EU Cohesion Policy (especially its territorial instruments) and spatial planning have a lot in common, even though they tend to exist in 'parallel worlds'. In our new paper, co-written with Karel Maier and Jan Kabrhel, we attempt to examine where these two 'worlds' meet and how to make these encounters more fruitful. We use the … Continue reading New paper on cross-fertilisation between spatial planning and EU Cohesion Policy
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
Marcin Dąbrowski 