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MOSPUS research seminar: Renegotiating Inclusivity at Nordic Waterfronts

Salla Jokela, Mikko Kyrönviita and Markus Laine (Tampere University) will give a research seminar on ‘Renegotiating Inclusivity at Nordic Waterfronts’, discussing their comparative research on processes of exclusion and inclusion in waterfront neighbourhoods of Nordic cities.
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  • Mobilitet, Rum, Sted og Urbane Studier (MOSPUS) (Forskningsgruppe)
    • Torsdag
    08
    oktober
    Start:kl. 12.15
    Slut:kl. 13.15
    Sted: Building 02, room 02.1-123, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, Roskilde Universitet

    Waterfronts are increasingly developed as engines of urban growth in Nordic cities, yet the rising housing costs associated with these projects challenge longstanding ideals of socio-spatial equality. Simultaneously, they are often legitimized through new visions of social inclusion, embodied in high-quality public spaces. We examine public hotspots in two recently developed waterfront neighbourhoods, Ranta-Tampella in Tampere and Nordhavn in Copenhagen, and explore how these areas might be reimagined through a generative AI tool from the perspectives of students and residents.

    Salla Jokela (University Lecturer), Mikko Kyrönviita (Researcher) and Markus Laine (University Lecturer) are based at Tampere University, Finland, and are visiting the MOSPUS research group at RUC during the autumn semester of 2026. They are part of a team that is studying ‘Contested waterfront transformation’, a project funded by the Research Council of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) that is addressing how social inclusion is realized within the financialized urban growth machine through six cases from Finland, the Nordic countries and other parts of Europe.

    Registration:
    All welcome, no registration required. For more information, please write to dpinder@ruc.dk 

    The seminar is organised by MOSPUS, a research group in the Department of People and Technology that focuses on Mobility, Space, Place and Urban Studies.