About the Thematic Area
How can an interdisciplinary perspective deepen our insights into urban and regional governance? Governance is shaped by complex realities that cannot be fully understood from a single disciplinary angle. UGoveRN’s strength lies in bringing together diverse approaches, perspectives, and methods, creating a foundation for richer and more nuanced understandings of governance processes. This thematic area emphasizes the conviction that advancing and innovating governance requires interdisciplinarity to capture the depth of challenges cities and regions face.
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Thematic Highlights
Planning Theory & Practice Interface Publication
This Interface highlights the challenges of bringing real estate studies into planning scholarship and questions the common black-and-white view of private sector involvement in urban development. As market-oriented planning grows, understanding real estate logics becomes essential, as does rethinking disciplinary boundaries. Bridging these fields can generate deeper insights and more constructive policy recommendations.
Read the Interface here.
UGoveRN Study Day 2021
The UGoveRN Study Day brought members together for discussions, presentations, and networking. The program included a field trip to Amsterdam’s Zuidas, where participants shared their perspectives on urban governance in locations of their choice, highlighting disciplinary differences and the diverse insights within the community.
Read more about the study day here.
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