EURA has members in over 20 countries with expertise in urban governance, urban policy, multi-level governance and policies, urban theories and methodologies and urban history, plus experience of, event organisation, curriculum development and training assistance.
The working language base available covers:
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukranian.
To find out more either select a name from the menu below or select by country. Then click on members name to view full details (.pdf)
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Jens S. Dangschat Vienna University of Technology, Austria jens.dangschat@tuwien.ac.at |
Governance; planning as social processes, social inequalities; concentration patterns; integration; lectures | German; English (advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Thomas Block Ghent University, Belgium thomas.block@ugent.be |
Strategy formation; strategic management; strategic planning; local policy; urban policy; sustainable development; monitoring and indicators; co-design research | Dutch (spoken/written: fluent); English (spoken/written: advanced); French (spoken/written: advanced); Spanish (spoken/written: basic); German (spoken/written: basic) |
| Koenraad De Ceuninck Ghent University, Belgium koenraad.deceuninck@ugent.be |
Local politics; municipal amalgamations; reforms at the local level; scale and local government | Dutch (fluent); English (advanced); French (advanced); German (basic) |
| Eric Goubin MEMORI, Belgium eric.goubin@khm.be |
Public communication; e-government; social profit communication; participation and local governance; research; consulting; congresses and workshops; lectures, seminars, training; publications | Dutch English (fluent); French (fluent) |
| Herwig Reynaert Ghent University, Belgium herwig.reynaert@ugent.be |
Comparative local politics; political reforms at the local level; political participation and citizen satisfaction; election studies | Dutch (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); English (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); French (spoken: advanced, written: intermediate) |
| Kristof Steyvers Ghent University, Belgium kristof.steyvers@ugent.be |
Local elections; recruitment of local leaders; local political leadership; comparative local politics; Belgium + comparative; ECPR joint sessions Nicosia: workshop director ‘local political leadership’ | English; French; Dutch |
| Tony Valcke Ghent University, Belgium tony.valcke@ugent.be |
Elections and electoral reforms; political elite studies (recruitment); decision making at the local and provincial level (+ see research interests in pdf) | Dutch (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); English (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); French (spoken: advanced, written: intermediate); Italian (spoken: advanced, written: intermediate) |
| Leentje Vanden Daele Ghent University, Belgium |
Local government; aldermen and town-councillors | English (spoken/written: fluent); French (spoken/written: fluent); Italian (spoken/written: fluent); Dutch (spoken/written: fluent); German (spoken/written: basic); Spanish (spoken/written: basic) |
| Dries Verlet Ghent University, Belgium dries.verlet@ugent.be |
Trust in local government; satisfaction; quality of life; subjective well-being; political participation; survey; data-analysis; statistics; methodology; teaching; research; workshop organisation | Dutch (fluent); English (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); French (spoken/written: intermediate) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Michael Illner Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic michal.illner@soc.cas.cz |
Social, political and administrative aspects of local, urban and regional development, primarily in the countries of the ex-communist Europe | English (fluent); Russian (fluent); Polish (advanced); German (advanced) |
| Vladimira Šilhánková University of Pardubice, Czech Republic |
Urban planning; urban theory; public spaces; quality of life in cities; strategic planning; dwelling policy; brownfields; re-urbanization/revival; suburbanization; regional policy and development | Czech; English (spoken/written: advanced); Polish and Slovak (spoken/ written: fluent); Russian (spoken/written: advanced); German (spoken/written: basic) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Christian Lefevre Institut Français d’Urbanisme LATTS, France lefevre@enpc.fr |
Metropolitan institutions; metropolitan public-private coalitions; metropolitan public policies | French; English, French, Italian |
| PUCA Plan Urbanisme, France anne.querrien@developpement-durable.gouv.fr |
Urban planning; social housing; urban mobility; cheap building | French; English; Spanish (fluent) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Dieter Hassenpflug Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany hassenpf@archit.uni-weimar.de |
