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Shap­ing Inclu­sive Cities: Dia­logues on Parti­cipation and Placemaking

Students, faculty and researchers came together at IfEU for the first international summer school (Photo: Mahmoud A. Atwany)
From 31 May to 8 June 2026, the Chair of Urban Studies and Social Research at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar hosted the first international summer school of the DAAD-funded project Inclusive Cities: Contextual Dialogues on Community-based Participation for Sustainable Urban Future.
  • June 22, 2026
  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · Berlin · Participation and Placemaking
  • Workshops
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Oman Work­shop from Novem­ber 23 to 29, 2025

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From November 23 to 29, 2025, a workshop focused on intercultural exchange took place in Oman as part of our projekt. The event was hosted by the Scientific College of Design (SCD) in Muscat. Eight students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and six students from Notre Dame University-Louaize (Lebanon) participated, accompanied by faculty and researchers from the partner institutions, who also held working meetings to further develop joint teaching formats.
  • December 10, 2025
  • Earthen construction · Participation of local communities · Revitalization · Scientific College of Design
  • Workshops
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Joint Course Development

A central activity of the Inclusive Cities project is the collaborative development of four courses across the partner universities – two at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and two at Notre Dame University-Louaize and Scientific College of Design respectively. Three existing courses are being revised and upgraded, while one is newly introduced.
  • April 19, 2025
  • academic teaching · Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · local and global urban challenges · Notre Dame University-Louaize · Scientific College of Design
  • Joint curriculum development
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INCLU­SIVE CITIES: Con­tex­tual Dia­logues on Com­mu­nity-based Parti­cipation for a Sus­tain­able Urban Future

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This project promotes academic collaboration that explores the connection between citizen-centered participation in urban planning and the overarching ideals of democracy and (social) sustainability. The main objective is to encourage, strengthen, and sustain the dialogue between German universities and their partners in the MENA region, to promote intercultural and contextual understanding, and at the same time to improve the quality of teaching and research.
  • April 18, 2025
  • (social) sustainability · Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · citizen-centered participation · democracy
  • Kick-off Event
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