BISTUS
Bochum International Seminar on the Transformation of Urban Spaces (BISTUS)
Each semester, the Institute of Geography invites a renowned scholar for a one-week block seminar on topical issues of urban transformation. Attendance to this 6 ECTS course is open to all graduate students (Master and PhD level) from the University Alliance Ruhr (UAR). As long as we can only deliver BISTUS online, we also welcome registrations from our partner university in the UNIC network (www.unic.eu). The workload is divided into reading, 15 hours in class, and the writing of a seminar paper yielding the final grade.
BISTUS offers students an easy opportunity to interact with leading international scholars and to experience international cultures of teaching and learning, both contributing to their international competencies. For the Institute, BISTUS is a cornerstone for the internationalisation of its teaching profile, but also an instrument to maintain and develop its international network in teaching and research.
BISTUS XI: Urban Biodiversity – The Relevance and Applicability of Functional Traits
27 June - 01 July 2022
DR. Sonja Knapp, Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany
BISTUS X: Participatory Mapping as a Method and Practice
24 January - 28 January 2022
Nora Fagerholm, PhD, Adjunct Professor (Docent) in participatory landscape research, University of Turku, Finland
BISTUS IX: Urban Climate & Environmental Justice
28 June - 02 July 2021
Zoé Hamstead, PhD Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning & Founding Director, Urban Resilience Lab University of Buffalo, NY
BISTUS IX Announcement
BISTUS VIII: Changing Urban Geographies of Growth and Decline – Before, During and After COVID-19
11-15 January 2021
Prof Dr Marco Bontje, University of Amsterdam
BISTUS 2020-2021 Press Release (PDF)
BISTUS VII: Transforming Urban Green Space
15-19 June 2020
Dr Carla-Leanne Washbourne, University College London, UK
BISTUS VI: Institutionalism and Cities – Theory and Method in Comparative Analysis of Urban Institutions
11-15 November 2019
Prof Dr André Sorensen, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
BISTUS V: UniverCities – Creating Knowledge Hotspots
13-14 June 2019
Prof Dr Willem van Winden & Dr Andrew Switzer, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
BISTUS IV: Shrinking Cities and Ageing Societies
08-10 October & 15-16 November 2018
Prof Dr Fumihiko Seta, University of Tokyo, Japan
BISTUS III: Structural Change and Brownfield Recycling
22-25 May 2018
Prof Dr Sabine E Martin, Kansas State University & Prof Dr Rolf Heyer, RUB
BISTUS II: Changing Landscapes Under Contemporary Processes of Periurbanization
06-10 November 2017
Dr Daniele La Rosa, University of Catania, Italy
BISTUS I: Urban Resilience
09-13 January 2017
Sara Meerow, University of Michigan, USA
Organisation & Information: PD Dr. Luis Inostroza (luis.inostroza(at)rub(dot)de
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