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  • Korean neighbourhoods beyond Korea

    Neighbourhoods are known for their social networks and identities embedded in particular places. Blaž will present on a seminar on Korean neighbourhoods beyond Korea, comparing three Korean neighbourhoods with strong social networks and distinct identities based on social class and/or ethnicity. Of these neighbourhoods, only Haengdang-dong is located in Korea. It used to be one…

  • The importance of knowledge and the university in society

    Blaž will be presenting CASIE at the Meeting Point session of the SMUL conference in Ljubljana, which focuses on the importance and value of knowledge and the university in today’s society. The research Neighbourhood Collective Action and Social Innovation for Resilient Cities in East Asia and Europe, CASIE, seeks to understand the importance of collective…

  • Urban gardening in South Korea and Slovenia as neighbourhood collective action*

    Ieum and Onkraj gradbišča community gardens in Incheon and Ljubljana show that the social importance of urban gardening as a neighbourhood collective action is growing in South Korea and Slovenia, largely due to the engagement of urban gardening activists and civil society organisations. Introduction: Urban gardening as collective actionUrban gardening refers to non-commercial food production…

  • Strengthening social cohesion through neighbourhood improvement in Seoul and Singapore*

    The cities of Seoul and Singapore offer valuable insights into the potential of neighbourhood improvement as a social policy that can strengthen social cohesion in neighbourhoods and cities. Social cohesion and sustainable development of citiesCities are vital to national and global economic growth. They are the centres of social, cultural, and political life. However, they…