By Vera Setijawati and Danielle Chevalier. Kampung Susun: The Vertical Organization of Community Can community structures be recreated through spatial planning? The concept of the Kampung Susun represents an ambitious attempt to do so. Kampung is the Malay word for …
UGoveRN’s First Panel at NIG UGhent This post was written by Igor Pessoa. The Event Last week, the UGoveRN organised a panel (more like a small track) at the NIG (Netherlands Institute of Governance) 2024/25 conference at Ghent University. It …
Rebuilding Toronto’s non-profit housing development industry This post was written by Yinnon Geva. Everybody loves non-profit housing Canada is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis and is rapidly becoming one of the least affordable countries in the Global North. Housing costs …
This post was written by Nagwa Kady. Urban planning aims to safeguard public interests through spatial regulations that foster social value within communities. However, in our article “Lost in Translation: Unlocking Planning’s Potential to Harness Social Value from Property Development …
Actions for sustainable and innovative territorial change This post was written by Federica Scaffidi. In the dynamic tapestry of modern society, how we govern holds the key to shaping our collective future. Enter the era of governance that promotes social …
By perception or participation? This post was written by Danielle Chevalier. Does procedural justice concern the participation in processes or the perception of processes? The answer to this question depends on the lens one uses. On 5 February 2024 a …
UGoveRN is organising a special issue in the journal Planning Theory with the title “Tomorrow’s planning: Harnessing value from today’s property investment and development”. The special issue editors are Tuna Tasan-Kok, Sara Özogul and Martijn Dröes. Different conceptualizations, measures, and …
The UGoveRN community had the honor of listening to the work of Federica Scaffidi, an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Urban Design and Planning of the Leibniz Universität Hannover, on June 16, 2022. Federica’s research is based on an …
In a new publication, Igor Pessoa investigates the potential of self-organized initiatives to disrupt the underlying dynamics of spatial fragmentation in Brazilian metropolises by fostering social connections among diverse groups. As a governance researcher, he is interested in the relationship …
This post was written by Tuna Tasan-Kok. The contemporary governance of cities is strongly influenced by market dependency and private sector involvement. In a new publication, my co-authors Rob Atkinson, Maria Lucia Refinetti Martins, and I focus on the fragmentation …
This post was written by Nagwa Kady. Reflections from Property Webinar Series Session #1 In the first session of the Property Webinar Series “Corporate Social Responsibility in Real Estate in Times of Crises” – three expert panelists Mendel Giezen (Associate …