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Fachgebiet Stadtmanagement Prof. Dr.-Ing. Silke Weidner

European Lecture Series “Small Towns in Focus – Multi-dimensional Perspectives on Today‘s Challenges”, Winter Semester 2025/26

Organization
The Urban Management department is leading the organization of this lecture series, which originated from and is being hosted by the Small Towns Thematic Group (co-chaired by Mina di Marino, Norway) of AESOP. The lecture series will take place online from November 03, 2025 to Dezember 01, 2025, every Monday, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Participants are invited to join online (Webex) via the following link: b-tu.webex.com/b-tu/j.php
Moodle course for Master's students in Urban Design and and Sustainable Revitalization and Urban and Regional Planning at BTU: www.b-tu.de/elearning/btu/course/view.php
The lecture series is open to all interested parties. Each lecture will feature a specific topic and consist of two to three presentations followed by panel discussions and Q&A. Sessions will be chaired by representatives from the participating universities on a rotating basis.
The lecture series is linked to various modules in the degree programs of the participating universities, which also determine the examination requirements for the students.

https://aesop-planning.eu/tg-news/small-towns/autumn-winter-2025-lecture-series-on-small-towns

Nr.DatePresentations Moderation
103.11.2025• Common introduction by representatives of the AESOP Thematic Group Small Towns
• Prof. Dr. Anna Growe, Urban Economics, Kassel University (Germany), Dr. Thomas Terfrüchte, Spatial planning and planning theory, Dortmund University (Germany) Size Matters? Spatial Patterns of Metropolitan Functions in Europe’s Urban Hierarchy		Lecture 01_AESOP SMT Lecture 2025 Growe TerfrüchteProf. Dr. Silke Weidner, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany)
210.11.2025• Prof. Dr. Agnes Förster, Planning Theory, RWTH Aachen (Germany) Regions in Transition. Transformative Capacities in smaller towns under regional aspects
• Dr. Madeleine Wagner, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) Residential Life Beyond the Metropolis: A Geographical Overview of Housing Structures and Trends in Germany’ Small Towns		Lecture 02_Small Towns_Förster_251110_finalLecture 

Lecture 02_SmallTowns_Housing_WAGNER		Prof. Dr. Mina di Marino, Norwegian University NMBU, (Norway) & Ass. Prof. Dr. Christian Fertner, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
317.11.2025• Ass. Prof. Dr. Christian Fertner, Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Small Towns and their activities for the inner-city centers in Denmark
• Prof. Dr. Silke Weidner, Urban Management, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) Sustainable inner-cities and centers – cases from Germany
• Jeanette Fitzsimons, Department of Planning, University College Cork (Ireland) Small towns and inner urban areas in Ireland		Lecture 03_Danish small towns_Fertner

Lecture 03_Inner City Centres Small Towns_Weidner

Lecture 03_Irish towns and cities Small Towns Presentation_Fitzsimons		Prof. Dr. Agnes Förster, RWTH Aachen (Germany) & Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Kwiatek-Sołtys, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow (Poland)
424.11.2025• Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Kwiatek-Sołtys, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow (Poland) Small towns in Poland, state - regional differentiation
• Prof. Dr. Hélène Mainet, Dr. Hab. Hélène Roth, Geography and Spatial Planning, University Clermont Auvergne (France) Small towns in France: dedicated national policy and local applications
• PD MMag. Dr. Robert Musil, Institute for Urban and Regional Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Micro-segregation in small towns. Findings from Upper Austria		Lecture 04_Small towns in Poland_Kwiatek-Soltys

Lecture 04_Small Towns in France_Mainet-Roth

Lecture 04_Small Towns_Musil		PhD Matej Nikšič, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slowenia & Dr. Madeleine Wagner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
501.12.2025• Valeria Francioli, University of Florence (Italy) The National Strategy for Inner Areas (SNAI) and other Italian policies made up for small rural settlements (Italian "borghi")
• Prof. Dr. Mina di Marino, Norwegian University (NMBU) (Norway) The future of multilocational work and New Working Spaces in small and medium-sized urban municipalities and in rural municipalities in Norway
• Roundtable Discussion Representatives of the AESOP TG Small Towns and participants		Lecture 05_Small Towns in Italy_Francioli

Lecture 05_New Working Spaces in small urban municipalities and in rural municipalities in Norway_Di Marino		Dr. Hab. Hélène Roth & Prof. Dr. Hélène Mainet, University Clermont Auvergne (France)