EURA Previous Conferences

Previous Conferences

EURA, A MEETING PLACE SINCE 1997

2024 ICUA

Cities on the Edge: Promoting Equity & Resiliency through Research, Activism, Planning and Policy

24-27 April 2024 | New York, USA

Conference co-sponsors: Urban Affairs Association (UAA), European Urban Research Association (EURA), and European Network for Housing Research (ENHR)

EURA 2023

The European City: A practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future

22-24 June 2023 | Reykjavík, Iceland

Hosted by the University of Iceland, Faculty of Political Science in partnership with Faculty of Life and Environmental Science and the Institute of Public Administration and Politics
Organised by Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir

EURA 2022

Defrag-Europe: fragility/antifragility at play in contemporary Europe

16-18 June 2022 | Milan, Italy

Hosted by Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Organised by Valeria Fedeli

EURA 2021

Contradictions Shaping Urban Futures

6-7 May 2021 | Oslo, Norway

Organised by the Oslo Metropolitan University, University of Oslo, and the Oslo School of Architecture

2010-2019

City Futures IV

Creating Just and Sustainable Cities

20-22 June 2019 | Dublin, Ireland

Hosted by the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
Organised by Paula Russell

EURA 2018

Reconciling Past and Future Urban and Regional Strengths

21-23 June 2018 | Tilburg, The Netherlands

Organised by the Tilburg School for Politics and Public Administration and the Tilburg Center for Regional Law and Governance (Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University)

EURA 2017

Cities Locked in Networks

21-24 June 2017 | Warsaw, Poland

Organised by the University of Warsaw

EURA 2016

City Lights. Cities and Citizens Within/Beyond/Notwithstanding the Crisis

16-18 June 2016 | Turin, Italy

Organised by Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Polytechnic and University of Torino

EURA 2015

Transforming Cities, Transformative Cities

17-20 September 2015 | Sibiu, Romania

Organised by the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of International Relations, Political Science and Security Studies

City Futures III

18-20 June 2014 | Paris, France

Organised by the LABEX Urban Futures, the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and the Paris School of Urban Planning

EURA 2013

Cities as Seedbeds of Innovation

4-6 July 2013 | Enschede, The Netherlands

Organised by the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, University of Twente

EURA 2012

Urban Europe: Challenges to Meet the Urban Future

20-22 September 2012 | Vienna, Austria

Organised by Vienna University of Technology

EURA 2011

Cities Without Limits

22-25 June 2011 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Organised by the University of Aalborg and the Centre for Strategic Urban Research (Aarhus School of Architecture and Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, University of Copenhagen)

EURA 2010

Understanding City Dynamics

24-26 September 2010 | Darmstadt, Germany

Organised by the Darmstadt Technical University

2000-2009

City Futures II

City Futures in a Globalising World

4-6 June 2009 | Madrid, Spain

A joint conference organized by EURA and the US Urban Affairs Association (UAA) as a transatlantic follow up to the successful ‘City Futures’ Conference held in Chicago in 2004.
Organised by the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

EURA 2008

Learning Cities in a Knowledge-based Global Society

9-11 October 2008 | Milan, Italy

Hosted by the Politecnico di Milano
Organised by Alessandro Balducci

EURA 2007

The Vital City

12-14 September 2007 | Glasgow, Scotland

Hosted by the University of Glasgow
Organised by Ivan Turok

EURA 2006

Cities in City Regions

11-14 May 2006 | Warsaw, Poland

Hosted by University of Warsaw
Organised by Pawel Swianiewicz

EURA 2005

International Policies and Strategies of Cities

10 December 2005 | Lyon, France

Hosted by Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Lyon
Organised by Christian Lefèvre and Bernard Jouve

EURA 2004

Public Spaces and Quality of Life in Cities

23-25 September 2004 | Brno, Czech Republic

Hosted by the Faculty of Architecture TU Brno
Organised by Vladimira Silhankova

City Futures I

An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change

8-10 July 2004 | Chicago, United States of America

Hosted by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
A joint conference organised by EURA (Robin Hambleton) and the US Urban Affairs Association (UAA) (Janet Smith)

EURA 2003.2

European Urban Development, Research and Policy: The Future of European Cohesion Policy

28-30 August 2003 | Budapest, Hungary

Hosted by the Metropolitan Research Institute
Organised by Ivàn Tosics

EURA 2003.1

‘Universities and their Role in Urban Community Development

10-11 April 2003 | Enschede, The Netherlands

Hosted by the University of Twente
Organised by Bas Denters

EURA 2002.2

‘City Images and Urban Regeneration

11 October 2002 | Weimar, Germany

Hosted by Bauhaus University Weimar
Organised by Frank Eckardt

EURA 2002.1

Urban and Spatial European Policies: Levels of Territorial Government

18-20 April 2002 | Turin, Italy

Hosted by the Politecnico e Università di Torino
Organised by Alessandro Balducci and Giuseppe Dematteis

EURA 2001

Area-based Initiatives in Contemporary Urban Policy: Innovations in City Governance

7-9 May 2001 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Hosted by Danish Building and Urban Research
Organised by Jacob Norvig Larsen and Hans Kristensen

EURA 2000

Cities in the Region

13-15 April 2000 | Dublin, Ireland

Hosted by the Department of Regional and Urban Planning, University College, Dublin
Organised by Michael Bannon

Before 1999

EURA 1999.2

European cities in transformation

22-23 October 1999 | Paris, France

Hosted by LATTS, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausees
Organised by Christian Lefèvre

EURA 1999.1

Innovations in Urban Governance

April 1999 | Oslo, Norway

Hosted by the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR)
Organised by Jon Naustdalslid and Jan Erling Klausen

EURA 1998

Towards an Urban Agenda for the European Union

7-9 May 1998 | Venice, Italy

Hosted by Dipartimento di Analisi Economica e Sociale del Territorio (DAEST)
Organised by Paola Somma

EURA 1997

Governing Cities: International Perspectives

18-19 September 1997 | Brussels, Belgium

Hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol
Organised by Robin Hambleton and Murray Stewart