Cities and Regions: Managing Growth and Change

This Call invites papers for the inaugural session(s) of the new RSA Research Network on ‘Smart City-Regional Governance for Sustainability’, which is thematically closely linked to the two conference strands ‘Smart Cities - Smart Regions’ (track A) as well as ‘Sustainable Cities and Regions’ (track D).

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April 7th-8th, 2016 in Halle (Saale)

The Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth – established in 2006 – aims at bringing together original economic and interdisciplinary papers that cast some light on new developments in theoretical and empirical research on economic growth and development in urban environments. The forum should also give PhD students an opportunity for presenting and discussing their research results. Papers may focus on issues like

Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2016
3rd – 6th April 2016, Karl-Franzen-University, Graz, Austria

Throughout history, cities and regions have been cornerstones of economic, social and cultural institution building and centres of communication and trade across borders of empires and nations. In a globalised world dominated by multi-level governance and declining economic and political significance of the nation-state, cities and regions are becoming ever more so important in building bridges across nations, supra-national unions, and even continents.

The COST Action TU1201 Urban Allotment Gardens in European Cities and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) invite participants to GROWING IN CITIES: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening International Conference, 9 - 10 September 2016, in Basel, Switzerland.