The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade and the Department of Geography at Humboldt University in Berlin have signed a cooperation agreement, further strengthening their existing academic exchange. The cooperation was established through the COIL project Insurgent Urban Practices: How Cities Can Transform Democracy, within which researchers and students examine…
The Laboratory for the Theory, Creation, and Politics of Space (PerspectLab) has established a partnership with the Department of Geography at Humboldt University of Berlin within the Circle U. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) programme, through the project Insurgent Berlin–Belgrade.
Between September 30 and October 3, the conference “Contested Urban Policy: Breeding Concrete Utopias” was held at the Technical University of Berlin, organized by the AESOP Planning/Conflict thematic group. Two PerspectLab researchers took part, presenting their work on urban mobilization and prefigurative practices: Branko Miloševićpresented “Concrete utopia in motion: Critical Mass as a prefigurative action for just urban…
We explore how women—especially Roma women—access reproductive healthcare in medically underserved, predominantly rural areas (“medical deserts,” where services are scarce or hard to reach).
On January 17, 2025, a screening of the documentary film The Making of Corona Plaza, Queens was held, the producer and author of the concept of which is Miodrag Mitrašinović, Professor of Urbanism and Architecture at Parsons School of Design, The New School University in New York City. Then there was a discussion about the…
On December 23, 2024, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory hosted the seminar “How Is Space Thought?,” dedicated to the book Scenes of Urban Life: The Single-Family House in the Contemporary City by Dr. Ana Nikezić, Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade. The event brought together researchers from…
On December 16, 2024, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory hosted a roundtable discussion titled “Belgrade’s Built Heritage: Challenges of Preservation in the Context of Contemporary Urbanization,” organized by Perspect Lab. The event brought together experts in heritage conservation, as well as researchers from Perspect Lab at IFDT. The panelists included Estela Radonjić Živkov,…
The lecture, held on November 13, 2024, at the IFDT, focused on the safety of vulnerable road users—pedestrians, cyclists, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Key challenges and solutions were explored through contemporary approaches to sustainable urban mobility and human-centered engineering. Igor Velić, a master transport engineer and editor of the Safe Paths portal,…
The agreement was signed by Gazela Pudar Draško, Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, and Neil Galway, Director of Postgraduate Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. This collaboration was established several years ago and has been reflected in joint research projects, events, and publications. On the first day of the five-day study visit…
On October 14th, the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL held a panel discussion titled “Now-ness,” where philosophers, architects, and theorists explored architecture as a force of change, anticipation, or healing, and its resonance with our environment. The discussion centred on how professionals engage with the present and its connection to future experiences.
