Research project UOU Journal is a scientific peer-reviewed journal of UNIVERSITY of Universities and investigates the sharing of intercultural interests explored in international schools of architecture in close connection with the arts.
UOU Scientific Journal is conceived as a space for experimentation to investigate the broad notion of research in architecture. Every issue underlines a specific topic of the contemporary debate in architecture, addressed by each of the editors in chief involved in the project. Therefore, the journal encourages contributions related to the subject and reflects on how this is addressed in the pedagogical area. Contributions are related to the research in the disciplines of architecture, urbanism, art, and associated areas of study.
The UOU scientific journal was ideated in Sweden in November 2020 in the framework of a research seminar on the topic of International Research hosted by the Umeå School of Architecture. The seminar addressed the need for providing a place to further reflect on the research topis addressed during the fall semester 2020 in the framework of the UNIVERSITY of Universities involving a team of academics from 42 Schools of Architecture across Europe. The journal is designed as a space to host reflection on topics linked to contemporary debates in architecture that are at the centre of the discourse on the education of future architects.
The first issue reflects on the notion of commons translated in our urban (and digital) environments, to be conceived more as collective production of resources and spaces in general - material or immaterial - rather than with the resources themselves. This opens a reflection on the process of spatial organisation in the relations between production, ownership, and access to these resources, with an open eye on the effect of the covid-19 pandemic.
UOU Scientific Journal is edited by Alicante University, and it has been initiated thanks to the contribution of the research seminars organized in the Fall 2021 (and Spring 2022) at UMA.
UOU is an open-access Journal, indexed in:
the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals Series and Publishers (Level 1).
Dialnet - Online index of scholarly information on Spain and Latin America.
DOAJ - International Directory of Open Access Journals.
SHERPA / RoMEO - International Directory for publishers and scientific journals in open access.
Latindex - Sistema Regional de Información en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal.
Links to more reading:
UOU Scientific Journal online platform
Published issues:
Issue #1 COMMONS June 2021
Isuue#2 FOLLIES December 2021
Issue#3 REPRESENTATION June 2022
Issue#4 GASTROTECTURE December 2022
In progress:
Issue#5 BORDERS AND FRONTIERS June 2023
Next Issues:
Issue#6 TEMPORALITY December 2023
Issue#7 RADICAL FUTURE June 2024
Issue#8 INDIVI(S)UALITY December 2024
Issue#9 LIMINAL June 2025
Issue #10 Negative + December 2025
UOU project
External project members:
Associate Editors:
Sofia Aleixo, Evora University
Joaquín Alvado Bañón, Alicante University
José Antonio Carrillo Andrada, American University in Dubai
Ozan Avci, MEF University
Mike Devereux, UWE Bristol
Jerzy Łątka, Polytechnic University of Wrocław
Mauricio Morales Beltrán, Yasar University Izmir
