Examining Utopias: Comparative Scales as a Transdisciplinary Research Method

Utopia, in the context of my research, is seen as a critical method, an unattainable ideal which is not meant to be realized. In the same way that utopian literature is not meant to provide an applicable script for an ideal society, utopian architecture does not intend to provide blueprints. Utopias are a collection of ideals, working together...

Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in European Cities

Based on extensive research with distinguished scholars within the book project ‘Socioeconomic Segregation in European Capital Cities’, this chapter summarizes the key trends in income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Europe. We draw our data from the two last census rounds, and we focus on the most common indicators of income...