TURNS Spring Calendar 2026

Spring flowers at the university

On this page, we update the upcoming TURNS events and activities during 2026. These include also TURNS collaborations, TURNS supported initiatives, and other interesting urban research events organized by our friends and partners.

16.4. Urban Prosumers kickoff event (Nekalab; in Finnish)

23.4. TURNS Thursday: Film Screening – the Battle for Lapinlahti / Taistelu Lapinlahdesta (Arthouse Cinema Niagara)

6.5. Pre-party of the Finnish Urban Studies Conference / Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivien etkot (Kaleva Hall)

7.-8.5. Finnish Urban Studies Conference 2026 / Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivät 2026 

7.-8.5. Exhibition: Opiskelijoiden näkökulmia tulevaisuuden kaupunkiin (Tampere University Main Building)

26.5. TURNS Tuesday: New European Bauhaus (NEB) funding info & networking afternoon

5.6. Guest talk: Digital Civics for Sustainable Transitions (by Marcus Foth)

26.-29.6. WPSC PhD Workshop 2026 (full)

29.6.-3.7. WPSC World Planning Schools Congress 2026 (Helsinki & Espoo)

 

Changes possible.