EURA JOINTLY ORGANISED SUMMER SCHOOL COOPERATION
Click the events to learn more about the past editions of the PhD summer/training school.2025 Global challenges and local responses
1 – 4 September 2025
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Joint summer school organised by:• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• Technical University of Darmstadt
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
2024 Beyond Boundaries: Old and new challenges on local government
2 – 5 July 2024
Faculty of Law, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Joint summer school organised by:• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• Research Group on Local Governments (GREL) at Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
2022 Rural and Urban in Local Government and Politics
28 June – 2 July 2022
La Cristalera, Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain
Joint summer school organised by:• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• Institute of Local Government and Law (IDL) of Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
2021 Local Government in Motion – Local Innovation in Changing Contexts
13 – 15 September 2021
Center of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Crete, Greece
Joint summer school organised by:• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA)
• Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUDa)
Before 2020
2019 Is Local Always Better? In Search of Adequate Territorial Structures for Governance, Decision-Making, and Service Delivery
6 – 12 July 2019
Zurich-Winterthur, Switzerland
Joint summer school organised by• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• School of Management and Law (SML) of Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
2018 Collaborative local government for an open society
9 – 14 July 2018
Budapest, Hungary
Joint summer school organised by• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• Research Network on Local Public Sector Reforms (LocRef)
• Central Eastern University (CEU)
2017 Renaissance of Local Government
12 – 17 July 2017
Florence, Italy
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC • Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• Research Network on Local Public Sector Reforms (LocRef)
• Department of Political and Social Sciences of University of Florence (UniFi)
• Municipality of Florence
• Tuscany Unit of the Italian National Municipal Association (ANCITOSCANA)
2016 Contested Administrations – Challenged Politics: Addressing Wicked Problems at Local, National, and International Levels of Government
13 – 16 September 2016
Potsdam, Germany
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC
• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• University of Potsdam (Focus Area “Public Policy & Management”)
• Institute of Local Government Studies (KWI) of University of Potsdam
• COST Action IS1207 “Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison (LocRef)”
• Research Group (Graduate School) on "Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy" (WIPCAD)
2015 Innovation in Local Government
13 – 17 September 2015
Spetses, Greece
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC
• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• COST Action IS1207 “Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison (LocRef)”
• Anargyrion and Korgialenion School of Spetses (AKSS) • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA)
2014 Re-building Trust in Local Governments: Re-thinking Politics, Management and Governance in the Post-NPM Era
29 September – 2 October 2014
Siena, Italy
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC
• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• COST Action IS1207 “Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison (LocRef)”
• Department of Business and Law of University of Siena
2013 Leading local government through the challenges of austerity and constraint
15 – 23 July 2013
Leicester, England
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC
• Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (LOGOPOL) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• COST Action IS1207 “Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison (LocRef)”
• Local Governance Research Unit (LGRU) of the Department of Politics and Public Policy of De Montfort University (LMU)
2012 Climate Change: Global Challenges and Local Responses
2 – 4 July 2012
Athens, Greece
Joint summer school organised by• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
2011 Rescaling Government: Reforming public administration and local government
18 – 23 September 2011
Vouliagmeni, Attica, Greece
Joint summer school organised by• EUROLOC
• European Urban Research Association (EURA)
• International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
