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EURA
MEMBERS EXPERTISE
EURA has members in over 20 countries with expertise in urban
governance, urban policy, multi-level governance and policies, urban theories
and methodologies and urban history, plus experience of, event organisation,
curriculum development and training assistance.
The working language base available covers:
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish,
Swedish, Turkish and Ukranian.
To find out more either select a name from the menu below or select by
country. Then click on members name to view full details (.pdf)
AUSTRIA
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Jens S. Dangschat
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
jens.dangschat@tuwien.ac.at
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Governance;
planning as social processes, social inequalities; concentration patterns;
integration; lectures
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German
English (advanced)
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BELGIUM
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Thomas Block
Ghent University, Belgium
thomas.block@ugent.be
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Strategy
formation; strategic management; strategic planning; local policy; urban
policy; sustainable development; monitoring and indicators; co-design
research
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Dutch
(spoken/written: fluent)
English
(spoken/written: advanced)
French
(spoken/written: advanced)
Spanish
(spoken/written: basic)
German (spoken/written: basic)
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Koenraad De Ceuninck
Ghent University, Belgium
koenraad.deceuninck@ugent.be
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Local
politics; municipal amalgamations; reforms at the local level; scale and
local government
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Dutch
(fluent)
English
(advanced)
French
(advanced)
German (basic)
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Eric Goubin
MEMORI, Belgium
eric.goubin@khm.be
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Public
communication; e-government; social profit communication; participation and
local governance; research; consulting; congresses and workshops; lectures,
seminars, training; publications
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Dutch
English
(fluent)
French
(fluent)
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Herwig Reynaert
Ghent University, Belgium
herwig.reynaert@ugent.be
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Comparative local politics; political
reforms at the local level; political participation and citizen
satisfaction; election studies
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Dutch
(spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
English
(spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
French
(spoken: advanced, written: intermediate)
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Kristof
Steyvers
Ghent University, Belgium
kristof.steyvers@ugent.be
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Local elections; recruitment of local
leaders; local political leadership; comparative local politics; Belgium + comparative; ECPR joint sessions Nicosia: workshop
director 'local political leadership'
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English
French
Dutch
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Tony Valcke
Ghent University, Belgium
tony.valcke@ugent.be
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Elections
and electoral reforms; political elite studies (recruitment); decision
making at the local and provincial level (+ see research interests in pdf)
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Dutch
(spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
English
(spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
French
(spoken: advanced, written: intermediate)
Italian
(spoken: advanced, written: intermediate)
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Leentje Vanden
Daele
Ghent University, Belgium
leentje.vandendaele@ugent.be
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Local
government; aldermen and town-councillors
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English
(spoken/written: fluent)
French
(spoken/written: fluent)
Italian
(spoken/written: fluent)
Dutch
(spoken/written: fluent)
German
(spoken/written: basic)
Spanish
(spoken/written: basic)
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Dries Verlet
Ghent University, Belgium
dries.verlet@ugent.be
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Trust in
local government; satisfaction; quality of life; subjective well-being;
political participation; survey; data-analysis; statistics; methodology;
teaching; research; workshop organisation
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Dutch
(fluent)
English
(spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
French (spoken/written: intermediate)
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CROATIA
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović
Institute
of Economics, Zagreb
djurlina@eizg.hr
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Public
finance; intergovernmental fiscal relations; local public finance; fiscal decentralization;
local and regional development; Croatia
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English
(written: fluent, spoken: advanced)
German
(written/spoken: basic)
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CZECH REPUBLIC
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Michael Illner
Institute
of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
michal.illner@soc.cas.cz
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Social,
political and administrative aspects of local, urban and regional
development, primarily in the countries of the ex-communist Europe
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English
(fluent)
Russian
(fluent)
Polish
(advanced)
German (advanced)
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Vladimira Šilhánková
University
of Pardubice, Czech Republic
vladimira.silhankova@atlas.cz
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Urban
planning; urban theory; public spaces; quality of life in cities; strategic
planning; dwelling policy; brownfields; re-urbanization/revival;
suburbanization; regional policy and development
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Czech
English
(spoken/written: advanced)
Polish
and Slovak (spoken/ written: fluent)
Russian
(spoken/written: advanced)
German
(spoken/written: basic)
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DENMARK
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Jacob Norvig Larsen
Danish
Building Research Institute, Denmark
jnl@sbi.dk
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Urban
and regional development; innovation and knowledge production; construction
industries
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Danish
English,
Swedish and Norwegian (fluent)
Spanish
(intermediate)
French
and German (basic)
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FRANCE
GERMANY
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Dieter
Hassenpflug
Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
hassenpf@archit.uni-weimar.de
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Urban
history; urban theory; planning theory; public space; post-fordist
planning; e-commerce; Chinese city; mega-city
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German
English
(written: advanced, spoken: fluent)
French
(written: basic, spoken: intermediate)
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Heinrich Mäding
German
Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), Germany
maeding@difu.de
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Interdisciplinary;
comparative research on all issues regarding urban development and
governance
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Broad
variety of language skills within the Difu
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GREECE
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Panagiotis Getimis
Research
University Institute of Urban Environmental and Human Resources - Panteion
University, Greece
pget@panteion.gr
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Spatial
planning and regional development; urban and environmental policies;
European spatial development; governance
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Greek
English
and German
(spoken/written/reading:
fluent)
Spanish
