Call for Applications: Become an Associated Fellow at Practicing Place

We are now accepting applications for Associated Fellows as we enter the second funding phase of our Research Training Group (RTG) Practicing Place. We invite doctoral researchers whose work aligns with the themes of our RTG to apply. Your application should clearly articulate how your research contributes to developing the central perspective of Practicing Place. […]

In Memory of Professor Michael F. Zimmermann

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our colleague and friend, Michael F. Zimmermann, who died on April 9, 2025. Michael was a founding member of “Practicing Place” and an integral part of our team. He was a wonderful colleague with great enthusiasm for research, always ready to […]

“Practicing and Placing Imaginaries” Published

We are thrilled to announce that our book, Practicing and Placing Imaginaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Conceptual Ideas, and Case Studies is now available. On transcript’s homepage you can download the PDF or get the printed volume. The contributors to this volume explore the intertwined relationship of imagining and practicing from different fields of study (sociology, philosophy, […]

Episode 01/S03: Coming Home To Eichstätt

In this episode, three doctoral candidates of the new cohort, Gabriela Randig, Jakob Bierwagen and Jessie Martin reflect on what it means to practice Eichstätt as their place of research. Bringing very different experiences and relations to Eichstätt into discussion with each other, the three of them delve into the peculiarity of ‘a small Bavarian […]

Pre-Semester Get-Together at “Practicing Place”

One week before the official start of the winter term, our team got together for a two day workshop to discuss our future plans, the upcoming review by the DFG, and the research that our PhDs conducted during the break. On the first day, we got together in our offices, and every team member had […]

“Practicing Place” Welcomes 10 New Doctoral Students

In April 2024, ten new doctoral students started their journey at “Practicing Place.” In the course of a campus tour, a structured onboarding, and our official Welcome Day we introduced them to the KU and our staff! On April 3, we kicked things of with a campus tour guided by our student assistant Chantel Anderson […]

Episode 05/S2: On Urban, Virtual and the Household (with Rob Shields)

In this episode, Shruti Malik engages in an organic conversation with Professor Rob Shields from the University of Alberta. Through the podcast, they touch upon various aspects beginning with understanding the difference in perspective on epistemology of space between the fields of architecture and sociology. This then goes on to discuss the course of research […]

Tim Cresswell: On Place, Mobility & Poetry

Tim Cresswell is Ogilvie Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Trained as a cultural geographer, he is renowned for his extensive works discussing and conceptualizing the role of space, place and mobility in social and cultural life. Amongst the recent academic publications is his book Maxwell Street: Writing and Thinking Place (2019) [1]. Cresswell is […]

Research Visit Archives in Aylesbury, England

In early 2023, our fellow Fabian Ebeling travelled to England for a research stay. In the text below, he describes his stay, the insights he gained, and the sources he examined: In March 2023, I visited the Buckinghamshire Archives in Aylesbury. The archives host the vast collection of materials and documentation produced by the Milton […]

Interdisciplinary Conference in IIT Roorkee in February 2023

Our fellow Shruti Malik visited India for a research stay at the beginning of this year. She began her stay with an interdisciplinary conference at the Indian Institute of Technology where she presented a paper. Read here about Shruti’s experience at the conference: In February 2023 I got the chance to present my work in […]