Urban history; urban theory; planning theory; public space; post-fordist planning; e-commerce; Chinese city; mega-city | German; English (written: advanced, spoken: fluent)French (written: basic, spoken: intermediate) |
| Heinrich Mäding German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), Germany maeding@difu.de |
Interdisciplinary; comparative research on all issues regarding urban development and governance | Broad variety of language skills within the Difu |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Panagiotis Getimis Research University Institute of Urban Environmental and Human Resources – Panteion University, Greece pget@panteion.gr |
Spatial planning and regional development; urban and environmental policies; European spatial development; governance | Greek; English and German(spoken/written/reading: fluent); Spanish (spoken/written/reading: intermediate) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Niamh Moore University College Dublin, Ireland |
Urban sustainability; brownfields; curriculum development; policy development and implementation | English (fluent); Italian (spoken/written: intermediate); Irish (spoken/written: intermediate); French (spoken: basic) |
| Paula Russell University College Dublin, Ireland paula.russell@ucd.ie |
Urban regeneration; community participation; governance issues; urban planning; curriculum development | English; Irish (spoken: intermediate, reading: advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Francesco Musco University IUAV of Venice, Italy francesco.musco@iuav.it |
Urban sustainability; Agenda 21; local government; participation; community involvement; urban renewal and reuse; environmental education for sustainable development | Italian; English (advanced) |
| Cristiana Rossignolo Università e Politecnico di Torino, Italy cristiana.rossignolo@polito.it |
EU policies; local/global interaction; strategic planning; local development strategies; territorial cohesion | Italian; English |
| Ignazio Vinci University of Palermo, Italy |
Strategic planning; urban regeneration; local development; policentrism; EU urban and regional policy; structural funds in Italy | Italian (mother tongue); English (spoken/written: advanced |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Jan Erling Klausen Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway jan.e.klausen@nibr.no |
Extensive experience in political science research; experience from FP5 | Norwegian; English (fluent) |
| Arvid Strand Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway |
Urban planning/development; transportation/land use planning; lecturer urban planning and theories; commission work | Norwegian; English (written: intermediate, spoken: basic); German (spoken: poor, reading: good); French (spoken: poor, reading: good) |
| Aud Tennøy Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway aud.tennoy@nibr.no |
Sustainable urban development; urban transport; urban land use; urban planning; decision processes; EIA | Norwegian; Scandinavian languages (fluent); English (advanced); German (basic) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Jerzy Bartkowski Warsaw University, Poland j.z.bartkowski@uw.edu.pl |
Urban politics; local civil society; local elites | Polish; English (fluent); German, French, Russian (written) |
| Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka Institute of Tourism and Leisure AWF, Poland |
Sustainable tourism; heritage tourism; environment protection; spatial planning; urban tourism | Polish (spoken/written: fluent); English (spoken/written: advanced); Russian (spoken/written: intermediate) |
| Pawel Swianiewicz Warsaw University, Poland pswian@uw.edu.pl |
Local government and governance; territorial organisation; local government finance | Polish; English (fluent); Russian (advanced); Ukrainian (basic) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Alfonso Martinez Cearra Bilbao Metropoli-30, Spain |
Strategic reflection for municipalities; regional government; regional and local government; technical secretary of events; international relations; congresses; forums | Spanish; English (fluent) |
| Claudia Sisti Universitat de Barcelona, Spain claudia.sisti@sapo.pt |
Public space; urban regeneration; interdisciplinary studies; sustainable urban development; public art; green/blue spaces; metropolitan strategies | Italian (mother tongue); Portuguese (spoken/written: fluent); Spanish (spoken/written: advanced); English (spoken/written: intermediate) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Christopher Bahn Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM), Switzerland c.bahn@curem.ch |
Curriculum development; urban management; real estate markets; urban planning; retailing | German (mother tongue); English (advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Bas Denters University of Twente, The Netherlands |
