Mission Statement
Urban Studies at the University of Basel starts from the premise that the world's most pressing urban and environmental challenges call not only for new ways of doing but for new ways of thinking. Imagining alternative futures means rethinking the present and the past. Instead of seeking to solve problems as they appear, we interrogate their historical making, their political unfolding, and the ways in which they are represented. We do so by approaching scientific expertise, intellectual constructs, and professional practices through the study of lived experience, in all its complexity and contradictions.
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Urban Studies
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Spalenvorstadt 2
4051 Basel
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 207 58 37
***We have moved***
Please note our new address from 1st July 2024:
Fachbereich Urban Studies
Department of Social Sciences
Hebelstrasse 3
4056 Basel
Switzerland
***Postal address remains the below (until 1st September 2024):
Fachbereich Urban Studies
Department of Social Sciences
Spalenvorstadt 2
4051 Basel
Switzerland
News
Events
22
Nov 2024
16:15
- 18:00
Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, HS-101
Organizer:
Urban Studies
Events,
Guest lecture / Talk,
Lecture series
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (Howard University): Lagos Life: Streets, Maps, History (Carl Schlettwein Lecture 2024)
06
Dec 2024
16:15
- 18:00
Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, HS-101
Organizer:
Urban Studies
Public event,
Lecture series
Jacob S. Dlamini (Princeton University): Belongings: South Africa and the Search for History
12
Dec 2024
16:15
- 18:00
Urban Studies HS, Hebelstrasse 3, 4056 Basel
Public event,
Guest lecture / Talk,
Lecture series
