“Conflict – Space – Emotion: Understanding and working with local conflicts”

Local conflicts in times of socio-ecological transformation: From 25–27 February 2026, the LoKoNet conference “Conflict – Space – Emotion: Understanding and working with local conflicts” will take place at the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences.

The conference focuses on the significance of emotions, spatial dimensions, and approaches to conflict resolution. Through lectures, workshops, and interactive formats, it offers diverse insights into current research and practical experience.

The JTC will also be represented: Team A1 will present, in a lecture session, insights into “Emotional experiences of local transformations: praxeological perspectives on contested in-between spaces, informal practices of participation, and ambivalent emotions.”

From the programme:
“In-between Spaces of Change: Liminality, emotional appropriation and informal uses of vacant properties in a transformation region”, Cheyenne Wolf (Team A1)
“Everyday practices of the political, latent conflicts and emotional constellations in rural structural change”, Hermine Bähr (Team A1)
“Urban geographies of loss as a perspective on socio-ecological transformation processes”, Jan Winkler (Team A1)

Where: Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Schlüterstr. 1
99089 Erfurt
When: 26 February 2026, 16.10–17.40