The children’s city – where play meets urban development and nature
How do children see the city? At the Malmö Festival, SLU Urban Futures and Botildenborg invited visitors on a playful journey into the world of urban development. By planting, creating, and interacting with a map, the children left their mark on Malmö—both literally and symbolically.
SLU Urban Futures work with Living Labs
SLU Urban Futures works with the concept of Living Labs - a place and a learning arena for different actors to jointly test, understand and develop solutions for complex challenges. The purpose of living labs is to experiment with new processes and methods that would otherwise be difficult to implement in conventional urban environments.
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
During the third webinar in the series “Venue: Urban Landscapes,” researchers and urban developers discussed how climate-adapted urban planning can help mitigate the effects of extreme heat in our cities.
News from SLU Urban Futures
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Getting political in the neoliberal city: new book explores justice, resistance and the role of design
Planning and design face complex environmental and spatial justice challenges in the era of neoliberal urbanism. In the new book Getting Political in the Neoliberal City, co-editor Burcu Yiğit Turan explains why these fields must engage politically to drive meaningful change. -
The children’s city – where play meets urban development and nature
How do children see the city? At the Malmö Festival, SLU Urban Futures and Botildenborg invited visitors on a playful journey into the world of urban development. By planting, creating, and interacting with a map, the children left their mark on Malmö—both literally and symbolically. -
New alliances with sites
The symposium Feminist ÉLAN – Designing Landscapes in the Anthropocene represents a week-long program at WIA – Women in Architecture Festival in Berlin. Nina Vogel got invited to present her project ‘From Basement to Kitchen - growing visions for the future of the Swedish Million Programme areas’. -
SLU highlights critical perspectives on environmental psychology at international conference
From 15 to 18 June, SLU took part in the International Conference on Environmental Psychology (ICEP 2025). More than 600 participants explored one of the most pressing issues of our time: how people’s experience of place is shaped by climate change, urban development, health, and social change. -
Futuring in practice – Rosengård's farming project takes the next step
Future work, or futuring, is about imagining and planning for potential future scenarios. But more than defining the most accurate future, it is about creating a common understanding and a common language for the challenges and opportunities of the future – and bringing people together.
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