EURA Previous Summer Schools

Previous Summer Schools

EURA JOINTLY ORGANISED SUMMER SCHOOL COOPERATION

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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)