« Urban Theories Across Borders » (UTAB) is an intensive training program in urban studies. It has as objective to strengthen the research skills of master and PhD students who want to pursue research on cities and urbanisation from a diversity of perspectives grounded in the social sciences.

Cities and urban sites in Southeast Asia are the main fieldworks for UTAB winter and summer schools. They are the sites for the production of contextual urban knowledge and theory. However, UTAB commits to frequent comparisons beyond the geographical area of Southeast Asia.

UTAB provides intensive training in urban epistemology, critical urban theory, research methodologies, and techniques of investigation in the field. The participants are involved in processes of knowledge production with our team of researchers and lecturers, and in close association with the activities of the international research network CREMA.

Drawing on the CREMA network, UTAB winter and summer schools are organised on a recurring basis in partnership with universities, research centres, and associations based in Southeast Asia and beyond.