The Journal of Public Space (ISSN 2206-9658) is a research project developed by City Space Architecture, a non-profit organization based in Italy, in partnership with UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, based in Kenya.
The Journal of Public Space is the first, international, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space. It speaks different languages and is open to embrace diversity, inconvenient dialogues and untold stories, from multidisciplinary fields and all countries, especially from those that usually do not have voice, overcoming the Western-oriented approach that is leading the current discourse.
As a proper public space, The Journal of Public Space is free, accessible and inclusive, providing a platform for emerging and consolidated researchers; it is intended to foster research, showcase best practices and inform discussion about the more and more important issues related to public spaces in our changing and evolving societies.

Read more about the Editorial Team and about our double blind peer review process.

Public Space and Placemaking in African Cities

2023-03-05

S P E C I A L   I S S U E  /  Vol. 7 n. 1 (2022)
This issue was announced by CAPS - Centre on African Public Spaces at 11th World Urban Forum in Katowice during an event at the Silesian Museum on 29 June 2022, on the occasion of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the UN-Habitat's Global Public Space Programme.
It is currently under peer review. Read more about our double blind peer review process.
The publication online is expected in May 2023.

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2022): Art and Activism in Public Space

Art and Activism in Public Space

Editors: Luisa Bravo, Maggie McCormick, Fiona Hillary

Published: 2022-12-31

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"Public space
in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic, a fundamental human right for everybody."

   - Dr Luisa Bravo
The Journal of Public Space, Founder and Editor in Chief
City Space Architecture, Founding Member and President
(from the statement submitted at the 26th UN-Habitat Governing Council held in Nairobi, Kenya, 8-12 May 2017)
Stand up for Public Space!  |  UN-Habitat Global Urban Lecture by Dr Luisa Bravo (click here)  |  A global campaign launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, 2016 (click here)

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