Siarhei Liubimau

Siarhei Liubimau is an Associate Professor in the Academic Department of Social Sciences at the European Humanities University (EHU). He serves as the Coordinator of the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism, focusing on applied urban research. His work bridges urban sociology, critical theory, and digitalization studies.

Education: PhD in Sociology from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (2010). Teaching areas include Language and Thinking, Professional Terminology in English (Cities and Digitalization), and City and Communication.

Research interests center on urban sociology, critical urbanism, sociology of digitalization, borders/boundaries, and social theory. Key projects explore nuclear towns (e.g., Visaginas), post-Soviet urban infrastructure, and transnational urban border dynamics. He has authored monographs like Mapping Visaginas and contributed to peer-reviewed journals such as Europa Regional and Studia nad Granicami.

Professional activities include coordinating international conferences (e.g., 2022 EHU anniversary conference) and participating in EU-funded projects. He has presented at venues like the Baltic Conference on Environmental Humanities and the German Historical Institute in Warsaw.

Laboratory of Critical Urbanism initiatives include the World Urban Forum presentation (2022) and Erasmus+ exchanges. Active in public intellectual work, he critiques authoritarian digital politics (Belarus case studies) and reimagines urban futures through planetary urbanization frameworks.