Just Sustainable Cities: Perspectives from Post-Socialist Eurasia

Education facts

Code: 2EU022

This course introduces you to theoretical and methodological tools from the fields of justice, urban studies, and sustainable development, in order to provide synergetic approaches to the study of equality in sustainable cities. You learn to analyse contemporary societal challenges caused by the intersection of climate change, sustainable development, growing inequality, increasing migration and urbanisation. We discuss empirical examples relevant to post-socialist Eurasia to address questions, such as: through what processes the sustainable city is created, which population groups are vulnerable in the green transition, what is the role of information in city space production, and how sustainable cities create secure spaces for human and non-human residents in a rapidly changing climate? During a practical research assignment, students train in small groups how to work and produce knowledge together with local stakeholders in order to design solutions to real-life challenges.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Just Sustainable Cities: Perspectives from Post-Socialist Eurasia

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 25 %