THESSALONIKI SOCIAL ATLAS

Thessaloniki Social Atlas

(Link : https://thessalonikisocialatlas.arch.auth.gr)

The EKKE (National Centre for Social Research) is a scientific institution supporting the Thessaloniki Social Atlas. The primary institutional framework for the implementation of the Atlas is the Department of Urban Planning, Spatial Planning, and Regional Development at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), which houses the Research Unit for South European Cities. This unit conducts research on urban design and the social and environmental challenges in the cities of Southern Europe and the Southeastern Mediterranean. The project is supported by the Onassis Foundation the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Thessaloniki Office.

Thessaloniki Social Atlas aims to collect, present, and disseminate topics concerning the changing urban geographies of Thessaloniki with an emphasis on the city’s recent transformations in historical traits. This is a dynamic and accessible free online platform with texts, maps, and urban data that contribute to a critical understanding, a systematic organisation, and the presentation of evidence-based material for Thessaloniki. It shares scientific knowledge with the wider public towards the dissemination and democratisation of knowledge while, at the same time, informing the academic community and policy-makers.

Being a Mediterranean port city and a major urban centre in Southeastern Europe, Thessaloniki presents interesting specificities: the continuum of habitation over many centuries, history and cultural heritage, the geopolitical strategic location as a constant crossroads in the Balkans, the proximity to the sea, but also along its current social, spatial, and environmental transformations in a globalised context. Nonetheless, many of the city’s recent and ongoing transformations remain unmapped, poorly discussed, or with limited outreach.

By emphasising space in multiple geographic scales, from the neighbourhood level to the wider urban complex, the Atlas welcomes contributions from urban studies, architecture and spatial planning, geography, sociology and anthropology, environment, history, and economic and political sciences.

Contact: atlasthessaloniki@arch.auth.gr

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