The hot talks are part of a 10-credit course called "Introduction to Urban Studies & Planning," The talks will cover a variety of burning issues in the fields of urban studies and planning. They will take place at 10 am on Mondays in a brand new USP space in Porthania (P114) on the City Centre Campus. Each lecture will be followed by a workshop with discussions and exercises.
HOT TALK TOPICS, autumn 2017
- BURNING SUBURBS, September 11th
Host of the day: Matti Kotteinen, Professor of Sociology
- OF LOGICS, DNA & NATURE, September 18th
Host of the day: Juanjo Galan Vivas, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
- HEL OF A CITY - URBAN REPRESENTATIONS, September 25th
Host of the day: Laura Kolbe, Professor of European History
- URBAN WITHOUT URBANITY, October 2nd
Host of the day: Anssi Joutsiniemi, Adjunct Professor of Emergent Design Methodologies
- SPIKY WORLD, October 9th
Host of the day: Henrik Lönnqvist, Urban Economics, Research Director/City of Vantaa
- “NOTHING HAPPENS” DISTRICTS, October 16th
Host of the day: Mari Vaattovaara, Professor of Urban Geography
- TRUMP IN A CITY, October 30th
Host of the day: Kauko Viitanen, Professor of Real Estate Economy
- NOT IN MY BACKYARD, November 6th
Host of the day: Kimmo Lapintie, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
- THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL, November 13th
Host of the day: Ramia Mazé, Professor of New Frontiers in Design
- DYSFUNCTIONAL URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, November 20th
Host of the day: Johan Kotze, Docent of Urban Environmental Ecology
- THE LONG NOW, November 27th
Host of the day: Idil Gaziulusoy, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Design
- PROGRAMMING VS. DRAWING, December 4th
Host of the day: Pia Fricker, Researcher/Architecture