THE RIGHT TO THE SURFACE IS THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
I gave my first keynote at the Cultural Geography symposium at the University of Melbourne on 2 July 2026. The title of my paper was "Walls speak. A research agenda for urban surfaces", and I presented some of my progress in thinking about surfaces.
We hosted our second in-person Urban Surfaces Research Workshop in sunny Nicosia, Cyprus: “Making and visualising surfaces in the city” ☀️
We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our online workshops in April, September, and November.
We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our two-day workshops in Nicosia, Cyprus and Uppsala, Sweden.
Are you a researcher or practitioner in the public or private sector whose work engages with urban surfaces? We are inviting expressions of interest to attend our 1.5-day workshop in Melbourne, Australia, on 3-4 December 2025.
I am thrilled to announce that the Urban Surfaces Research Network has been awarded an Urban Studies Foundation seminar series award for the project ‘Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces’.
We have established a research network on urban surfaces!
SABINA ANDRON 