Odessa, with over one million inhabitants, it is one of the most prominent cities of the Ukraine. Directly located at the north west coast of the Black Sea it is the main administrative, cultural and trade centre of the Odessa Oblast and has been a multiethnic city since its formation. Odessa has 18 universities and higher education centres, with an emphasis on science. This booklet presents the outcomes of a research-based seminar, where students observed, mapped, cri- tically evaluated and visualized various layers of the city Odessa – a modern post-socialist city – in its socio-cultural, political, economic, and environmental context.
