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15 December 2025

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Just published: The second volume of the DFG research training group Urban Future-Making series, entitled “Contingencies in Urban Future-Making. Pitfalls, Potentialities, and Transformative Practices.” The book is open access published by Transcript and includes a contribution by Clara Da Ros entitled: “Exploring the contingency of small-scale urban transformation through interstitial practices at the site of a former war bunker” as well as a contribution by Carsten Gertz and Katharina Manderscheid entitled “Urban air mobility as a new level for transport?”.

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