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From: Repin, Kirill <Repin at europa-uni.de>
Date: Wed, May 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Subject: CfA: Summer School Viadrinicum 2026 "Practicing Urban Junctures:
Cooperative City and Its Social Bearings", 16 - 30 August 2026, European
University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
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+++ CfA open until 7 June +++

*Transsectoral Summer School Viadrinicum 2026 "Practicing Urban Junctures:
Cooperative City and Its Social Bearings" *16 – 30 August 2026

Viadrinicum is an annual summer school at the European University Viadrina
in Frankfurt (Oder), devoted to the countries of the Eastern Partnership
and the larger context of Central and Eastern Europe. Building on the
discussions around the notion of learning city during the previous
editions, in 2026 the school will focus on the modes of cooperative action
that (pro)claim the city as a common good.

It invites students, young researchers, civil society activists, artists
and cultural workers to critically interrogate the political-economic
foundations of the city as a contested entity in-the-making, shaped by
regimes of urban planning and governance, property relations and dwelling
practices. Invoking the concept of urban junctions, the school aims to look
into practices of collective (self-)organisation and bottom-up
institutional design, which enable more equitable futures.

Following the idea of experiential learning, a combination of academic and
nonacademic formats will allow the participants of the school to actively
explore the possibilities for a dialogue between different kinds of
knowledge from academia, civil society and the arts.

In a more practical sense, the school offers opportunities for applied
experimentation in the setting of a participatory urban intervention engaging
local communities in the heart of the German-Polish twin city Frankfurt
(Oder)-Słubice. This happens in the frame of three lab.workshops (Doc.Lab,
Makers.Lab, Planners.Lab), where the participants will be able to develop
their own small (team) projects with the assistance of facilitators from
the respective fields.

Besides that, the school‘s programme features round tables with researchers
from the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS, Berlin),
film screenings, public events, and Open Space sessions, where participants
will have a chance to discuss their own academic, civic, artistic or
cultural work.

Successful applicants will be able to receive a travel scholarship.
Accommodation costs will be covered by the organisers.

You can apply if you meet the following requirements:

• You are a student, a PhD candidate, an (NGO) activist or an artist up to
35 y/o;

• You have a genuine interest in transsectoral and transdisciplinary
approaches to the topics of the school;

• Your knowledge of English is sufficient to take an active part in
discussions.

You can apply online here <https://form.typeform.com/to/NCyyPEji>.

*The summer school Viadrinicum 2026 is organised in cooperation with the
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS, Berlin) and kind
financial support of the Eberhard-Sch**ö**ck-Stiftung.*
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