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06. Dezember 2024
6th KoMet Tag: The Ruhr Area - a model for metropolitan transformation? - Lively discussion of the planned RuhrBand on transformation
08. Oktober 2024
Barbara Buchenau speaks with Ralf Scholt - " Do we want to live like this? The concept of the ‘big city in the bushes’ "(in German)
01. September 2024
Documentation of the TRANSFORMATION TALKS 2.0 now ONLINE: Shaping urban change - where is the problem?
31. Juli 2024
Synergies between practice and science - RVR and UARuhr-Universities continue cooperation on metropolitan research
15. Juni 2024
KoMet Award Jury has made its decision! Congratulations! Leah Blank and Timo Haselhoff are the winners
07. Juni 2024
Urban Transformation Ruhr: Challenges and Perspectives - 60 participants from science and practice were present!
07. Juni 2024
Symposium Scripting Futures for Urban Sustainability / Aurora Fellow - 60 participants were present!
01. Dezember 2022
5th KoMet Day - Successfully Held - Documentation now ONLINE
13. September 2023
Documentation of the TRANSFORMATION TALKS now ONLINE - Urban change from a young talent perspective
01. September 2023
STANDORT theme booklet "The Future of Inner Cities" published (in German) - Author: KoMet scientist Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese
04. Juni 2023
Transformation Talks at HIND was a great success! - 60 participants took part and discussed transformation topics!
05. Mai 2023
Transforming urban regions: Lessons from Turin and the Ruhr - KoMet academics organize a workshop in Turin on May 5, 2023, together with representatives of the Emschergenossenschaft
25. Mai 2023
Die Produktive Stadt - (Re-) Integration der Urbanen Produktion New Publication by Stefan Gärtner (et al.)
31. Mai 2023
KoMet Award Jury has made its decision! Congratulations! Winners are Vanessa Hellwig and Pauline Scheunert
01. Februar 2023
Hybrid 4th KoMet-Conference discussed Urban Complexity - Summary of the KoMet-Conference
17. April 2023
The Making of the 20th Century City: Towards a Transnational Urban History of Japan and Europe New Publication by Prof. Dr. Katja Schmidtpott (et al.)
29. November 2022
Online-Workshop: Transformative Research in Cities - November 29th 2022 - First Results
19. September 2022
KoMet held 4th Travelling Conference in Cincinnati
03. September 2022
KoMet organizes international Symposium on Metropolitan Innovation Ecosystems
01. August 2022
„Metropolitan Research - Methods and Approaches“ by Jens Martin Gurr / Rolf Parr / Dennis Hardt (eds.)
06. April 2022
Emscher Congress 2022 with Uta Hohn as panelist
18. Juli 2022
New concepts for climate-neutral regions in Europe - EU project coordinated by KoMet academic Matthias Kiese
14. Juni 2022
DFG grant project for KoMet member Cornelia Jöchner approved
05. März 2022
Travelling Conference "Urban Transformations in Industrial Regions" in Dortmund, March 4th and 5th, 2022
05. Januar 2022
Digital 3rd KoMet-Conference discussing ways to climate neutral and resilient cities - Summary
01. Februar 2021
"Governance and City Regions" by Prof. Dr. Karsten Zimmermann and Patricia Feiertag
10. Mai 2021
„Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions“ - New handbook published by the European Commission - with the collaboration of Dr. Julita Skodra
01. Februar 2021
"Tangier/Gibraltar - A tale of one City" by Prof. Dr. Dieter Haller is available now
20. Januar 2021
BISTUS VIII Explored Cities Before, During and After COVID-19
16. Dezember 2020
KoMet Conference 2020: "Future Narratives for Metropolitan Regions"
16. Dezember 2020
"Charting Literary Urban Studies - Text as models of and for the City" by Prof. Jens Martin Gurr available now
01. November 2020
InnaMoRuhr - Concept of integrated, sustainable mobility for the UA Ruhr Alliance (UA Ruhr)
04. November 2019
First Metropolitan Research (KoMet) Day in Essen Explores the Future of Mobility in the Ruhr Region
01. Juli 2019
Conference with the Emschergenossenschaft - Transformation of the Emscher-Quarters
16. Oktober 2018
Kick-off event Ruhr Lecture 2018/19
01. Oktober 2018
BISTUS IV started discussing Shrinking Cities and Ageing Societies worldwide
01. September 2018
KoMet takes part in the SommerCampus 2018 about healthy municipalities
06. Juli 2018
Workshop 'Perspectives in Metropolitan Research' at the RUB Japan Science Days
01. Juli 2018
'Interspaces': an innovative approach to explore urban structures
01. Mai 2018
Mercator Foundation supports the Competence Field Metropolitan Research
09. April 2018
Strategy workshop of KoMet PhD-Network
01. Februar 2018
Establishment of the new research field Knowledge Metropolises
15. Dezember 2017
VolkswagenStiftung grants an American research college for postindustrial urban development
07. Dezember 2017
Conference on Urban Health
01. Oktober 2017
Ruhr Lecture: River-Ecosystems in Transformation – Conversion of the Emscher
02. Juni 2017
Coordination council of the UA Ruhr establishes competence field
01. April 2017
Cooperation with Emschergenossenschaft: Memorandum of Understanding signed