As part of the innovation team A1 JTC Team, Imke Hurlin is working in a third-party funded research project (funded by Bundesverband Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung vhw), which deals with urban geographies of loss in the context of socio-ecological transformation.

The aim is to analyze the significance of experiences, practices and spaces of loss (and of dealing with loss) for the shaping of transformation processes in the city. Although loss is a central experience of transformation, it is in conflict with dominant narratives of progress and development.

Thus, there is often a lack of contexts and spaces for a social engagement with loss(es). The analysis of practices of loss appears highly relevant for questions of social participation in transformational contexts.