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
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
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
Inclusive urbanism
Together with Stefano Calzati and Thomas Verbeek, my colleagues from TU Delft, we gathered researchers from across the different sections of the Urbanism Department - representing spatial planning, urban design, urban studies, environmental technology & design, landscape architecture and urban data science - to discuss ongoing research on 'inclusive urbanism' and identify some opportunities for … Continue reading Inclusive urbanism
New project: Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions
In the context of eroding democratic institutions, the European Union (EU) – in collaboration with national, regional, and local governments - seeks to bring its policies closer to citizens, in line with the active subsidiarity principle. Informed by this concept, Institution Name and partners under the lead of TU Delft set up the project Democratising … Continue reading New project: Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions
Marcin Dąbrowski 