The night is increasingly becoming an important field of research. So-called night-studies are playing a crucial role in understanding nocturnal activities from a social, cultural, and economic perspective. This broad field of research spans topics from the 24-hour city to safety in public spaces and the nighttime use of specific urban areas. What insights do these studies reveal? How do they contribute to our understanding of night culture and what valuable perspectives do they offer for the future of nightlife?

co-curated by Nights

English Night Science

Moderation

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  Bianca Ludewig she/her

  Independent Researcher Austria

  Bianca Ludewig is a cultural anthropologist, journalist, cultural worker, dj and record collector. She studied philosophy, cultural anthropology and empirical cultural studies in Germany, followed by a PhD in Austria on “Transmedia …

Speakers

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  Andreina Seijas she/her

  Night Tank France

  Andreina Seijas J. is a Venezuelan researcher and international consultant with more than 15 years of experience in urban development and policy in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Through her doctoral studies at the Harvard …

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  Lis Vovka they/them

  University of Vienna Austria

  Lis Vovka (they/them) studied Musicology and Dance Science at the University of Salzburg and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Musicology at the University of Vienna. Their Master’s thesis is an ethnographic study of queer ”safe(r) …

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  Manuel Garcia Ruiz he/him

  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Portugal

  Manuel Garcia-Ruiz holds a PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. His research has four main topics: (i) Nightlife, festivals, and tourism, (ii) city branding, culture-led regeneration strategies, artwashing and …

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  Rosa Reitsamer she/her

  mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria Austria

  Rosa Reitsamer (she/her) is a sociologist and professor of Music Sociology at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Her research interests include electronic dance music studies, the sociology of higher music education …

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  Tianyu Jiang they/she

  University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Austria

  Tianyu Jiang (they/she) is a PhD candidate at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Their doctoral project is an ethnography on the recent years’ proliferating underground queer and women-centered music scenes in Shanghai. …

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  William Straw he/him

  McGill University Montreal Canada

  Will Straw is James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University Montreal. He is a former Director (2011-2016) of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and has served as President of the Canadian Communications …

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