Please feel free to contact us about upcoming Urban Studies Conference 2025 by email skts@kaupunkitutkimuksenseura.fi.
Organizing Societies & Collaborators
The organizers of the annual Urban Studies Conference are the Society for Urban Planning (YSS), the Finnish Society for Urban Research (SKTS) and the Society for Built Environment Research (RYTS).
Urban Studies Conference will be held in cooperation with the Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria) in 2024.
Finnish Society for Urban Research
www.kaupunkitutkimuksenseura.fi
The principal aim of the Finnish Society for Urban Studies is to promote interdisciplinary urban research, function as an academic forum for scholars, increase appreciation of urban studies, and actively co-operate internationally in the field. In addition the Society wishes to generate wider discussions on urban and regional policies, on the development of cities, and on urban culture in Finland.
Society for Built Environment Research
Rakennetun ympäristön tutkimuksen seura (entinen Maanmittaustieteiden Seura ry) on vuonna 1926 perustettu yhdistys, jonka tarkoituksena on edistää alan tutkimusta ja sitä harrastavien henkilöiden verkostoitumista sekä julkaista tutkimustuloksia. Pääasiallisena toimintamuotona on esitelmätilaisuuksien järjestäminen ja julkaisutoiminta. Seura julkaisee Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research (NJSR) referee-julkaisua. Lisäksi seuralla on erillisjulkaisusarja.
Society for Urban Planning
The Finnish Society of Urban Planning (YSS ry) is founded in 1958. The aim of the society is to function as a discussion arena for planners, researchers and other interested. Our activities are both scientific and practical.
We organize conferences, seminars and discussions.The Finnish Society of Urban Planning publishes a scientific journal called “The Finnish Journal of Urban Studies” four times a year. We have about 350 members. The Finnish Society of Urban Planning is a member of Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.