This post was written by Anna Hug. A Journey with UGoveRN: An Extended Academic Experience and Meaningful Connection (UvA RMUS Urban Lab Apprenticeship 2023) Embarking on an academic apprenticeship last semester has been an enriching experience that will leave a …
UGoveRN is currently involved in organising a joint interface publication for the journal Planning Theory & Practice. This project one of the outcome of UGoveRN’s Connect21early career seminars and led by Dr. Sara Özogul. Urban planning scholars have recognized the …
This post was written by Tuna Tasan-Kok. Exciting changes are sweeping through Dutch urban planning, heralding a new era of innovation and progress. With the eagerly anticipated new Environment and Planning Act (Omgewingswet) on the horizon, a multitude of regulations and …
Working from Home or Living at Work? This post was written by Nagwa Kady and Sean Lewis. As academics we are faced with multiple responsibilities on a daily basis. These include meeting the demands of the academic arena to publish …
This post was written by Michiel Stapper. Planning consultants are increasingly hired to organize participatory processes for urban development projects. In the article ‘Consultants as intermediaries’ we investigate how consultants perceive their role as organizers of participatory processes. In our …
This post was written by Sara Özogul. On March 8, 2023, UGoveRN collaborated with URSI, the Urban and Regional Studies Institute of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen, to organize a seminar that focused on the …
to transform the culture of Dutch planning This post was written by Danielle Chevalier. The new Dutch Environment and Planning Act (‘Omgevingswet’) asserts itself as a gamechanger, set on changing the general bearing of Dutch planning from a demeanor of …
What do UGoveRN do on a Friday afternoon? They dive deep into the world of governance arrangements and explore the complex intersections between viability planning and virtual statecraft. This was the focus of a recent discussion session that brought together …
Shifting from the conventional Dutch planning model characterized by top-down governance and plan-led approaches, there has been a transformative movement towards a novel paradigm that embraces bottom-up dynamics and fosters private initiatives driven by property markets. This approach entails inviting …
Affordability has long been approached from an urban perspective. However, in this article Tuna Tasan-Kok, Andre Legarza and Sara Özogul introduce an approach that centers on regional governance rather than urban-centric interventions in affordable housing delivery and investment. It highlights …
On October 27th, Professor Tuna Tasan-Kok, Professor of Urban Governance and Planning at the University of Amsterdam and Chair of UGoveRN, delivered a Public Lecture at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. The lecture was titled ‘Rethinking Property-Led Planning Through …
This post was written by Ebru Kurt Ozman. On October 20, 2022, I presented my work on authoritarian entrepreneurial governance to the UGoveRN network. My research investigates the relationship of state entrepreneurialism and self-organisation of policy networks in spatial governance, …