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Welcome to the Institute for European Urban Studies (IfEU)!

The climate crisis, increasing social and spatial polarisation, and the deterioration of democratic decision-making processes are among the most critical challenges we are facing in the 21st century. Urban spaces are central to addressing these issues and others.

The Institute for European Urban Studies works and carries out research in the field of socio-environmental transformation, social
participation and heritage based on the principle of spatial justice. The Institute combines expertise in urban and spatial development, urban planning, and urban and rural life, focussing on – but not limited to – European regions. The Institute's work centres around dealing with these issues within the context of global processes, power relations, as well as researching sociological and ecologically just methods and
strategies.

The Institute for European Urban Studies was founded in 2004 as a research and teaching centre in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It acts as a space for dealing with questions concerning urban and rural spaces and their interrelationships within an international context and from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The Institute’s strength lies in its ability to interweave research and design approaches: The nine professorships associated with the Institute – Urban Planning, Spatial Planning and Spatial Research, Urban Studies and Social Research, Landscape Architecture and Planning, Design and Urban Architecture, Urban Design I, »Stadt Raum Entwerfen«, Conservation and History of Architecture, and European Cities and Urban Heritage – contribute to the development of research from various scientific perspectives and through different methodological approaches based on material,
social and discursive spaces.

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Published: 18 October 2019

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar calls for signatures on a commitment to an open society

»Courage, curiosity, confidence« is the title of commitment letter written by the university taking a stance against exclusion, discrimination and violence and for an open society and peaceful coexistence in a setting of diversity and freedom. More than 500 university members have already signed the initiative. The campaign has now also been opened up to non-university members.

Vastly different people from all over the world come together at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and collaborate in the development of ideas and solutions for the pressing issues of the modern world, extending beyond disciplinary borders. The signatories believe in the uniting power of a courageous agreement »to share this world with one another and to live together in a shared space and time with all our different ideas of what a successful life means«. 

The university therefore now encourages everyone to join the signature campaign and unite with a positive desire to strengthen and further develop free and democratic order. the campaign is aware of the associated difficulties and challenges, and is thus drawing on critically reflective knowledge accumulation, skills development, and curiosity and interest in solutions for a liveable, welfare-oriented society. 

You can join the list of signatories at the following link:

The full text of »Courage, curiosity, confidence: public commitment to an open society« is available here from July 2019.

Contact: 

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar press office

Email: presse[at]uni-weimar.de

Tel: +49 3643 / 58 11 71