(spoken/written/reading: intermediate)
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HUNGARY
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Iván Tosics
Metropolitan Research Institute, Hungary
tosics@mri.hu
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Urban
development; housing policy; strategic planning; comparative European
projects; European Union regional development policy
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Hungarian
English
(spoken/written: fluent)
German
(spoken: fluent, written: intermediate)
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IRELAND
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Niamh Moore
University
College Dublin, Ireland
niamh.moore@ucd.ie
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Urban
sustainability; brownfields; curriculum development; policy development and
implementation
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English
(fluent)
Italian
(spoken/written: intermediate)
Irish
(spoken/written: intermediate)
French
(spoken: basic)
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Paula Russell
University
College Dublin, Ireland
paula.russell@ucd.ie
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Urban
regeneration; community participation; governance issues; urban planning;
curriculum development
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English
Irish
(spoken: intermediate, reading: advanced)
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ITALY
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Francesco Musco
University IUAV of Venice, Italy
francesco.musco@iuav.it
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Urban
sustainability; Agenda 21; local government; participation; community
involvement; urban renewal and reuse; environmental education for
sustainable development
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Italian
English (advanced)
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Cristiana Rossignolo
Università e Politecnico di
Torino, Italy
cristiana.rossignolo@polito.it
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EU
policies; local/global interaction; strategic planning; local development
strategies; territorial cohesion
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Italian
English
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Ignazio
Vinci
University of Palermo, Italy
ignazio.vinci@unipa.it
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Strategic planning; urban regeneration;
local development; policentrism; EU urban and regional policy; structural
funds in Italy
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Italian (mother tongue)
English (spoken/written: advanced
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NORWAY
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Jan Erling Klausen
Norwegian
Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
jan.e.klausen@nibr.no
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Extensive
experience in political science research; experience from FP5
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Norwegian
English (fluent)
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Arvid Strand
Norwegian
Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
arvid.strand@nibr.no
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Urban
planning/development; transportation/land use planning; lecturer urban
planning and theories; commission work
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Norwegian
English
(written: intermediate, spoken: basic)
German
(spoken: poor, reading: good)
French
(spoken: poor, reading: good)
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Aud Tennĝy
Norwegian
Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
aud.tennoy@nibr.no
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Sustainable
urban development; urban transport; urban land use; urban planning;
decision processes; EIA
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Norwegian
Scandinavian
languages (fluent)
English
(advanced)
German (basic)
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POLAND
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Jerzy Bartkowski
Warsaw University, Poland
j.z.bartkowski@uw.edu.pl
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Urban
politics; local civil society; local elites
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Polish
English
(fluent)
German,
French, Russian (written)
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Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka
Institute of Tourism and Leisure AWF, Poland
anna.piechotka@gmail.com
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Sustainable tourism; heritage tourism;
environment protection; spatial planning; urban tourism
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Polish (spoken/written: fluent)
English (spoken/written: advanced)
Russian (spoken/written: intermediate)
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Pawel Swianiewicz
Warsaw University, Poland
pswian@uw.edu.pl
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Local
government and governance; territorial organisation; local government
finance
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Polish
English
(fluent)
Russian
(advanced)
Ukrainian (basic)
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PORTUGAL
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Rosa Branco
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
rosabranco@gmail.com
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Metropolitan
areas; competitiveness; governance; PhD research
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Portuguese
(mother tongue)
English
(spoken/written: fluent)
French (spoken: intermediate; written: basic)
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Isabel
Breda-Vázquez
University of Porto, Portugal
ivazquez@fe.up.pt
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Metropolitan development; spatial planning; urban
regeneration policies; urban governance; urban regeneration policies; urban
governance; evaluation of urban policies
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Portuguese
English (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
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Sofia Morgado
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
smorgado@fa.utl.pt
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Metropolitan planning and Metropolization in Europe;
Trends of urban formation/urban and metropolitan morphology; Urban design
and planning
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Portuguese (mother tongue)
Spanish (spoken/written/reading: fluent)
English (spoken/reading: fluent; written: advanced)
French (reading: fluent; spoken: intermediate; written:
basic)
Italian (reading: advanced; spoken/written: basic)
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SPAIN
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Alfonso Martinez Cearra
Bilbao Metropoli-30, Spain
director@bm30.es
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Strategic reflection for municipalities; regional
government; regional and local government; technical secretary of events;
international relations; congresses; forums
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Spanish
English (fluent)
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Claudia Sisti
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
claudia.sisti@sapo.pt
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Public space; urban regeneration; interdisciplinary
studies; sustainable urban development; public art; green/blue spaces;
metropolitan strategies
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Italian (mother tongue)
Portuguese (spoken/written: fluent)
Spanish (spoken/written: advanced)
English (spoken/written: intermediate)
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SWEDEN
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Louise Nystrom
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
lny@bth.se
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Urban studies; quality of life; environmental structures
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Swedish
English (fluent)
German (intermediate)
French (basic)
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SWITZERLAND
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Christopher Bahn
Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM), Switzerland
c.bahn@curem.ch
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Curriculum development; urban management; real estate
