The course will touch upon some of the main theoretical and methodological approaches developed in social science towards the understanding of the urbanisation, urban space and social issues in the contemporary cities. The theoretical part of the course will include works from the field of sociology, as well as human geography, urban political studies and cultural studies, as these disciplines focused much on urban in recent decades. To embed the theoretical understanding in practical examples students will be introduced to research on the urban restructuring in Central Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union.