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15/07/2025
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.
14/07/2025
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.
24/06/2025
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.
24/06/2025
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.
24/06/2025
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.
23/06/2025
On July 1, 15:00 the seventh online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This is the seventh event of the EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Sixth appointment will focus on the Danish case and focus on the urban development planning in Denmark – the 'explosion' of informal and non-mandatory plans [...]
20/05/2025
Second 2025 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has been published. Now available Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2025. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
18/03/2025
"Planning the data-informed city" - In the face of planetary urbanisation, the climate crisis, and the rapid advancement of technology, urban planners and designers have the opportunity to embrace data analytics embedded into urban planning and design to develop more informed strategies. In this context, identify and analyse a social and/or ecological vulnerability of a real city and develop an urban design or technology plan to help [...]
19/02/2025
First 2025 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has been published. Now available Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2025. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
19/02/2025
Reminder! Deadline for applications: March 31st 2025! The Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (ECPR) and the European Urban Research Association (EURA) are happy to endorse the 2025 Summer School, organized and hosted by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Event dates: September 1st-4th, 2025.
20/01/2025
On February 6, 15:00 the sixth online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This is the sixth event of the EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Sixth appointment will focus on the French case and focus on the shift from "banlieues" to small and medium sized towns [...]
10/12/2024
EURA 2025 Membership Campaign is now open! The EURA President and Governing Board would like to encourage you to renew your membership. For those new, we invite you to join us! The membership year runs from January, 1 2025 to December, 31 2025. For more information visit our website or contact the secretariat [...]
09/12/2024
With great enthusiasm and anticipation, the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture of the Yıldız Technical University welcomes you to Istanbul on July 7-11, 2025 for the 37th AESOP Annual Congress. We look forward to welcoming participants from across the globe to share insights, foster connections, and envision a shared future. The Call for Abstracts is Open!
08/12/2024
The working group met in Olomouc in the Czechia on November 22 and 23 2024 for a workshop which took place at the Palacký University. During the event it was possible to clarify final questions regarding the generation of the common data set resulting from the survey of municipal councillors and to discuss contributions to the two-volume joint-publication to be published by Palgrave Macmillan [...]
05/12/2024
The editors of UR&P met in Palermo for a productive meeting. During the event the editors reviewed the journal's publishing report of 2023 that revealed an overall increase in downloads, an improvement on processing times, an increase in number of papers published in Open Access and a better impact factor. EURA and the UR&P Editorial board are grateful to Ignazio Vinci and the University of Palermo for hosting the activity.
29/11/2024
Fourth 2024 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has been published. Now available Volume 17, Issue 4, October 2024. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
20/11/2024
The Standing Group on Local Government and Politics (ECPR) and the European Urban Research Association (EURA) are happy to endorse the 2025 Summer School, organized and hosted by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Event dates: September 1st-4th, 2025. Deadline for applications: March 31st 2025!
11/11/2024
