The International Nuclear Cultural Heritage Working Group (INCHWG) was initiated following the international conference "Radiant Monuments? Nuclear power plants between cultural value and contaminated sites" at the University of Bern in January 2025. 

The Working Group's aim is to establish and promote international exchange between academics and other interested parties on the topic of Nuclear Cultural Heritage. The group meets once or twice a year online to share insights into ongoing research. It maintains this platform to collect and disseminate information on new publications, conferences and research projects. 

If you are interested in joining the Working Group, please send an e-mail to
​info(at)baukulturen-schweiz.ch

Upcoming Working Group Meetings

The next Working Group meeting will be held online on
Friday, 19th September 2025, 10am–12pm

Conferences – Symposiums – Workshops

Save the Date and Call for Contributions

3rd Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on the Safety of Nuclear Disposal Practices

​Time as a safety factor: opportunities and challenges of timely nuclear waste disposal
​Berlin, 17.-19. September 2025

Call for Contributions 06.01.-11.03.2025
Opportunity 1: Proposals for Orals and Posters, sessions include:

• Nuclear decommissioning: the challenging transformations of nuclear reactors into waste
• Pasts, presents and futures of nuclear cultures and memories
• Long-term relationships: exploring civil society involvement in repository construction, operation and closure
• Public opinion on nuclear waste: understanding citizens' beliefs, attitudes, and needs
• Role of the regions: siting processes of large-scale infrastructures and the regional level
• On the nuclear renaissance: memory, practices, futures

Opportunity 2: Proposals for panel discussions and workshops

More Information

Latest Publications

Eastwood, Ashiya (Ed.), "Nuclear". The Modernist Magazine, vol. 52, 2024.
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Gonzalvo, Carlos; Capomaggi, Julia (Ed.). Renewable Borders. University of Girona 2024.
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Ludewig, Bernhard; Eidemüller, Dirk. Der nukleare Traum: Die Geschichte der deutschen Atomkraft. DOM Publishers 2020.
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Villette Agnès; Cremades, Fernando (Ed.). Radioactive Traces – Sensing, Perceiving, Transcribing. Medialab Matadero 2024.
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von Einsiedel, Sophie (in press); "Reading Nuclear Landscapes: A global typological investigation of nuclear power plant sites". Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2025.