NEWS
Conference: Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, & the Arts) of the American Psychological Association (APA) – 2025 contributions
For this March, members of the Urban Art and Green team presented our work at the Div. 10’s Annual Research Conference, New Haven CT (USA).
In a session chaired by Jan Mikuni, Helmut Leder and her respectively presented the theoretical and the empirical parts of a talk about art in urban public spaces and experienced wellbeing.
Kirren Chana presented a consequent piece of work from our project: a scoping review of the literature on the urban elements that are considered for their aesthetics and wellbeing potentials.
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Looking forward to the new discussions and ideas this conference sparked.
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Photo credit: Helmut Leder
Thoughts about the future from the urban art and green team
Throughout the Winter Semester, the Vienna Cognitive Science Hub organized a series of talks centred on “Future Thinking”. During these talks, we wondered how our individual and collective cognitive processes should evolve to address the pressing challenges our world and societies face.
Elisabeth Oberzaucher and Helmut Leder animated the introduction lecture. Jan Mikuni concluded the series with a talk about the role of aesthetics in creating healthy cities of tomorrow.
Missed it? No worries, the recording of Jan’s talk (and some of the other talks from the “Future Thinking” series) is available here.
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Photo credit: Margot Dehove.
EVALabs - 20 years celebrations
(Symposium and Summer School)
Members of the Urban Art and Green project had the honour to be a part of the EVALabs – 20 years celebrations (weekend from 20 to 23 Sept, 2024).
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Helmut Leder led various discussions during the weekend, reflecting on the past and future of the field of Aesthetics.
Jan Mikuni inspired the young generation of researchers during the Summer School with a talk on career planning and development.
Margot Dehove co-hosted (with colleagues Kirren Chana and Tristan Barrière) a workshop on Eye-Tracking, sharing the EVALabs experience and starting discussions about the method among her peers.
Such an inspiring weekend !
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Photo credit: Anna Lena Knoll.
Celebrating the Grätzloase
Last May, our Grätzloase had some new visitors. Members of our funding agency WWTF had the chance to enjoy a little breakfast inside the Grätzloase, while celebrating the project's milestones since 2021.
What a way to start the day :)
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Photo credit: Helmut Leder.
Pint of Science
May 15 was all about Grätzloase and Science: Jan Mikuni presented our project at the Pint of Science festival.
More info here
Photo credit: Julie Murman and Thomas Karner.
Conference: International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) 2024 contributions
From May 08 until 10, the IAEA conference took place in Palma, Mallorca. Margot Dehove presented a talk about the impact of our street interventions on well-being, attraction and aesthetic experience in a symposium about urban aesthetics moderated by Helmut Leder.
Want to know more about the IAEA conference? Check their webpage
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Photo credit: Alexandra Victoria Alvarez.
