2024
20/12/2024
In 1929, with his painting La Trahison des images, René Magritte famously declared, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe," challenging the relationship between representation and reality. He highlighted the distinction between an image and what it represents. In a similar short-circuit, Gregory Bateson, in Mind and Nature (1984), revisited a principle popularized by Alfred Korzybski, stating, «the map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named» ...
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.
21/11/2024
It is critical to recognize a (mostly) invisible driver for unhealthy and unsustainable cities: the way we feed cities. The Report of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health in 2019 (Willett et al., 2019) made an impactful alert to acknowledge that the food system is the single largest reason for humans' transgression of key planetary boundaries, being the main driver of nature degradation and global environmental disruption, especially at city level ...
29/10/2024
On November 19, 15:00 the fifth online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This is the fifth event of the EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Fifth appointment will focus on the Polish case [...]
29/10/2024
Duisburg Urban Zero is the title of an urban regeneration project currently implemented in the neighbourhood of Duisburg-Ruhrort. The goal of this initiative is to create a pollution free neighbourhood by 2029. This includes the installation of renewable energy facilities, implementing the circular economy of land and green infrastructure and happens in the context of a post-industrial city being the biggest inner harbour in Europe ...
11/10/2024
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.
18/09/2024
Previous Conversations (#13, Cristina Stănuș and #63 Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović) addressed the problems of formal intergovernmental relations and the need to reconsider vertical power dynamics within the governmental system as well as the importance of the fiscal autonomy of local authorities ...
26/07/2024
Welcome new institutional member! We are glad to announce the most recent member of our community: the research unit on Governance, Competitiveness, and Public Policies (GOVCOPP). Created at the University of Aveiro, GOVCOPP's mission is to conduct high-level research and produce knowledge based on policy, competitiveness, and governance.
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02/07/2024
Third 2024 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has been published. Now available Volume 17, Issue 3, August 2024. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
27/06/2024
Welcome new institutional member! We are glad to announce the most recent member of our community: the Research Group on Sustainable and Smart Cities from the Kaunas University of Technology.
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14/06/2024
Democracy is under attack. In more than a few countries far right politicians have, in recent years, sought to undermine long-established constitutional, democratic norms and weaken citizen voices. For example, as explained in these pages by Ivan Tosics (EC #57), Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, has since 2010 eroded press freedom, damaged judicial independence, and enfeebled elected local governments ...
30/05/2024
On June 6, 16:00 the fourth online meeting of "Regeneration Talks". This is the third event of the EURA activity that is launched in the context of the Working Group on Urban Regeneration. Fourth appointment focuses on the Italian case and will have the participation of Ignazio Vinci, Carla Tedesco, Stefania Marini, Francesca Bragaglia and Cristiana Rossignolo [...]
24/05/2024
Surtax on income tax was introduced in Croatia in 1994. The main reason was to provide local authorities with more fiscal space in the acquisition of revenue. Cities with more than 40,000 inhabitants were given the authority to determine the surtax ...
16/05/2024
Every May for the next three years, the Bratislava Summit will gather mayors and city officials, experts, philanthropies, and mission-driven businesses to share success cases of shaping cities for children to thrive. The event is organised by the City of Bratislava and the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava. Speakers include Gil Penalosa, Ankita Chachra, Jan Gehl, Anna Dworakowska, Amanda M. Burden, Erion Veliaj, among others. The event will take place in the Old Market Hall in Bratislava, between 28–29 May 2024. Tickets available at the official website.
15/05/2024
Sustainable Development and Planning 2024 aims to bring together academics, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders from across the globe to discuss the latest advances in the field. The conference will discuss new academic findings and their application in planning and development strategies, assessment tools, and decision-making processes. Call for papers is open!
02/05/2024
Second 2024 issue of the EURA journal Urban Research & Practice has been published. Now available Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2024. Read more and browse the EURA journal! Consider publishing with us by submitting an article! Visit Taylor & Francis Online.
30/04/2024
Now open the Call for Papers for the 2ND GLOBAL URBAN GOVERNANCE AND POLICY CONFERENCE that will take place in June 29-30, 2024 – Shanghai, China. Organised by the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and China Institute for Urban Governance Research Institute (CIUG) from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (EURA Institutional member). Conference Theme: Urban Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainable Development.
22/04/2024
