ALL CONFERENCES OF THE IGU-CGoG IN 2020 HAD TO BE

CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND POSTPONED TO 2021

Besides the meetings / conferences postponed to 2021, the following planned sessions for 2020 were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For a full list of postponed conferences see the list of conferences in 2021.

XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April 6-10, 2020 (The National Research University Higher School of Economics - HSE University, with the support of the World Bank) - CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC

• Panel - “People on the Land. Social and Geographical Transformations of Old-Developed Areas of Extra-Urban Russia in the Conditions of Depopulation” - co-organized by Olga Glezer (Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow & IGU CGoG Steering Committee member)

Quality Network for Sustainable Tourism – QNeST Project . Adrion Programme international workshop, Lecce, Italy, May 2020. CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC

• Anna Trono (University of Salento, Italy & IGU-CGoG Steering Committee member) co-organizes

The 3^rd World Conference of the Society for Urban Ecology - 'Cities as social and ecological systems', Poznań, Poland, 6-8 July 2020 - https://www.sure2020.org/ CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC

• Workshop - "Cities between Sprawl and Compaction" - organized by Tomasz Kaczmarek (Faculty of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University & IGU-CGoG Steering Committee member) & Łukasz Mikuła (Faculty of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University)

International Geographical Union

Commission Geography of Governance

2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

LOCAL AND URBAN GOVERNANCE: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

4 - 7 September 2019

University of Cape Verde

Praia - Cape Verde

Conference website ->>

Flyer ->>

More information :

IGU Commission on Geography of Governance

E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

Workshop on "New challenges of Decentralisation"

Pécs, Hungary, 9-10 May 2019

Conference website ->

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Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers

3-7 April 2019, Washington DC

Call for papers

AAG Annual Conference 2019, Washington, USA, 3-7 April 2019

SESSION TITLE

"Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World"

ORGANIZERS & CHAIRS

Eran Razin (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) & Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

DESCRIPTION

Local government and urban governance networks are of prime significance for the quality of life in human settlements, urban policies and patterns of spatial change. Hence, the study of aspects of local governance, such as territorial reforms, changing hierarchies and networks, local finance, intra- and inter-sectoral partnerships, local leadership, urban politics and citizen participation, is perpetual since the late 19th century. Nevertheless, the 21st century presents diverse new challenges, including reaction to climate change and environmental sustainability, adaptation to immigration and diversity, application of new “smart city” technologies in local management, and political-ideological transformation, such as the predominance of neo-liberalism and the rise of neo-populism.

The International Geographical Union Commission on Geography of Governance aims to advance knowledge of the geography of territorial governance, at the urban, local and regional levels, namely the conditions, scale and characteristics of new modes of territorial governance, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences. It also aims to identify new perspectives and to explore new research methodologies and different geographical approaches in the field of urban, local and regional governance.

We invite abstracts that concern various aspects of local government reform and governance transformations, and their spatial, social, economic and environmental implications, particularly those concerned with the new challenges of the 21st century. The scope of our session is international, including comparative research. We welcome abstracts of those engaged in the activities of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance, as well as from anyone with a relevant contribution in this field.

SESSIONS ORGANIZED BY THE IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE

SESSION 1. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 1:

Governance Networks and Local Government Reform (Chair: Eran Razin) >>>

SESSION 2. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 2:

Aspects of urban development I (Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva) >>>

SESSION 3. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 3:

Aspects of urban development II (Chair: Eran Razin) >>>

SESSION 4. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 4:

A social-environmental sustainability focus (Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva) >>>

Other Meetings (Sessions, Panels, Conferences) proposed / organized / endorsed in 2019

by members of the IGU Commission Geography of Governance:

• Workshop “Nordic Policy Styles in Urban and Regional Governance”, (Nordic PoSt): 2018-2019, Stockholm, 18-19 October, 2018

• Session on Local Government co-organized by Ilona Pálné Kóvacs - The 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference, May 24-26, 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic

• International Conference on: “Accessibility and Sustainable Tourism”, Lecce, Italy, March 2019

• 4th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Lisbon, Portugal, 23-24 April 2019

• Conference "Metropolitan Governance in Poland. Experiences, Effects and Challenges of the intermunicipal Cooperation in Metropolitan Areas", Poznan, Poland, April-May 2019

2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

4 - 5 September 2018

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Conference website ->

Flyer ->

For information about the Conference, contact:

Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

IGU Commission Geography of Governance,

E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com

2017 - 11^th SLOVAK-CZECH-POLISH SEMINARIUM

"Flows, Spaces and Societies in Central Europe"

June 14^th-16^th, 2017

Conference website: http://humannageografia.sk/seminarium2017/index.php

· Special sessions: "Local and Regional Governance in Central Europe"

· Local organizer special sessions: Ján Buček, Comenius University, Slovakia

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