See summary of research interests in .pdfPlus, coordination BA-program in Public Administration and master track Public Governance | Dutch; English, German (spoken/written: fluent); French (written: advanced; spoken: intermediate) |
| Stefanie Dühr Radboud University Nijmegen s.duhr@fm.ru.nl |
European spatial planning, transnationality, polycentricity, cartographic representations | German (mother tongue); English (fluent); Dutch (reasonable); French (basic); Italian (basic)Spanish (basic)
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| Bart Nijhof Nicis Institute, European Urban Knowledge Network, The Netherlands bart.nijhof@nicis.nl |
Dutch (native speaker); English (fluent); French (basic understanding); German (basic understanding) |
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| OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, The Netherlands m.spaans@otb.tudelft.nl |
Dutch; English | |
| Piet Severijnen ONDA International Research, Consultancy and Training, The Netherlands piet.severijnen@planet.nl |
International leadership trainer; trainer research methodology for local authority officers; evaluator of European projects; expert evaluator of ICT project proposals 6th framework European Commission; organisationof workshop for European project; writing of European project proposals; (International) project management; Intercultural management; development of (organisational and internet) strategy; international policy and customer/citizens survey research; international comparative local government research | Dutch; English (spoken/written: fluent); German (spoken/written: fluent); Italian (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); French (written: basic) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Muhammet Kösecik Pamukkale University, Turke mkosecik@pamukkale.edu.tr |
Politics of local government, European integration and local government | English (spoken/written: advanced) |
| Hüseyin Ozgür Pamukkale University, Turkey huseyinozgur@yahoo.com |
Management and LED or urban areas; Turkey; teaching on local governments | Turkish (mother tongue); English (spoken/written: advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Rob Atkinson University of the West of England, UK |
Urban regeneration; partnerships; community participation; urban governance; social exclusion | English |
| Laurence Carmichael University of the West of England, UK |
EU integration; multi-level governance; comparative governance; urban leadership and community participation | French and English |
| Gordon Dabinett University of Sheffield, UK g.e.dabinett@sheffield.ac.uk |
Spatial justice; urban and regional planning | English |
| Jonathan Davies University of Warwick, UK |
Urban politics public policy governance critique social inclusion citizenship | English |
| Peter Hall University College London, UK p.hall@ucl.ac.uk |
Urban comparative analysis; strategic planning of metropolitan areas | EnglishFrench (spoken: intermediate, written: fluent); German (spoken: intermediate; written: fluent) |
| Robin Hambleton University of the West of England, UK robin.hambleton@uwe.ac.uk |
Cross-national academic and policy exchange relating to city leadership, urban governance and city planning | English |
| Eileen Lepine University of the West of England, UK eileen.lepine@uwe.ac.uk |
Localism/neighbourhood governance; local government including the role of councillors; regeneration and renewal; community and partnership; practitioner learning in regeneration; renewal; sustainability; historical perspectives | EnglishFrench (written: basic) |
| Ian Smith University of the West of England, UK ian5.smith@uwe.ac.uk |
Urban policy; information infrastructure; research methodology; sub-regional spatial planning | EnglishFrench (spoken: fluent, written: advanced); Italian (spoken: basic) |
| Helen Sullivan University of the West of England, UK |
Urban governance; collaboration; local government; neighbourhoods; decentralisation; evaluation | English |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
| Nevin Brown International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership, USA nbrown@ipsl.org |
Urban and international education, particularly at the postsecondary level | EnglishFrench (basic); German (basic) |
| George C. Galster Wayne State University, USA aa3571@wayne.edu |
Sprawl; neighbourhoods; poverty; segregation; housing markets; externalities; thresholds | English |
| Paul Kantor Fordham University, USA kantor@fordham.edu |
Comparative urban research and American politics/public policy | EnglishFrench (basic); Italian (intermediate) |
| Philip Nyden Loyola University Chicago, USA pnyden@luc.edu |
Collaborative research; housing; diverse communities; gentrification; affordable housing; sustainable development | English |
| Catherine L. Ross Georgia Institute of Technology, USA catherine.ross@coa.gatech.edu |
Quality growth; infrastructure planning and management; megaregion planning and global cities | English (spoken/written: advanced); French (spoken: basic) |