Rohee street magazine: The view of an urban researcher // 6.5.2026

In autumn 2025, Rohee street magazine and the Insurgent Spatial Practices research group began a collaboration, the result of which is an article series named Kaupunkitutkijan katse (The view of an urban researcher). The collaboration as well as themes of the series will be discussed as part of the pre-party of Finnish Urban Studies Conference in Tampere.

Rohee is a Finnish language street magazine from Tampere with a special distribution channel: anyone who needs money can come and sell the magazine. Editor-in-chief Hannele Huhtala founded Rohee in spring 2022. The magazine focuses on social justice, societal issues and cultural stories.

The first article based on the collaboration with Insurgent Spatial Practices was published in the Rohee magazine no. 18, 5/2025 (Antti Wallin and Mikko Kyrönviita: How skateboarding makes the city safer). The second article appeared in the magazine no. 19, 1-2026 (Elina Alatalo: Mushrooming and co-working). Two more articles will be published during 2026, one about urban gardening (Krista Willlman) and another about a neurodiverse city (Riina Lundman).

The series of articles in question has been supported by the urban research network TURNS at the University of Tampere. Rohee will be presented at the event and urban researchers will discuss the results of the collaboration.

Wednesday May 6 at 18-19:00 at Kalevan Halli: Sarvijaakonkatu 28, 33540 Tampere

The pre-party of the Finnish Urban Studies Conference is open to anyone, free of charge, from 16.20-22:00. Please see the whole program here.