Open Urban Sustainability Hubs (OPUSH)

The applied international research project OPUSH explores ways in which sustainable development in democratic societies can be co-developed and supported by local communities. The aim of OPUSH is to make knowledge about sustainable development and transformative action more visible and comprehensible through existing knowledge infrastructures, such as libraries and museums. It also seeks to make these knowledge spaces and networks within urban areas more accessible to local communities and to involve them in knowledge production processes through Citizen Social Science.

Project Duration:
April 2022 to March 2025

Project Coordination:
future.lab, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

Project Partners:
TU Wien Bibliothek, Technische Universität Wien (AT), Wunderbyte (AT), TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies (EE), TU Delft Library joint with TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment and Science Centre Delft (NL), Universitat de Barcelona, OpenSystemsUB and CRAI Recerca (ES) Kooperationspartner*innen:  Open Knowledge Maps (AT), Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (AT), Open House (AT), Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Bibliothek (AT), Urban Planning Department, City of Tallinn (EE), FinEst Twins Smart City Center of Excellence, TalTech (EE), Blok 74 (NL), Municipal Department District Planning and Land Use, City of Vienna (AT), Municipal Department Environmental Protection, City of Vienna (AT), Tallinn University of Technology, Library (EE), City of Delft (NL), DOK, municipal library Delft (NL), Barcelona City Council, Office for Culture, Education, Science and Community (ES), Barcelona Public Libraries, City of Barcelona (ES)

Contact

Project team future.lab 
Christian Peer 
christian.peer@tuwien.ac.at

Helena Bernhardt 
helena.bernhardt@tuwien.ac.at 

Credits: JPI Urban Europe