March 16, 2026, TU Darmstadt, Department of Architecture, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lecture hall HR 92

Occasion – International Competition Designing Resilience Global 2026

Deadline for manuscript submissions is 25 September 2026.

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”.

Deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 March 2026.

Submit a Manuscript for a Special Issue to the Journal “Cities & Health”

March 16, 2026, TU Darmstadt, Department of Architecture, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Occasion – Founding of the Center for Resilient Cities and International Competition Designing Resilience Global 2026.

URBANgrad at the Department of Architecture offers new opportunities for exchange, collaboration, and professional development.

As part of the Center for Resilient Cities, the Graduate School of Urban Studies URBANgrad is being revived, opening up new opportunities for collaboration, exchange, and professional development.

In October 2025, the Center for Resilient Cities was established at the Department of Architecture by the disciplines of the Urban Studies group.

The aim of the new center is to consolidate, highlight, and further develop research on the specific contributions of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture to urban resilience.

Cities in transition: towards a sustainable, inclusive and prosperous future

Across Europe, cities are at the forefront of addressing critical challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and economic transformation. While they are expected to drive sustainable change and commit to ambitious European targets like climate neutrality and social cohesion, many face serious funding shortages that hinder their ability to implement the essential actions to reach those goals.

A comparative study on waterfront developments in Belgrade, Zagreb, and Novi Sad by Nebojša Čamprag published in the Urban Planning Open Accsess Journal.

This article highlights the (post) transitioning urban context as an emerging market for powerful international real-estate development companies, supported by an authoritarian planning trend aiming to secure foreign investments.

An article by Nebojša Čamprag published in a special issue of sub\urban journal for critical urban research.

The paper analyzes an urban megaproject in Belgrade as an example of a state-controlled regulatory intervention with a special legal status, which places the interests of private investors above the principles of representative democracy.

Our new book is published by Springer International

– Highlights the value of social inclusion and diversity in urban development endeavors – Interlinks multidisciplinary research tackling the most relevant aspects of inclusive urban transformation – Investigates selected aspects of inclusion and diversity and their manifestation in wider urban spatial contexts