(2nd Call)
International Geographical Union
Commission on Geography of Governance
Annual Conference
Fifty Years of Local Governance 1980 - 2030
4 - 5 September 2018
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Call for Papers
The 2018 Annual Conference of the IGU Commission on ‘Geography of Governance’ (IGU-GoG), organized in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 4 - 5 September 2018.
The Conference marks the establishment 30 years ago of the IGU Commission on Geography and Public Administration, after an initial period as a Study Group of the International Geographical Union, from 1984 to 1988. The conference seeks to revisit the main research issues addressed by the Commission since the mid 1980s and to explore the current trends and future challenges confronting local governance in the context of the new global urban agendas, namely the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 SDGs that came officially into force on 1 January 2016, the New Urban Agenda adopted in the Habitat III Conference, in October 2016, and the Paris Agreement or Paris Climate Agreement adopted in December 2015.
It is an opportunity for researchers, from different disciplinary backgrounds, to present, discuss and exchange recent research findings on the determinants, processes and outcomes of the changes occurred in the field of local governance in the last three decades and to explore and debate, from different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the current and emerging trends in this field.
The conference is organized in two tracks:
• Track 1 looks 30 years back revisiting the changes, processes and the respective
outcomes in the field of local governance in different parts of the world.
• Track 2 looks into the future analyzing current trends in local governance.
Papers might address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
Track 1. Thirty years of Local Governance: revisiting institutional changes, processes and outcomes since the 1980s
• Local Government in Europe post 1980: national trends and the Europeanization
of urban governance and local policies
• Local government reforms in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990
• Post-colonial Local Government reforms in Africa
• Local governance in America, Asia, and Oceania after 1980
Track 2. Current trends and future challenges in Local Governance
• Local governance in the new global urban development agendas
• Local governance, spatial justice and the Right to the City
• Good governance and autonomy
• Decolonizing local governance
• Local government reforms: decentralization and re-centralization
• Regions and Political Devolution
• The nexus of micro, local, regional and transnational governance
• Meso-level governance
• The challenges of multi-level governance
• Rescaling of urban governance and the role of neighbourhoods
• Inter-municipal cooperation
• Cross-border municipal cooperation
• Metropolitan government
• Municipal amalgamation reforms
• Informal institutions and hybrid local governance models
• Local government finance system: financing the new urban challenges
• Post-2008 austerity localism
• Alternative models for local government social policies
• Progressive localism and the transformation of urban governance
• Re-municipalization of local public service provision
• Municipal owned corporations and local public services
• Managerialism, entrepreneurialism, public-private partnerships and privatization
• Local economic development
• Strategic and collaborative municipal planning
• The governance of urban cultural heritage
• Climate change and Green governance
• The governance of protected areas and urban green spaces
• Local governance and the new security challenges in urban areas
• Participatory local governance and community engagement
• Citizen participation in local policy making
• Social movements and the New Municipalism
• Local government in the digital era: democracy, participation, accountability
• Smart urban governance: Internet and new ICT tools
• Social media in local governance
• Local governance in the age of Big Data
• Crowdsourcing in urban governance
Participation in the Conference & Selection Criteria
• Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper
• Participants are expected to attend the entire conference
• Submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee
for content and appropriateness to this conference
• The working language of the conference will be English
• Panels in French can be considered (depending on number of papers in French submitted)
• Translation services will not be provided
Registration & Payment
• Conference fee: 100 Euros (includes participation in the conference, program and abstracts
in digital format and coffee-breaks)
• Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs
• The organization of the conference cannot provide financial support to participants
• Registration & Payment Period: 20 June - 10 July 2018 (for the 2nd Call)
• Payment is made to the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon,
Portugal
• More information on registration will be available in the Conference website after
15 June 2018 (for the 2nd Call)
Panel Organization
• The conference is organized in panels according to topics and issues
• Each panel has 4 - 5 papers
• Oral presentation: 15-20 min
Abstracts (2nd Call)
Submit the abstract, of no more than 250 words, until 15 June 2018, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com
• Download abstract form here->
• If necessary, contact us to discuss any ideas that you might have for a paper on the
proposed themes and issues or on other related topics
• Successful applicants (from the 2nd Call) will be informed by 20 June 2018
Publication
• It is expected that a selection of conference papers will be published
• The selected manuscripts will be double-blind peer-reviewed
• More information about publication will be given during the conference
Important Dates (2nd Call)
• Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2018
• Notification of abstract acceptance: 20 June 2018
• Registration and payment: 20 June - 10 July 2018
• PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint file): during the conference
• Full paper for publication: date to be announced during the conference
Conference Convenor & Organization
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon
& IGU Commission Geography of Governance
E-mail: cs @ campus. ul. pt
Conference e-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com
Conference Venue
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Cidade Universitária (University of Lisbon main Campus)
Edifício IGOT (IGOT Building)
Rua Branca Edmée Marques
Lisbon, Portugal
Conference E-Mail & Website
• Conference e-mail (IGU Commission e-mail): igu.geogov@gmail.com
• Conference website: https://sites.google.com/site/geogov2018/
• IGU Commission GoG website: https://sites.google.com/site/igugeogov/
Further information
• All inquiries, expressions of interests, and abstracts should be sent, by e-mail, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning
University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com