Demonstrators march during a protest in Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Hong Kong to mark Human Rights Day and press for greater democracy in the city. Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg

Join Prof. Miodrag Mitrasinovic, and the Public Space Lab, for series of exciting events and workshops co-organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Journal of Public Space, Urban@Parsons, and other global partners.

Check here regularly for updates and links to the events. Provisional schedule is below. For registration, go here.

Recordings of past events can be found here.

Webinar Series 1

Webinar #1: Thursday May 7, 4.00 – 5.30 pm CET
Reframing the Role of Public Space during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hosts & Moderators
Luisa Bravo, City Space Architecture & The Journal of Public Space, Italy
Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, Hong Kong
Speakers
Jeff Hou, Urban Commons Lab, University of Washington, USA
Setha Low, Public Space Research Group, Center for Human Environments at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, USA
Luis Alfonso Saltos Espinoza, Observatorio Ciudadano por el Derecho a la Ciudad y Espacios Públicos de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Mona Helmy, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt
Commentary
Jose Chong, Global Public Space Programme, United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Webinar #2: Thursday May 14, 8:00-9:30AM EST
Innovative Approaches and Creative Practices in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hosts & Moderators
Luisa Bravo, City Space Architecture & The Journal of Public Space, Italy
Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, Hong Kong
Speakers
Jay Wahl, Kimmel Center For The Performing Arts, Philadelphia, USA
Yena Young, Plastique Fantastique, Berlin, Germany
Manfredo Manfredini, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Andrea Baldini, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Kirsten Meredith Hanna, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Franco Manai, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Webinar #3: Thursday May 21, 8:00-9:30AM EST
Health Disparity and Public Space in High Density Environments
Hosts & Moderators
Gregor H. Mews, Queensland University of Technology / Urban Synergies Group, Brisbane, Australia
Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, Hong Kong
Event manager
Stephanie Cheung & Yin-Fen Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Speakers
Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Urban@Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA
Mindy Fullilove, The New School, New York, USA
Tripta Chandola, Action Aid, Delhi, India
Fan Ning, Health in Action, Hong Kong
Commentary
Jens Aerts, ISOCARP Urban Health Community of Practice/BUUR, New York, USA

Webinar #4: Thursday May 28, 8:00-9:30AM EST
Hosts & Moderators
Luisa Bravo, City Space Architecture & The Journal of Public Space, Italy
Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, Hong Kong
Event manager
Stephanie Cheung & Yin-Fen Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Speakers
Lance Jay Brown, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, New York, USA
Miquel Marti Casanovas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Sharmila Jagadisan, School of Architecture, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

 

For the webinars listed below, register here.

Series 2
Webinar #1: Thursday June 4
Webinar #2: Thursday June 11
Webinar #3: Thursday June 18
Webinar #4: Thursday June 25

Series 3
Webinar #1: Thursday July 2
Webinar #2: Thursday July 9
Webinar #3: Thursday July 16
Webinar #4: Thursday July 23

Series 4
Webinar #1: Thursday August 6
Webinar #2: Thursday August 13
Webinar #3: Thursday August 20
Webinar #4: Thursday August 27