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We are delighted to announce the location and host of the EURA 2027 Annual Conference, marking the 30th anniversary of the European Urban Research Association. Location: Aveiro, Portugal. Dates: 17–19 June 2027. Theme: “Centres, Margins and the Future of Territory: Reconfiguring Urban Governance”. Host: University of Aveiro, co-organised with the University of Palermo. More details coming soon!
The European Urban Research Association would like to express its sincere thanks to Università Iuav di Venezia for hosting and organising the EURA 2026 Annual Conference in Venice. Special thanks go to the local organising committee, the conference secretariat, and all staff and students involved in the preparation and delivery of the event. We are especially grateful to the plenary speakers, public engagement contributors, mobile workshop organisers, EURA Awards Committee, track chairs, discussants, panelists, and all participants who made EURA 2026 such a vibrant moment of international exchange.
The papers titled "Learning to Reconfigure Housing Provision: Industrialised Construction and Collaborative Governance in Times of Crisis", by Emanuel Diogo and Alexandra Paio, and "Urban Regeneration, Social Impact Assessment and AI: Mediating Knowledge for Adaptive Governance", by Riccardo Palazzolo Henkes, won the EURA 2026 Best Conference Paper Award.
The paper titled "Amalgamation, Promised Decentralisation, and the Politics of “Uniqueness”: Local Narratives and Reform Legitimacy in Armenia", by Arman Gasparyan (KU Leuven), won the EURA 2026 Emerging Scholar Award. Congratulations once again to the winner and thank you to all PhD and emerging researchers who submitted papers.
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor Murray Stewart – a highly respected and much-loved urban scholar who was a key driving force in the creation of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) in the 1990s.
Registration for the 12th Winter School is open. The programme (in English) runs 19–23 January 2026 in Florence. Attending offers a focused way to launch or advance your PhD or research project with solid methods and skills. Organised by the University of Florence with support from EURA and a broad network of Italian universities.
EURA launches a new Working Group, “Flexible, Healthy and Liveable Public Spaces,” focused on how public-space design can support health, inclusiveness and adaptability. The WG will map international best practices (e.g., healthy streets, proximity spaces, campuses, waterfronts) and develop transferable guidance for planning. Interested in contributing case studies or joining activities? Please contact the coordinator, Prof. Marichela Sepe (Sapienza University of Rome).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Registration for the 11th edition of the Winter School is open. The Winter School (held in english) will take place from the 22nd to the 24th January 2025 in Florence. Attending the Winter School provides the opportunity to kick off or continue your PhD or your research project with the right tools and skills. The Winter School is organised by the University of Florence with the support of EURA and a vast network of Italian universities.
The Winter School offers PhD candidates and young academics in the fields of urban studies and spatial planning the opportunity to interactively build their learning and training paths in research, with a specific focus on pre-methodological and methodological questions.
The Co-editors of the EURA Conversation series are delighted to welcome a new member to our team. Anna Dąbrowska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography & Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. We look forward to working with Anna in the period ahead.
EURA Conversations is now taking a summer break. Since last September nine authors from the following countries have made contributions to the series. And scholars from a variety of countries have added their comments on these posts. From the role of EURA conferences in providing an important platform for international exchange between scholars, decision-makers and practitioners working in cities, to the changes taking place in different urban contexts around the world, we invite you to take a dip into recent EURA blog posts. Looking ahead we will be back in September with new authors covering more urban studies topics that we think will interest you. We are always on the look out for new contributors!
