20 April 2026
Land Webinar | Urban Micro-Segregation: Taking Segregation Analysis at the Micro Level, 28 April 2026
Urban micro-segregation, which refers to small-scale segregation below the scale of the neighborhood, is an emerging topic in urban research and poses new questions for segregation studies:
- It examines the multiple forms of urban micro-segregation in different urban contexts across the world;
- It investigates the mechanisms that produce urban micro-segregation and the trends in their reproduction;
- It evaluates the importance of urban micro-segregation for social reproduction in terms of its impact on social inequalities and discrimination.
Emerging research on urban micro-segregation provides a deeper analysis of the function of social (and/or ethno-racial) mixing and separation below the neighborhood level, promoting discussion of the effective relationship between social and spatial distance and its impact on social reproduction. This leads to a better understanding of different types of social mixes and their characteristics, which must be addressed to facilitate urban policies promoting social integration and cohesion.
This webinar is a follow-up of the edited volume Vertical Cities (Edward Elgar, 2022) and a Special Issue of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), “Urban Micro-Segregation”. It gathers evidence on micro-segregation forms from diverse metropolitan contexts across the planet and explores how social reproduction and urban micro-segregation are shaped by global and local forces.
Date: 28 April 2026 at 4:00 p.m. (CEST) | 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Webinar ID: 834 7378 2639
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Land-8?subscribe
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Program:
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in EDT |
| Mioara-Madalina Buzatu Journal Introduction and Overview of Submission Process | 4:00–4:10 p.m. | 10:00–10:10 a.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Maloutas and Prof. Dr. John Logan (Chair) Chair Introduction (Webinar Opening and Relevant Special Issue Introduction) | 4:10–4:25 p.m. | 10:10–10:25 a.m. |
| Prof. Karin Grundström and Prof. Christine Lelevrier Imposing ‘Enclosed Communities’? Urban Gating of Large Housing Estates in Sweden and France | 4:25–4:45 p.m. | 10:25–10:45 a.m. |
| Q&A Session | 4:45–4:50 p.m. | 10:45–10:50 a.m. |
| Dr. Thomas Pfirsch Controlling the Proximity of the Poor: Patterns of Micro-Segregation in Naples’ Upper-Class Areas | 4:50–5:10 p.m. | 10:50–11:10 a.m. |
| Q&A Session | 5:10–5:15 p.m. | 11:10–11:15 a.m. |
| Dr. Robert Musil & Jiannis Kaucic Housing Market Segmentation as a Driver of Urban Micro-Segregation? An In-Depth Analysis of Two Viennese Districts | 5:15–5:35 p.m. | 11:15–11:35 a.m. |
| Q&A Session | 5:35–5:40 p.m. | 11:35–11:40 a.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Sainan Lin (Chair) Discussion | 5:40–5:55 p.m. | 11:40–11:55 a.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Sainan Lin (Chair) Closing of Webinar | 5:55–6:00 p.m. | 11:55–12:00 p.m. |
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Webinar Chairs and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Maloutas, National Centre for Social Research & Harokopio University, Greece;
- Prof. Dr. Sainan Lin, Wuhan University, China;
- Prof. Dr. John Logan, Brown University, USA;
- Prof. Karin Grundström, Malmö University, Sweden;
- Prof. Christine Lelévrier, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France;
- Dr. Thomas Pfirsch, Université Polytechnique Hauts de France, France;
- Dr. Robert Musil, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria;
- Jiannis Kaucic, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
Relevant Special Issue:
“Urban Micro-Segregation”
Guest Editors: Thomas Maloutas, Sainan Lin and John Logan
Relevant Papers:
“Urban Micro-Segregation: Taking Segregation Analysis at the Micro Level”
by Thomas Maloutas, Sainan Lin and John R. Logan
Land 2025, 14(2), 255; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020255
“Housing Market Segmentation as a Driver of Urban Micro-Segregation? An In-Depth Analysis of Two Viennese Districts”
by Robert Musil and Jiannis Kaucic
Land 2024, 13(9), 1507; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091507
“Controlling the Proximity of the Poor: Patterns of Micro-Segregation in Naples’ Upper-Class Areas”
by Thomas Pfirsch
Land 2023, 12(11), 2005; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112005
“Imposing ‘Enclosed Communities’? Urban Gating of Large Housing Estates in Sweden and France”
by Karin Grundström and Christine Lelévrier
Land 2023, 12(8), 1535; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081535
