Energy justice is a critical topic in Europe, with a growing emphasis in academic and policy debates on tackling energy poverty and ensuring a just transition to sustainable energy. But what about the rest of the world? In the Asian context, there is much less consideration of the fairness of the energy transition process and … Continue reading New paper: Towards Just and Integrated Energy Transition in Taiwan
RSA Annual Conference in Florence
I had the pleasure to attend the Regional Studies Association's Annual Conference in Florence. And what an event that was! I barely had time to do some parallel session hopping to learn new things. Things kicked off the day before the conference for me, with the RSA Board meeting, first one with Alan Kinder as … Continue reading RSA Annual Conference in Florence
New book: a comparative insight into the trends in spatial planning systems in Europe
A new book, edited by Vincent Nadin, Giancarlo Cotella and Peter Schmitt, entitled 'Spatial Planning Systems in Europe. Comparison and Trajectories' is out, published by Edward Elgar. The book builds on ESPON COMPASS project in which I took part. I am a co-author of one of the chapters critically overviewing how integration of policy sectors, … Continue reading New book: a comparative insight into the trends in spatial planning systems in Europe
Focus groups on citizen participation in Groningen Province – understanding the factors behind the participation of the least engaged communities
Over the course of the last week, together with Thomas Verbeek and Odilia van der Valk, we conducted a series of focus groups with communities who are less engaged in sustainability transition policies in Groningen Province. The research was part of the Horizon Europe DUST project (dustproject.eu), investigating citizen participation in such policies in regions that … Continue reading Focus groups on citizen participation in Groningen Province – understanding the factors behind the participation of the least engaged communities
Lecture on circular cities at EUROREG – University of Warsaw
I was delighted to present some of our research on circular cities and regions at the University of Warsaw's EUROREG institute. I collaborated numerous times with EUROREG, but this was a first opportunity to deliver a lecture to its researchers and students. Great debate ensued. That said, I really need to work on my Polish. … Continue reading Lecture on circular cities at EUROREG – University of Warsaw
RSA Conference 2024 – call for abstracts for special session on circular economy
Doing research on #CircularEconomy in cities and regions? Consider submitting your abstract to this special session at the upcoming Regional Studies Association conference in Florence, IT. SS60. Critically Exploring the Potential of the Circular Economy, by Exposing its Limitations and Biases In recent times, the circular economy (CE) has emerged as a beacon of sustainability and innovation, promoting an … Continue reading RSA Conference 2024 – call for abstracts for special session on circular economy
Special session call for RSA conference 2024 on regional just sustainability transtions
Call for abstracts for Special Session on "SS45. Rethinking just Sustainability Transitions in Regions and Cities" at the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2024 (11-14 June, Florence). The special session to explore the challenges of just sustainability transitions in regions and cities. The session is organised under the banner of two Horizon Europe research projects exploring to … Continue reading Special session call for RSA conference 2024 on regional just sustainability transtions
“EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance” book review
The book to which I had the pleasure of contributing with a chapter, written together with Giancarlo Cotella on the basis of ESPON COMPASS research, has just received a positive review by Prof. Vincent Nadin in Regional Studies. He writes: "cohesion policy has only a modest territorial dimension and tenuous cross-fertilisation with spatial planning. Those … Continue reading “EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance” book review
Spatial governance and planning policy transfer in the Global South PPR special issue
A special issue of Planning Practice & Research co-edited by Francesca Blanc, Giancarlo Cotella and myself is just out. We curated a collection of papers dealing with the under-researched topic of policy transfer in spatial planning from and between the countries of the Global South. The special issue presents insights on how the policy transfer … Continue reading Spatial governance and planning policy transfer in the Global South PPR special issue
Interreg WaVE – Waving back, key lessons from the project
We produced a final paper as part of the WaVE project, concluded last summer. WaVE stands for Water-linked heritage Valorization by developing an Ecosystemic approach. This Interreg Europe project brought together five European locations that have in common a rich history of cultural heritage in which water plays an important role. WaVE’s main goal was … Continue reading Interreg WaVE – Waving back, key lessons from the project
Marcin Dąbrowski 