Winter 2019/2020
Our Common Ground
Lecture Series

GUEST LECTURE SERIES
IN GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL PLANNING
WINTER 2019/2020

OUR COMMON GROUND
The political economy of land property, and prospects for a post-growth society


ABOUT

Current debates on finite resources, on social inequalities resulting from financialised real estate markets, on biodiversity loss, or on the impact of land use on climate change have one thing in common: Sooner or later, they all problematise the question of land property, and increasingly question the prevalence of private ownership and speculation. In many countries, the decreasing share of public land has drastically reduced the capacity of local authorities or communities to decide upon and steer land-use patterns in a way that serves the common good. The lecture series “Our Common Ground” aims at discussing current development trends and their underlying mechanisms, as it strives to present innovative policy responses and progressive planning approaches in different European contexts.

Venue

Maison des Sciences Humaines (MSH),
Université du Luxembourg
Campus Belval,
11, Porte des Sciences,
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette

Programme

Tuesday, October 8th, 12:30-14h | MSH - Black Box
THE DEADLOCK OF LAND
Jacqueline Tellinga, City of Almere, Homeruskwartier

Tuesday, November 5th, 12:30-14h | MSH - Black Box
Right to land through participatory instruments
Brigitta Gerber & Klaus Hubmann
Neue Bodeninitiative Basel & Stiftung Habitat

Tuesday, December 3rd, 12:30-14h | MSH - Black Box
GERMAN URBAN LAND AND HOUSING IN THE GLOBAL
CIRCULATION OF CAPITAL
Bernd Belina, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M.

Tuesday, December 17th, 12:30-14h | MSH - Black Box
DIE INITIATIVE FÜR EIN ‘EIN SOZIALES BODENRECHT‘
Christiane Thalgott, München - (lecture will be held in German)

Tuesday, January 21st, 12:30-14h | MSH - Black Box
THE POWER OF THE LAND
Dirk Löhr, Hochschule Trier


Attendance is free.
No registration.
For further information please contact
malte.helfer@uni.lu