markets; urban planning; retailing
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German
(mother tongue)
English (advanced)
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THE NETHERLANDS
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Bas Denters
University of Twente, The Netherlands
s.a.h.denters@utwente.nl
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See summary of research interests in .pdf
Plus, coordination BA-program in Public Administration
and master track Public Governance
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Dutch
English, German (spoken/written: fluent)
French (written: advanced; spoken: intermediate)
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Stefanie Dühr
Radboud University Nijmegen
s.duhr@fm.ru.nl
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European spatial planning, transnationality,
polycentricity, cartographic representations
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German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Dutch (reasonable)
French (basic)
Italian (basic)
Spanish (basic)
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Bart Nijhof
Nicis Institute, European Urban Knowledge Network, The Netherlands
bart.nijhof@nicis.nl
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Dutch
(native speaker)
English (fluent)
French (basic understanding)
German (basic understanding)
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OTB
Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility
Studies, The Netherlands
m.spaans@otb.tudelft.nl
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Dutch
English
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Piet
Severijnen
ONDA International Research, Consultancy and Training,
The Netherlands
piet.severijnen@planet.nl
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International leadership trainer; trainer research
methodology for local authority officers; evaluator of European projects;
expert evaluator of ICT project proposals 6th framework European
Commission; organisationof workshop for European project; writing of
European project proposals; (International) project management;
Intercultural management; development of (organisational and internet)
strategy; international policy and customer/citizens survey research;
international comparative local government research
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Dutch
English (spoken/written: fluent)
German (spoken/written: fluent)
Italian (spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
French (written: basic)
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TURKEY
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Muhammet Kösecik
Pamukkale University, Turkey
mkosecik@pamukkale.edu.tr
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Politics of local government, European integration and
local government
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English (spoken/written: advanced)
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Hüseyin Ozgür
Pamukkale University, Turkey
huseyinozgur@yahoo.com
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Management and LED or urban areas; Turkey; teaching on
local governments
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Turkish (mother tongue)
English (spoken/written: advanced)
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Rob Atkinson
University of the West of England, UK
rob.atkinson@uwe.ac.uk
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Urban regeneration; partnerships; community
participation; urban governance; social exclusion
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English
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Laurence
Carmichael
University of the West of England, UK
laurence.carmichael@uwe.ac.uk
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EU
integration; multi-level governance; comparative governance; urban
leadership and community participation
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French
and English
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Gordon Dabinett
University of Sheffield, UK
g.e.dabinett@sheffield.ac.uk
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Spatial justice; urban and regional planning
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English
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Jonathan Davies
University of Warwick, UK
jonathan.davies@wbs.ac.uk
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Urban
politics public policy governance critique social inclusion citizenship
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English
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Peter Hall
University College London, UK
p.hall@ucl.ac.uk
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Urban comparative analysis; strategic planning of
metropolitan areas
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English
French (spoken: intermediate, written: fluent)
German (spoken: intermediate; written: fluent)
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Robin
Hambleton
University of the West of England, UK
robin.hambleton@uwe.ac.uk
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Cross-national academic and policy exchange relating to
city leadership, urban governance and city planning
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English
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Eileen Lepine
University of the West of England, UK
eileen.lepine@uwe.ac.uk
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Localism/neighbourhood governance; local government
including the role of councillors; regeneration and renewal; community and
partnership; practitioner learning in regeneration; renewal;
sustainability; historical perspectives
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English
French (written: basic)
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Ian Smith
University of the West of England, UK
ian5.smith@uwe.ac.uk
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Urban policy; information infrastructure; research
methodology; sub-regional spatial planning
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English
French (spoken: fluent, written: advanced)
Italian (spoken: basic)
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Helen Sullivan
University of the West of England, UK
helen.sullivan@uwe.ac.uk
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Urban governance; collaboration; local government;
neighbourhoods; decentralisation; evaluation
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English
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USA
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Name
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Keywords
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Language
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Nevin Brown
International Partnership for Service-Learning and
Leadership, USA
nbrown@ipsl.org
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Urban and international education, particularly at the
postsecondary level
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English
French (basic)
German (basic)
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George C.
Galster
Wayne State University, USA
aa3571@wayne.edu
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Sprawl; neighbourhoods; poverty; segregation; housing
markets; externalities; thresholds
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English
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Paul Kantor
Fordham University, USA
kantor@fordham.edu
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Comparative urban research and American politics/public
policy
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English
French (basic)
Italian (intermediate)
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Philip Nyden
Loyola University Chicago, USA
pnyden@luc.edu
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Collaborative
research; housing; diverse communities; gentrification; affordable housing;
sustainable development
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English
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Catherine L. Ross
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
catherine.ross@coa.gatech.edu
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Quality
growth; infrastructure planning and management; megaregion planning and
global cities
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English
(spoken/written: advanced)
French (spoken: basic)
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