27-28 August 2026
Uppsala University, Sweden
That’s a wrap for our seminar series funded by the Urban Studies Foundation, with “Art, advertising, and methods of surfacing the city” hosted by Tom Ward at Uppsala University.
Seventeen researchers and practitioners from around the world joined us in Uppsala for two days in August to discuss our shared empirical interest in urban surfaces and to consolidate our thinking around the main themes of the network: communication, governance, ecology, labour, materiality, and economy.
We were also lucky to welcome Axel Fremling, the Uppsala municipal buffer, for a presentation and a walk in the city.
Thank you to Tom for the super hosting and to all our participants:
Peter Bengtsen, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies, Lund University
Cecilia Brazioli, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, University of Milan
Marguerite Coetzee, PhD Candidate in Political Economy, University of Bristol
Siri Haavimb, PhD Candidate in Criminology, Stockholm University
Samuel Holleran, Research Fellow in Urban Design, RMIT University
Abigail Karas, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of St Andrews
Krystal Kehoe, MA Candidate in Professional Communication, Royal Roads University
Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Research Assistant in Architecture, University of Melbourne
Matt Ma, PhD Candidate in Architecture and Urbanism, Cardiff University
Caroline Millar, Associate Lecturer in English Literature and Creative and Professional Writing, Canterbury Christ Church University
Anne Wagner, Landscape Architecture Conservation Adovcate, Melbourne
David Pontille, Senior Researcher in Sociology, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Pati Starzykowski, Artist and PhD Candidate in Architecture and Design, University for the Creative Arts
Gerda Wielander, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Westminster
