3rd International Conference
of the Urban Music Studies
Scholars' Network
Groove the City -
Move the Streets Conference
17. & 19. September 2026
mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Wien
Public Spaces, Urban Cultures
and Hope Symposium
18. September 2026
TU Wien - TUtheSky Getreidemarkt Campus
Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien
Programm: Groove the City - Move the Streets
Book of Abstracts: Groove the City - Move the Streets
Steering Committee (in alphabetical order)
Sarah Chaker (mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Lisa Gaupp (mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Andrea Glauser (mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Sabine Knierbein (TU Wien - Technische Unversität Wien)
Conveners
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Center for Integrative Music Research (ZiM)
Department of Cultural Management (IKM)
TU Wien - Technische Universität Wien
Urban Music Studies Scholars' Network
Thematic Group for Public Spaces and Urban Cultures of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP TG PSUC)
Academic and Artistic Board
Magdalena Augustin (TU Wien)
Alenka Barber-Kersovan (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Seo-Young Cho (mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Gabriella Esposito de Vita (National Research Council of Italy CNR)
Michael Getzner (TU Wien)
Paula Guerra (Universidade do Porto)
Ebba Högström (Umeå University)
Volker Kirchberg (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Robin Kuchar (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Anastasiia Mazurenko (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Matej Nikšič (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia)
Luciana Ferreira Moura Mendonça (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Richard Pfeifer (TU Wien)
Karl Salzmann (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien)
Will Straw (McGill University)
Tihomir Viderman (TU Wien)