EURA members are active and often have information to share about events and research of which they are a part. Below are details of past events and news with relevant links.
Science Tour 2016: City of the Future – Research for Sustainable Urban Development
Germany: 31 January – 6 February 2016
Deadline for Applications: 25th September 2015
On the occasion of the Year of Science 2016 “City of the Future”, launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites international scientists to learn more about research activities in the area of urban transition, mobility and logistics at German universities and research institutes. The Science Tour offers German and international researchers the opportunity to discuss current developments with regard to future urban development and to define common areas of interest as starting points for future cooperation.
The Science Tour 2016 is part of the “Research in Germany – Land of Ideas” campaign, initiated by the BMBF in 2006 to strengthen and expand R&D collaboration between Germany and international partners.
Application details here.
9° INU STUDY DAY OF INU
ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF URBAN PLANNING
Green and Blue Infrastructures, Virtual, Cultural and Social Networks
Naples, Italy: 18-19 December 2015
Call for Abstracts Deadline: 20 September 2015
The 9° Study Day of INU- Italian National Institute of Urban Planning ?will be mainly devoted to the ?Green and Blue Infrastructures, Virtual, Cultural and Social Networks?.
As regards, the 9° Study Day of INU represents an important occasion in order to synthetize the current state of art, whose organization is articulated in 10 main tracks, each with a coordinator and a discussant, expert of the specific topic.
3rd COST Action “LocRef” PhD-Training School: “Innovation in Local Government”
Spetses, Greece: 13-17 September, 2015
Call for Applications is now available.
Twin Cities in Past and Present
Manchester, UK: 25-27 June, 2015
SBE16 Hamburg: Strategies – Stakeholders – Success factors
Hamburg, Germany: 8-11 March, 2016
Deadline: 30 May 2015.
4th Nextstation Congress
Marrakech, Morocco: 21-22 October, 2015
Deadline: 31 March 2015.
Other versions: French/Francais & Espagnol/Spanish
Planning, Law and Property Rights Conference
Volos, Greece: 25-27 February 2015
Deadline: 7 November 2014.
Summit: Pioneers of Change
Brussels: 5-7 May, 2015
Deadline: 31 October, 2014.
POLYCENTRIC CITY REGION IN TRANSFORMATION: The Ruhr Agglomeration in International Perspective
Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Ruhr, Germany: 11-13 June, 2015
Call for papers deadline: 28 February 2015.
The CEU Summer University Cours
e:THE CITY UPLOADED: Urban Intersections of Film and New Media
Budapest, Hungary: 6-11 July, 2015
Application deadline: 14 February, 2015.
The 9th ECPR General Conference:Twenty Fi
ve Years of Reforming Local Government in a Comparative Perspective: Unity in Diversity?
Montreal, Canada: 26-29 August 2015
Panel and Paper Proposal deadline: 16 February, 2015.
International Conference on Changing Cities 2: Spatial, Design, Landscape & Socio-economic Dimension
Porto Heli, Peloponnese, Greece: 22-26 June 2014
Comparing Apples to Oranges: Colloquium on International Comparative Urban Research
Stuttgart: 15-16 January, 2015
No fees required for participation, but registration is necessary before 15 December 2014.
Sponsored by Staedtebau-Institut Universitaet Stuttgart (SI) and Institut fuer Landes und Stadtentwicklung (ILS)
Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia
The Institute is currently conducting two projects: Communal price comparison between Zagreb and larger cities in Central and South East Europe (COMPRICOM) and Revitalization and energy efficient renovation of Down Town of the City of Zagreb. Results of which will be available at the end 2014
Additionally, the Institute is proud to have organized the international scientific conference: Contemporary Trends and Prospects of Economic Recovery which was held on 10th October 2014 in Nice, at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Institut Supérieur d’Économie et de Management (ISEM).
Department of Philosophy, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia
In a piece entitled What Can Be Learned from Russia’s Experience: Grassroots Authoritarianism and Grassroots Democracy in Specialized Cities, Mark Kleyman discusses the need to research best practices of neighbourhood-based grassroots democracy in former mono-industrial cities of post-socialist countries. To read more click here.
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland
Researchers from UCD have contributed to the European Urban Project Transition toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURAS). For details on this journey to resilience, click here.