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How are cities planned - and, above all, for whom? This question served as a central theme throughout the Jane’s Walk Vienna Festival 2026. Co-organizer and expert Cornelia Dlabaja, Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban Tourism, also provided important insights. Her contributions to the panel discussion and walks demonstrated how closely research, urban development and social engagement are intertwined. […]Read more on Understanding the City while Walking: Recap of Jane’s Walk Vienna Festival 2026

Cornelia Dlabaja, Endowed Professor of Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development at FHWien der WKW, examines how mass tourism is affecting Venice’s public infrastructure. In an article in the “International Journal of Urban and Regional Research,” she highlights how local initiatives are attempting to preserve social cohesion and the “right to the city” in an increasingly commercialized environment. […]Read more on When Cities Become Backdrop: Venice’s Struggle for Infrastructure

How are vacancy rates, tourism and short-term rentals changing our cities? This question was the focus of the 4th Urban Future Talk, organized by Endowed Professor Cornelia Dlabaja at the Neubau District Office on March 17, 2026. […]Read more on Urban Future Talk 4: Urban Transformation in the Interplay of Vacancy, Tourism and short-term Rentals

At the book presentation of the anthology “Raum – Theorie – Empirie” (Space – Theory – Empiricism) by editors Cornelia Dlabaja and Sarah Nimführ at FHWien der WKW, it became clear why space is not only geographically relevant, but also socially and politically relevant. […]Read more on Spaces are made: An invitation to change perspectives

As co-editor, Daniela Wagner from the Tourism & Hospitality Management Study Programs presents an anthology that brings together the contributions from the 6th Culinary and Wine Tourism Conference. […]Read more on Taste as a Travel Motive: New Book on Culinary and Wine Tourism

How can cities be designed to enable participation and promote social justice? This question was the focus of the third edition of the event series “rethink inclusion– shaping social participation,” which took place in Vienna at the end of November. In her presentation, Cornelia Dlabaja, Endowed Chair at FHWien der WKW, classified inclusion as a fundamental prerequisite for livable cities. […]Read more on Rethink 2025 – Designing the City for Everyone

The playbook “The Places To Be” is the result of a cooperation between Vienna Tourism, the Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development at FHWien der WKW and Urban Innovation Vienna. The practical handbook entitled “Playbook – The Places To Be” was presented to an interested specialist audience and discussed together as part of a dialogue at the Looshaus.… […]Read more on “The Places To Be” – This is what cities should look like in the future

On October 17, 2025, the Viktor Adler Market in Vienna's Favoriten district was transformed into a place of exchange between research, art, and urban society. […]Read more on Cornelia Dlabaja on Markets as Social Places

From September 24 to 26, 2025, FHWien der WKW hosted the international symposium Caring for the City. For three days, the focus was on how urban and tourism development can be made inclusive and sustainable across sectors. The conference brought together experts from research, administration, planning, and practice to discuss new forms of sustainable urban design and tourism, focusing on… […]Read more on Caring for the City: How we can make cities sustainable and livable

In spring 2025, the endowed chair for sustainable urban and tourism development, Cornelia Dlabaja, published a workbook entitled “Raum - Theorie - Empirie” with 14 practice-oriented contributions on space-related urban research. […]Read more on Exploring spaces – shaping urban research