NUPE2025, the 5th NUPE Meeting
Uppsala, 11-12 June, 2025
Host institution: Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University. https://www.uu.se/en/department/housing-and-urban-research
The programme, list of abstracts, and practical information is provided below.
1. PROGRAMME AND VENUE
Venue and Access
Address: Institute for Urban and Housing Research (IBF) Trädgårdsgatan 18, Uppsala. Google Maps link.
Room: The Seminar Room, 1st floor.
Access: The building is closed to the public—only staff have keycard access. Please arrive early so we can meet you at the front door. Use the doorbell upon arrival.
Wheelchair access is available via the side entrance, and there’s a lift to the seminar room. We’re happy to assist—just let us know. Telephone numbers to the organising team are distributed via email.
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 11 JUNE
09.00-09.20 Registration and morning coffee
09.20-09.30 Welcome note
09.30-11.00 Session I: Displacement and Exploitation. Chair: Mika Hyötyläinen.
Presentation 1. Pushed to the Margins of the City: Tourism Gentrification in Iceland. Presenters: Kristin Loftsdóttir, University of Iceland, Anne-Cécile Mermet, Sorbonne University, France, and Már Wolfgang Mixa, University of Iceland.
Presentation 2. Bringing labour back in: the transformation of the Swedish housebuilding sector behind the facades. Presenter: Maria Wallstam, IBF, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Presentation 3. The Role of Housing Tenure in Shaping Perceived Discrimination among Chinese Migrant Workers. Presenter: Siyi Liu, University College London, United Kingdom. Co-authors: Yufeng Wu, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and Chu Liu, University College London, United Kingdom.
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
11.20-12.30 Visit to Rosendal neighbourhood in Uppsala
12.30-14.00 Lunch (at IBF)
14.00-16.00 Session II: Spaces of Precarity and Disaster. Chair: Erik Jönsson.
Presentation 4. “We are Mourning as a Nation:” Relational Spatio-Temporality of Disasterification and the 2023 Turkey/Syria Earthquakes. Presenter: Mehmet Baris Kuymulu, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Presentation 5. The ”social dumping” of unwanted residents as organized abandonment. Presenters: Maria Persdotter, Linköping University, Sweden and Ulrika Wernesjö, Linköping University, Sweden.
Presentation 6. Privatizing digestion: Circuits of power and infrastructural labor in post-crisis Greece. Presenter: Nikos Vrantsis, Uppsala University, Sweden.
17.30 Dinner at restaurant Katalin. Address: Roslagsgatan 1, Uppsala. Google Maps link.
DAY 2: THURSDAY, 12 JUNE
09.00-10.30 Session III: Alternative Approaches and Transformative Potentials. Chair: Lina Olsson.
Presentation 7. Making the post-neoliberal city? The experimental neighborhood of Vallastaden and the limits and prospects of moderately heterodox initiatives to transcend hegemonic planning practices. Presenter: Marcus Mohall, Linköping University, Sweden.
Presentation 8. Reconfiguring Space and Power: The Data-Driven Greater Bay Area Smart City-Region. Presenter: Siyi Liu, University College London, United Kingdom
Presentation 9. Sustainability conflicts and consensus-shaping in a large-scale urban development project. The case of Brunnshög in Lund, Sweden. Presenter: Hilda Wenander, Linköping University, Sweden. Co-author: Simon Haikola, Linköping University, Sweden.
10.30-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 Session IV: Housing and Rental Markets. Chair: Anne-Cécile Mermet.
Presentation 10. Housing Shortage in Malmö: Implications of Shaikh’s Theory of Relative Prices for Residential Built Environments. Presenter: Ilia Farahani, Lund University, Sweden.
Presentation 11. Geographies of transactions: Real estate investors and Sweden’s rental market. Presenter: Jennie Gustavsson, Malmö University, Sweden. Co-auhtor: Magnus Andersson, Malmö University, Sweden.
13.00-14.00 Lunch (at IBF)
14.00-15.30 Session V: Local State Practices in Transition. Chair: Ilia Farahani, Lund University.
Presentation 12. From entrepreneurialism to rentierism in urban governance? Presenter: Mika Hyötyläinen, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Presentation 13. Strategic selectivity of sustainability performance in municipal housing provision: A case study of Lund municipality. Presenter: Arvid Bjelkedal.
Presentation 14. Green Financialised Urban Entrepreneurialism: Greening the City Under Fiscal Constraints. Presenter: Lina Olsson, Malmö University, Sweden. Co-author: Özlem Çelik, University of Turku, Finland.
15.30-16.00 Discussion on future NUPE events and closing remarks. Chaired by the organising team.
2. LIST OF ABSTRACTS
The list of abstract can be found here: NUPE2025 Abstracts.
3. TRAVEL GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Travelling to Uppsala: Information about how to get to Uppsala from Arlanda Airport, as well as getting around with local transport be found on Uppsala University’s website: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/plan-your-stay/travelling-to-uppsala-and-visby
Accommodation in Uppsala: There are several hotels located near IBF, e.g. Elite Hotel Academia and Scandic Uplandia.
The University Area: The Institute for Housing and Urban Reserarch (IBF) is located in central Uppsala, with within walking distance of Uppsala Central Station. Information about the univeristy area can be found on this webpage: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/the-university-area
City Information: Destination Uppsala provides information resources about the city, things to do, and places to go: https://destinationuppsala.se/en/
4. ORGANISING TEAM
Dr. Mika Hyötyläinen, University of Helsinki
Dr. Erik Jönsson, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
Dr. Lina Olsson, Department of Urban Studies & Institite of Urban Research, Malmö University
For any questions, please contact us via email at: nupenetworking@gmail.com