Chalmers tekniska högskola

Stockholm, Sweden Sweden

Migration and a sustainable global existence are two of the biggest challenges of our time. How can they be combined? Historically, migration has been a driving force for societal development and urbanisation, but so has the individual’s acceptance of transformation and change of the environment. New places are overlaid with experiences of earlier spaces, anchoring transnational relations in a local history. What kind of city emerges from migration’s transformative dynamics? Swedish contemporary history is marked by migration in different directions. How have the Swedish city and the planning been developed and affected by the dynamics of migration? Which new spaces and social relations...