University of the West of England – EURA

University of the West of England

24/06/2025

EURA 2025 – Acknowledgment

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.
24/06/2025

EURA 2025 – Emerging Scholar Award

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.

24/06/2025

EURA 2025 – Best Paper Award

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.

11/11/2024

EURA 2025 – Final deadline alert, 5 days to go!

Five days left for the deadline of abstract/panels submissions! Friday 15 November we will stop accepting submissions. Don't miss your chance! There is still time to join more than 200 urban scholars at the EURA 2025 conference... but only five days! Check all conference details on the official website: https://tinyurl.com/EURA25
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31/10/2024

EURA 2025 – Deadline for submissions extended!

Due to many requests, the deadline for the submission of abstracts/panels proposals has been extended to Friday 15 November. Don't miss your chance! Check all conference details on the official website: https://tinyurl.com/EURA25
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15/10/2024

EURA 2025 – Deadline for submissions alert!

Deadline for submission of abstracts and pre-organised panels approaching! You are invited to submit an abstract or pre-organised panel for consideration for the EURA 2025 Conference, via the submission portal by Thursday 31 October 2024. Check the official website for all submission details and latest updates: https://tinyurl.com/EURA25
30/09/2024

EURA 2025 – Call for Pre-organised panels

We are pleased to invite you to submit a pre-organised panel for consideration for the EURA 2025 Conference, via the submission portal by Thursday 31 October 2024. Submission must include: A title outlining the content of the panel (maximum 20 words); A theme statement explaining what the panel will discuss and why the content is relevant to the EURA 2025 conference theme; The names of the 4 scholars (and their affiliations) who will participate in the pre-organised panel; Keywords (at least 3 keywords and no more than 5 keywords); The track you are submitting your proposal to
14/06/2024

#64 Cities and the defence of democracy

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 ...
26/01/2023
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#50 Healthy Place-making and Human Wellbeing

Health is not only the absence of disease or infirmity but also a sense of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. The way in which the living environment is designed influences inhabitants’ well-being. Unfortunately, the search for leverage points to enable better connections between wellbeing and the configuration of the built environment is messy. This is happening against the backdrop of the recent ...
28/11/2022
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#48 The radical right threat to cities and communities

In recent months, serious newspapers in many different countries have drawn attention to the rise of the far-right in Europe. More than a few political commentators fear that recent developments could amount to a game-changing surge in support for nationalist, Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant, cu...
12/04/2021

#22 Greenspace under lockdown

Greenspaces in urban areas are critical for a host of environmental, economic and social reasons. As we saw in the last EURA Conversation, they benefit our mental health, providing space for exercise, rest and relaxation. In the lockdowns that swept the globe in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, neighbourhood green spaces were often the only place it was permissible to visit. During this time, many people, ...