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Department of Spatial Planning
Studierende sitzt am Arbeitsplatz und schaut auf den Laptop. © Aliona Kardash​/​TU Dortmund

Dr Isabelle Anguelovski delivers tu.hosts keynote on climate justice and urban resilience

© Uwe Grützner​/​TU Dortmund
The keynote explored how climate adaptation and urban greening can reduce environmental risks while also reproducing displacement and inequality if justice is not placed at the centre of planning.

Dr Isabelle Anguelovski visited TU Dortmund University on 8 April 2026 to deliver the tu.hosts keynote 'Rights, Risks, and Resilience: Rethinking Cities in the Climate Emergency' at Campus Süd. In her lecture, Dr Anguelovski examined how the climate emergency is reshaping debates on cities, health, housing, and environmental justice. Drawing on international research on urban heat inequality, green gentrification, and climate vulnerability, she showed that climate adaptation and greening strategies do not automatically benefit all urban residents equally.

A central theme of the keynote was that planning responses framed as sustainable or resilient can also reproduce existing inequalities. Dr Anguelovski discussed how greener and more climate-protected urban environments may, under certain conditions, be accompanied by rising housing costs, displacement pressures, and the exclusion of historically marginalised communities. In this sense, the lecture invited the audience to reflect critically on who is protected, who benefits, and who may be pushed aside in the name of urban resilience. The presentation also pointed towards more just planning responses. Rather than treating greening and adaptation as isolated technical solutions, Dr Anguelovski highlighted the importance of combining climate action with anti-displacement tools, equitable housing policy, and community-centred approaches to urban development. Her keynote therefore offered an important contribution to current discussions on the social dimensions of the climate emergency and the responsibilities of planning in addressing them.

The open event brought together students, researchers, and colleagues from TU Dortmund University and beyond, and was followed by discussion on the links between environmental justice, climate adaptation, and urban inequality. The visit took place within the framework of the tu.hosts programme and was organised by Víctor Cobs-Muñoz, at the Department of Spatial Planning.