Jonathan Davies This is the first in a series of blogs on the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA) and its ESRC-funded project, Collaborative Governance Under Austerity: An Eight-Case Comparative Study, focusing on Athens, Baltimore,…
Dr David Williams Project overview The Public Accountability to Residents in Contractual Urban Redevelopment (PARCOUR) project is a three-year project exploring how previously used land is redeveloped. The project includes nine case studies across three countries:…
This piece by Gillian Rose follows her participation in the recent Urban Transformations workshop in Brussels, Belgium, Experimenting with Urban Living Labs (ULLs) Beyond Smart City Regions. It beings together a discussion of her ESRC-funded project,…
David Dodman At a meeting of community organisations in Ibadan, Nigeria, local government officials and academics explored how to deal with the risks facing Africa’s urban poor. Challenging long-held assumptions about how African cities work –…
Bertie Russell The Jam & Justice project are producing a map of Participatory Urban Governance. Drawing from across the Global South & North, we are looking to produce a collection of inspiring, workable, and actually existing…
Beth Perry Cities are sites of crisis and opportunity. In a context of rapid social change and austerity, the effectiveness of traditional systems of urban governance is in doubt. Jam and Justice: Co-Producing Urban Governance for…
Michael Guggenheim, Joe Deville and Zuzana Hrdlickova This blog draws on discussions at the 7th ESRC Research Methods Festival, exploring different aspects of knowledge generation and understanding in the academic field, with particular application to the study…
Romain Dittgen Governing the Future City is an international ESRC-funded project looking at innovative approaches to urban governance and planning in Johannesburg, London and Shanghai. This blog, following on from an introductory article by Jenny Robinson…
Zheng Wang Governing the Future City is an international ESRC-funded project looking at innovative approaches to urban governance and planning in Johannesburg, London and Shanghai. This blog, following on from an introductory article by Jenny Robinson, gives an…
Jennifer Robinson A large proportion of urban development in different regions of the world is taking place in mega-urban projects, such as new cities, satellite cities, or large new suburbs within existing cities. These developments are…
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