I currently work on a new ESPON project 'Territorial instruments of national policies as a tool for designing territorially sensitive policies' (SENPO), which investigates how national territorial instruments, such as the Dutch NOVEX or the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas, perform and whether and how they are synergised with EU territorial instruments (e.g. Integrated … Continue reading New project on territorial instruments – ESPON SENPO
New paper on cross-fertilisation between spatial planning and EU Cohesion Policy
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
Spatial Planning and Design with Soil (SPADES) – new project kicked-off
Our new Horizon Europe research project called SPADES (Spatial Planning and Design with Soil) was kicked off this week in Delft. The project, funded by Horizon Europe programme and led by Deltares, will seek to promote the integration of a soil-health perspective in spatial planning to develop, test and implement soil-inclusive spatial strategies across a … Continue reading Spatial Planning and Design with Soil (SPADES) – new project kicked-off
Back to school, with a new role.
And we're back to teaching again. This academic year I play a new role of the coordinator for the Planning Complex Cities graduation studio as part of MSc Urbanism at my Faculty. Planning Complex Cities graduations build upon our Department's expertise in spatial development, spatial planning, territorial governance, and citizen participation. In a nutshell, the … Continue reading Back to school, with a new role.
Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari
This summer I had the pleasure to teach a course at the University of Cagliari focusing on "Governance, participation and co-creation in spatial planning”. I was hosted at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Architecture by Prof. Corrado Zoppi and Prof. Sabrina Lai. Together with them and also a group of local teachers, … Continue reading Visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari
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
“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 