The theme of this year’s Finnish Urban Studies Conference is hope. The session, led by researchers from the CO-CARBON and CoolGreen projects, invites you to reflect on the future of multi-species well-being.
The wellbeing and health of nature and humans are deeply interconnected; but often tackled separately in urban planning. Access to wellbeing and health benefits for a diversity of urban residents, both people and other species, is often overlooked. While the green structure of cities could act as a unifying factor to support this plurality of needs, its potential is not sufficiently recognized, and its existence is threatened in densifying cities.
Working group invites researchers and practitioners from different fields to reflect how their work shapes a hopeful future of urban nature where justice and wellbeing is strengthened.
Presentations both in English and Finnish are welcome!
Proposals by 17.3.2026.
More info on the call here.
Finnish Urban Studies Conference will be held this year in Tampere on May 7-8.
Photo: Samed Bayrak