Dates: December 7-9, 2016
Location: University of Nairobi’s College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences on the Upper Kabete Campus
Conference Website: http://earthsystemgovernance.net/nairobi2016/
Registration is now open for the 2016 Nairobi Conference on Earth System Governance. Early bird registration ends on July 31!
The Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2016
NEW PRESSURES ON CITIES AND REGIONS
Thursday 24th – Friday 25th November 2016
London, UK
Follow the conference on Twitter: #RSAWINTER2016
Deadline: August 24, 2016
This conference provides an intellectual and policy-relevant platform for scholars around the world to address the new and emerging challenges facing cities and regions. Continue reading
Realising Just Cities – Co-production in Action When: September 19-20
Optional Workshops – September 21
Location: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Mistra Urban Futures welcomes you to the conference, entitled Realising Just Cities – Co-production in Action. The conference addresses the emerging field of trans-disciplinary co-produced knowledge and research for sustainable and just urban transformations. The principal research activities of Mistra Urban Futures, with its five local interaction platforms, form a point of departure for the conference.
The conference programme will reflect the trans-disciplinary research ethos of Mistra Urban Futures, and the invited speakers will contribute academic and non-academic perspectives on co-production research methodologies and experience.
The 17th annual Network-Association of European Researchers on Urbanization in the South (N-AERUS) Conference: “Governing, Planning and Managing the City in an Uncertain World. Comparative Perspectives on Everyday Practices”, will take place at the School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden from 17-19 November, 2016.
This conference strives to gather scholars and practitioners interested in exploring the everyday practices of both those who are involved in the governance, planning and management of cities, and those who are building the city from below. In the current context of political, financial, environmental, social and economic uncertainty, the conference also opens up for discussions revolving around issues of mobility, migration, segregation and integration in both global North and global South cities. Continue reading
The UGEC International Project Office is proud to announce that the Synthesis Report for the 2nd International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change – Urban Transitions: Science, Synthesis and Policy is complete and available for download! Click here to download the PDF, or visit our conference website for a navigable version of the report.