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Urban Surfaces Research Network International Workshop 9    17 November 2026, online 


 The ninth collaborative discussion about the role of urban surfaces in developing public cultures and equitable cities. 

Convenors:
  •  Sabina Andron (AU), 
  • Konstantinos Avramidis (CY), 
  • Tom Ward (SE) 

Prompts:
  1. Define: How do you define urban surfaces in your field or practice?
  2. Intervene: If you could change one thing about how urban surfaces are designed, valued, maintained, or governed—what would it be?
  3. Challenge: What is a common misconception about urban surfaces that frustrates or limits your work?

Access the publication here: coming soon

Participants:
  • Serhat Ay, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University (TR)   
  • Tyler Barron, RMIT (AU)   
  • Anuradha Chatterjee, RV University (IN)   
  • Vishavjeet Dhanda, University of Delhi (IN)   
  • Svetlana Feokistova, Independent photographer (RU)   
  • Kel Glaister, RMIT (AU)   
  • Rainier Leloup, Free University of Brussels (BE)   
  • Linda Matthews, University of Technology Sydney (AU)   
  • Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz, Tel Aviv University (IL)   
  • Nazanin Tabrizi, Independent artist (AU)   
  • Heather Shirey, St Thomas University (US)   
  • Phoebe Whitman, RMIT (AU)   
  • Jack Wu, Auckland University of Technology (NZ) 

Urban Surfaces Research Network International Workshop 8 8 September 2026, online 
    The eighth collaborative discussion about the role of urban surfaces in developing public cultures and equitable cities. 

    Convenors:
    •  Sabina Andron (AU), 
    • Konstantinos Avramidis (CY), 
    • Tom Ward (SE) 

    Prompts:
    1. Define: How do you define urban surfaces in your field or practice?
    2. Intervene: If you could change one thing about how urban surfaces are designed, valued, maintained, or governed—what would it be?
    3. Challenge: What is a common misconception about urban surfaces that frustrates or limits your work?

    Access the publication here: coming soon

    Participants:
    • Adrienne Cacatian, University of the Philippines - Diliman (PH) 
    • Esther Kiruba Jebakumar Clifford, University of Auckland (NZ) 
    • Vishavjeet Dhanda, University of Delhi (IN) 
    • Tuba Doğu, Izmir University of Economics (TR) 
    • Kathryn Ewing, University of Cape Town (ZA) 
    • Ange Glindemann, RMIT (AU) 
    • Ato Jackson, blaxTARLINES, KNUST (GH) 
    • Emma McRae, RMIT (AU) 
    • Preeti Mudliar, University of Melbourne (AU) 
    • Lesley Pleasant, University of Evansville (US) 
    • Billy Potts, University of Hong Kong (HK) 
    Geographies of concealment: temporary urban barriers of masking, covering, and hiding
    2 September 2026, Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) annual conference, London, UK 
      RGS session on urban barriers, barricades, and other devices of concealment. 

      Convenors:
      • Sabina Andron (AU), 
      • Joanne Choueiri (AU) 

      Participants:
      • Joumana Ibrahim (UK/ LB) 
      • Keith Winter (UK) 
      • Hans Leo Maes (BE/ HK) 
      • Ayisha Saniya (UK/ PS) 
      Art, Advertising, and Methods of Surfacing the City
      27-28 August 2026, Uppsala University, Sweden 

        The third in-person workshop funded by the Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award 
        “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”, hosted by Tom Ward at Uppsala University.  

        Participants:
        • Sabina Andron, ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Urban Studies, University of Melbourne 
        • Konstantinos Avramidis, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Cyprus 
        • 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 
        • Tom Ward, PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Uppsala University 
        • Gerda Wielander, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Westminster 

        Making and Visualising Surfaces in the City
        26-27 May 2026, University of Cyprus, Cyprus 
          The second in-person workshop funded by the Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award “Walls speak. Are you listening? A research agenda for urban surfaces”, hosted by Konstantinos Avramidis at the University of Cyprus.  

          Participants:
          • Jessica Amarteifio, Adjunct Lecturer & PhD Candidate in Adult Education, University of Ghana 
          • Sabina Andron, Research Fellow in Cities and Urbanism, University of Melbourne 
          • Konstantinos Avramidis, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Cyprus 
          • Jane Elizabeth Bennett, PhD Candidate in Architecture, University of Reading 
          • Holly Carton, Oxford Brookes University 
          • Soufiane Chinig, PhD Candidate in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Free University of Berlin 
          • Tara Lauren di Cassio, PhD Candidate in Geography and Environment, University of North Carolina  
          • Adam Hudec, Research Associate & PhD Candidate in Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 
          • Panos Leventis, Professor of Architecture, Drury University 
          • Alice Mazzilli, Endangered Writing Network & EDF crew  
          • Nina O’Reilly, PhD Researcher, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London  
          • Jenny Papasotiriou, Heritage Services, Ireland 
          • Diandra Saginatari, Lecturer in Interior Design, Southampton Solent University 
          • Julia Tulke, Assistant Teaching Professor in Visual and Cultural Studies, Emory University 
          • Twenty-Three, European University Cyprus, Cypriot Street artist 
          • James Clifford Viloria, PhD in Social and Economic Geography, Eötvös Loránd University 
          • Tom Ward, PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Uppsala University 
          • Pierre Edouard Weill, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Western Brittany 
          • CC Williams, Doctor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney

          Urban Surfaces Research Network International Workshop 7  
          21 April 2026, online 



           The seventh collaborative discussion about the role of urban surfaces in developing public cultures and equitable cities. 

          Convenors:
          •  Sabina Andron (AU), 
          • Konstantinos Avramidis (CY), 
          • Tom Ward (SE) 

          Prompts:
          1. Define: How do you define urban surfaces in your field or practice?
          2. Intervene: If you could change one thing about how urban surfaces are designed, valued, maintained, or governed—what would it be?
          3. Challenge: What is a common misconception about urban surfaces that frustrates or limits your work?

          Access the publication here: Urban Surfaces Research Network Vol 7

          Participants:  
          • Doron Altaratz, Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College (IL)  
          • Francesca Bragaglia, Politecnico di Torino (IT) 
          • Mirame Elsayed, Ain Shams University (EG) 
          • Yeşim Desticioğlu, University of Oxford (UK) 
          • Andrew Esiebo & Inês Valle, The Cera Project (PT/NG)  
          • Agampodi Nirwadya Nirikshani Mendis Gunasekara, Open University Sri Lanka (LK) 
          • Juan Carlos Guerrero-Hernandez, University of Nevada Reno (US) 
          • Zlatan Krajina, University of Zagreb (HR) 
          • David Littlefield, Westminster University (UK)  
          • Shruti Mehta, University of Delhi (IN) 
          • Eliza Demian Patrascu, University of Bucharest (RO) 
          • Amelia Araújo Velasco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BR)

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