Bring your ideas into the network.
UGoveRN welcomes researchers and practitioners who want to actively contribute to interdisciplinary conversations about urban and regional governance.
Membership is about more than joining a network. It is an opportunity to develop ideas, initiate activities, build collaborations and contribute your perspective to a growing international community.
A network shaped by its members.
UGoveRN is an active, membership-driven platform. We are interested not only in what prospective members hope to gain from the network, but also in the ideas and perspectives they would like to bring to it.
Members can contribute in many different ways: by creating spaces for discussion, developing collaborative research, sharing knowledge, engaging practitioners or experimenting with new ways of communicating research.
Membership is application-based and subject to annual review in order to maintain this active and collaborative character.
Your idea can take different forms.
We encourage prospective members to think about what they would like to initiate, explore or develop together with other members of UGoveRN.
Create a conversation
Organise an internal discussion, establish a reading group, invite practitioners or create another space for exchange around a governance question.
Share knowledge
Develop a blog contribution, webinar, podcast or another format that makes research and ideas accessible across academic and professional communities.
Build something together
Develop a collaborative research idea, explore a funding application or initiate another project together with members of the network.
Tell us why you want to join — and what you want to do.
The application is intentionally simple. We want to understand your motivation and the idea you would like to bring into the network.
Your motivation
Briefly explain why you would like to join UGoveRN and how the network connects to your research, professional interests or practice.
200–500 wordsYour project or idea
Describe a project, activity or idea that you would like to implement with the support of UGoveRN and its members.
200–500 wordsThree simple steps.
Introduce yourself
Tell us a little about who you are, your research or professional interests, and your connection to urban or regional governance.
Prepare your application
Write your 200–500 word motivation and your 200–500 word proposal for an idea or activity you would like to develop through UGoveRN.
Send it to UGoveRN
Email your application to the UGoveRN team. Applications are evaluated as soon as possible.
We look forward to hearing your idea.
Once your application is ready, send it directly to the UGoveRN team by email.
Please include both your motivation and your proposed project or activity. Applications are evaluated as soon as possible.
Get to know the network before you apply.
Explore who we are, how we approach governance and the people already contributing to UGoveRN.