The Annual Conference of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance, to be held in Lisbon, in April 2012, will explore some of the current problems and future challenges and opportunities in local governance.
We welcome submissions on any aspect of the broad area of local governance, but would particularly encourage papers on two main themes:
The impact of the Economic and Financial Crisis on Local Governance
Citizen e-Participation in Urban Governance.
Papers may address issues related to one of these two themes, or other issues related to other aspects of local governance, by examining theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical issues.
Please, do not hesitate to discuss with us any ideas that you might have for a paper on these or on other topics.
Participants are encouraged to submit a full length manuscript to be considered for publication.