Department of Social Sciences
Urban Studies
Hold on to your textbooks, folks! Our Program (aka Urban Studies and MSG Critical Urbanisms) has moved to our new HQ at Hebelstrasse 3, 4056 Basel.
Welcome Dipesh Chakrabarty for our Distinguished Lecturer position in Urban Studies
Open Call for Artists from Kenya & Switzerland
Kamĩrĩĩthũ Afterlives is a collaborative project to commemorate and reactivate this heritage and to support struggles and debates about social and environmental justice in Kenya today. Led by Kenny Cupers and Makau Kitata, it brings…
Don't forget, applications for a Fall 2024 start in the MA Critical Urbanisms program are still open.
Summer School 2024, co-organized by Critical Urbanisms, University of Basel, and the Visiting School programme of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Dr. Nancy Odendaal has been appointed as the new UCT-Unibas Professor of Urban Studies. She will take up her position on 1 August 2024.
The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Lecturer (37,5%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.
The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Ph.D. Position/Assistantship (60%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.
The University of Basel, Switzerland, Departement of Social Sciences invites applications for a Senior Lecturer (60-80%) in Urban Studies with the appointment scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.
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