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Call for papers! "Overcoming Overtourism: are Proximity-based Tourism and Bottom-up Approaches able to both enhance Cultural Heritage and foster place-based innovation?" a Special Issue for the Journal of Place Management and Development . Deadline for abstracts submission approaching: December, 31 2025. Read the call and consider submitting an abstract!
Applications are open for the 2026 entry Bloomberg Philanthropies PhD Studentships in Cities at LSE, providing full fees, an annual stipend (≥ £22,780 in 2025/26) and additional funding to engage with city administrations; co-supervision by LSE Cities is encouraged. Available across Government, Geography & Environment, Management and Sociology. Deadline: submit before your programme’s funding deadline. [...]
On 17 November, 15:30 (CET) the online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This session of the EURA activity launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration will focus on The socioeconomic impacts of brownfield redevelopment to housing in England. Speakers: Danielle Sinnett, Reinhard Weisser, Owen Cranshaw.
Applications are open for the 2026/28 CIFAR Global Scholars program, offering CAD $100,000 in unrestricted research support and CIFAR-covered travel for a two-year term (Apr 1, 2026–Mar 31, 2028). Deadline: Nov 5, 2025, 12:00 EST (18:00 CET). [...]
We are proud to announce the location and host of the EURA 2026 Annual Conference! Location: Venice, Italy. Dates: 17-20 June 2026 Theme: "Cities Under Strain: Rethinking the ungovernable" Host: IUAV University of Venice. Stay tuned, more details coming soon!
Call for papers! "Data Centre Urbanism" a Special Issue for Urban Research & Practice. Deadline for abstracts submission approaching: November, 30 2025. Read the call and consider submitting an abstract! For more information and submissions, please contact: karsten.zimmermann@tu-dortmund.de
The EURA Working Group on Municipal Councillors in Europe is advancing its collaboration through joint research and teaching. A new survey of mayors is in preparation, alongside a first Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) held in June 2025 in Darmstadt with partners from five countries.
During the EURA 2025 Annual Conference in Bristol, the General Assembly elected Prof. Ignazio Vinci (University of Palermo) as the new President of the association. We extend our deepest thanks to Prof. Filipe Teles (University of Aveiro) for his outstanding leadership over the past years. The current Governing Board was also re-elected, with its mandate extended for another four years.
The European Urban Research Association would like to express its sincere thanks to the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England for hosting, organising, and sponsoring the annual EURA Conference. Special thanks goes to the Chair of the conference Prof. Danielle Sinnett, the organizing committee and the whole Bristol team. We are especially grateful to the speakers of the two plenary sessions, to all staff involved in the organisation of the mobile workshops, as well as all panelists, track chairs and discussants.
The paper titled "Regulating Urban Resilience: the need for interconnected standards and responsibilities for climate change resilience for the UK Urban areas", by Chris Medland and Jonathan Chenoweth won the EURA 2025 Emerging Scholar Award. Congratulations once again to the winners and thank you to all PhD and emerging researchers who submitted papers.
The paper titled "Analysing and evaluating co-productive planning practice in Germany" by Dahae Lee and Shpetim Thaci, won the EURA 2025 Best Conference Paper Award. Congratulations once again to the winners and Thank you to those who submitted papers.
