Docentföreläsning – Nils Björling

Välkommen till Nils Björlings docentföreläsning. Nils Björling är verksam inom forskningsområdet Local & Regional Transformation och blir docent vid avdelningen för stadsbyggnad, ACE.

Alla deltagare är välkomna till gemensamt firande och mingel i pentry 387 efter föreläsningen.

Abstract:

The lecture presents my research about local-regional urbanization processes and methods to strengthen the strategic capacity of urban design and planning practice.

The research can be described within three different areas: 1) The Rurban void describes and critically discusses spatial transformation in landscapes between stereotypical notions of both the city and the countryside; 2) A methodological framework to discuss and coordinate knowledge transfer and distribution of responsibilities between different planning levels, and; 3) A critical approach to the organization of social planning and misframings in relation to rescaling and institutional divisions.

Building on these themes the lecture outlines the need for future research to develop strategic urban design. This includes theory and methods for professional planning practice to work with the design of the built environment in relation to future known and still unknown societal change.