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.
Featured Student Work
ALL STUDENT WORKS
*** Still quite a new address***
OFFICES
Fachbereich Urban Studies
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Hebelstrasse 3 (Offices)
4056 Basel
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 207 58 37
POSTAL ADDRESS
Fachbereich Urban Studies
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Petersplatz 1 (letters and parcels)
4051 Basel
Switzerland
News
Events
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): "The Archive Machine: The Truth Commission and the Archaeology of Apartheid"
12
Dec 2024
16:15
- 18:00
Urban Studies HS, Hebelstrasse 3, 4056 Basel
Public event,
Guest lecture / Talk,
Lecture series
