Haku kesäkouluun on auki 28.2. asti.

International PhD School 2025: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation | Tampere Urban Research Network for Sustainability - TURNS | Tampere Universities<https://research.tuni.fi/turns/news/international-phd-school-2025-urban-planning-for-discontinuity-and-radical-transformation/>

Yst. terveisin,
Riina Lundman / TURNS

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International PhD School - Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation


  *   15-19 June 2025, in Tampere, Finland
  *   International PhD School 2025 website<https://research.tuni.fi/turns/international-phd-school-2025/>
  *   See the full call text here: International PhD School 2025: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation <https://research.tuni.fi/turns/news/international-phd-school-2025-urban-planning-for-discontinuity-and-radical-transformation/>

The successful international PhD School organized by TURNS<https://research.tuni.fi/turns/> (Tampere University, FI) in collaboration with researchers from Radboud University<https://www.ru.nl/en> (NL) and Demos Helsinki<https://demoshelsinki.fi/> (FI) is back! We welcome applications for the 2025 edition of the event.

Theme

Urban planning shapes the future. Very often, though, planners fail to recognise varied types and uses of futures they deal with: futures as material continuities; futures as predictions reflecting data on the past; or futures as unexpected discontinuities and radical transformations. The 2025 edition of the PhD School Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation will focus in particular on future expectations, visions, and narratives which are either strategically designed or can be found embedded in disruptive technologies or contested social processes in cities. How can radical and unexpected narratives become effective?

Why to apply

The PhD School Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation offers an intellectual climate characterized by open debate and shared exploration, not least intended to help you develop your own PhD research further. The four-day programme consists of high-quality lectures by renowned academics from Europe and the U.S, seminar sessions, and urban excursions in Tampere, one of the most interesting and dynamic medium-sized cities in Nordic countries. We will reserve time to discuss each participant’s PhD project in small groups, led by experienced researchers.

Let us jointly explore how to make using the future in the present explicit in urban planning for transformation! 

Who can apply


  *   The PhD School is open to registered PhD students in Urban Planning, Futures Studies, Regional Studies, Transition Studies, Urban Sociology, Architecture, and related fields worldwide.
  *   There will be slots for c. 20 students in the PhD School.
  *   The PhD School entitles to get study credits equal to 3 ECTS.

How to apply

Please send the following documents via email to Riina Lundman (riina.lundman at tuni.fi<mailto:riina.lundman at tuni.fi>) by 28 February 2025.

Motivation letter in relation to the topic (max. 4 pages), including:

  *   Your personal information (name, e-mail address, field of study, university, country)
  *   A short introduction of yourself
  *   The working title of your PhD project
  *   A focused description of your PhD project
  *   How your PhD project is related to the topic of the PhD School
  *   CV (1 page, including possible publications)

Application deadline: 28 February 2025 (at 23:59 GMT)

Decisions will be made and successful applicants informed by 31 March 2025.

Fees and other costs

The PhD School is free of charge. The students are expected to pay their own travel and accommodation costs and have their own insurance. Unfortunately, we do not have financial support to cover these costs.

Responsible academics


  *   Panu Lehtovuori, Peter Ache and Aleksi Neuvonen
  *   Coordination: Riina Lundman and Anna Koskinen

For any questions, please contact TURNS Project Manager Riina Lundman (riina.lundman at tuni.fi<mailto:riina.lundman at tuni.fi>) (out of office until 12 January 2025).

See the full call text here: International PhD School 2025: Urban Planning for Discontinuity and Radical Transformation <https://research.tuni.fi/turns/news/international-phd-school-2025-urban-planning-for-discontinuity-and-radical-transformation/>

You can read more about the International PhD School 2024 here<https://research.tuni.fi/turns/international-phd-school-2024/>


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Riina Lundman
PhD, Project Manager
Tampere Urban Research Network for Sustainability (TURNS)
Tampere University, Finland
riina.lundman at tuni.fi<mailto:riina.lundman at tuni.fi>; +358504353702
https://research.tuni.fi/turns<https://research.tuni.fi/turns/>