2023
Investigating mega-event host cities after the spotlight
Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe joins the SPUR team as a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Fellow, leading the project “After the spotlight: Sustainable urban development and geopolitical legacies in former mega-event cities” (2023-2027)
New Project on Urban Humanitarian Housing
The research group Spatial Development and Urban Policy (SPUR) and its Humanitarian Planning Hub are launching a new collaborative research project on urban humanitarian housing in Beirut, Lebanon, and Bogotá, Colombia (SNSF Spirit Grant).
Dr. Carole Ammann joins the SPUR team
Dr. Carole Ammann joins the SPUR team as a postdoctoral scholar conducting research in the project ‘The COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for urban essential workers’ (2023-2025) (SNSF funded).
Neue Erkenntnisse zum aktuellen Wohnungsnotstand
Neue Daten und Analysen zeigen, dass vulnerable Personen im urbanen Raum des Kanton Zürich besonders negativ von Neubauaktivitäten und vom Wohnungsnotstand betroffen sind.
An urban take on sustainable development
A new article published in npj Urban Sustainability discusses urban sustainable development policies from diverse European cities to examine national–urban relations in sustainable development policy-making