Type: Communities of Practice
Format: Workshop
Open to: Academics & researchers, Early Post-docs, PhD Students
The Exchange Network on Urban Studies (ExNUrb) Community of Practice is pleased to announce the QQure Workshop. This innovative seminar fosters solidarity among urban researchers by bridging qualitative and quantitative epistemologies. The workshop, funded by the Arqus Innovation Fund, will take place at Vilnius University on 15 and 16 May 2025, and will serve as both a research training and a collaborative research development session.
This workshop is designed as a researcher retreat, allowing participants to step away from their daily workloads and engage with new research perspectives in an interactive and inspiring setting. The event will blend theory and practice, encouraging participants to reimagine their research approaches.
Dr Natalia Martini will introduce participants to walking as a research method, demonstrating how it can reveal new insights into urban spaces. Dr Martini will share her experiences of walking with homeless individuals and how these encounters deepened her understanding of urban life. Participants will then have the opportunity to engage in guided walking sessions through the streets of Vilnius, putting this methodology into practice.
The workshop will use these immersive walking experiences as a starting point for discussions on the perceived and actual differences in research practices across disciplines engaged in urban studies.
QQure is designed to be a creative and intellectually stimulating space where researchers can take a step back from daily academic pressures. Whether or not participants incorporate walking into their own research, the act of exploring urban environments together will serve as a foundation for deeper professional and personal connections.
The QQure Workshop is free of charge and open to researchers interested in urban studies. To join, please send an email to andrijana.leoniene@fsf.vu.lt with the following details:
• Your name and surname.
• Your email address for communications.
• Any special requests or notes.
Registration deadline: 1 April 2025
Participants from Arqus Alliance universities may be eligible for travel cost reimbursement. If your university is part of the Arqus Alliance and you require funding, please indicate this in your registration email.
The Exchange Network on Urban Studies (ExNUrb) Community of Practice brings together researchers from various Arqus Alliance universities to address contemporary urban challenges across diverse socio-spatial and political-economic contexts. The network fosters collaboration through individual teaching exchanges and aims to develop integrated teaching and research modules that engage students from different Arqus Alliance universities in joint academic activities.
The QQure Workshop is part of ExNUrb’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the international urban studies community through innovative methodologies and collaborative research initiatives.
The Arqus Innovation Fund aims to incentivise innovative bottom-up initiatives by Arqus staff and students that go hand in hand with the objectives of the Arqus Alliance and its three major action lines: Education, Research and Innovation, and Social Engagement. Check the last projects funded.
