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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)
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Vienna University of Technology, Austria
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Governance; planning as social processes, social inequalities; concentration patterns; integration; lectures |
German
English (advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Ghent University, Belgium
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Strategy formation; strategic management; strategic planning; local policy; urban policy; sustainable development; monitoring and indicators; co-design research |
Dutch (spoken/written: fluent) English (spoken/written: advanced) French (spoken/written: advanced) Spanish (spoken/written: basic) German (spoken/written: basic)
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Ghent University, Belgium
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Local politics; municipal amalgamations; reforms at the local level; scale and local government |
Dutch (fluent) English (advanced) French (advanced) German (basic) |
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MEMORI, Belgium
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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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Ghent University, Belgium
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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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Ghent University, Belgium
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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' |
English French Dutch
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Ghent University, Belgium
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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) |
Dutch (spoken: fluent, written: advanced) English (spoken: fluent, written: advanced) French (spoken: advanced, written: intermediate) Italian (spoken: advanced, written: intermediate) |
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Ghent University, Belgium
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Local government; aldermen and town-councillors |
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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Ghent University, Belgium
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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) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Institute of Economics, Zagreb
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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) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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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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University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
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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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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Danish Building Research Institute, Denmark
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Urban and regional development; innovation and knowledge production; construction industries |
Danish
English, Swedish and Norwegian (fluent) Spanish (intermediate) French and German (basic)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Institut Français d'Urbanisme LATTS, France
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Metropolitan institutions; metropolitan public-private coalitions; metropolitan public policies |
French
English, French, Italian |
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PUCA Plan Urbanisme, France
anne.querrien@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
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Urban planning; social housing; urban mobility; cheap building |
French
English Spanish (fluent)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
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Urban history; urban theory; planning theory; public space; post-fordist planning; e-commerce; Chinese city; mega-city |
German
English (written: advanced, spoken: fluent) French (written: basic, spoken: intermediate)
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German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), Germany
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Interdisciplinary; comparative research on all issues regarding urban development and governance |
Broad variety of language skills within the Difu |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Research University Institute of Urban Environmental and Human Resources - Panteion University, Greece
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Spatial planning and regional development; urban and environmental policies; European spatial development; governance |
Greek
English and German (spoken/written/reading: fluent) Spanish (spoken/written/reading: intermediate)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Metropolitan Research Institute, Hungary
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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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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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University College Dublin, Ireland
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Urban sustainability; brownfields; curriculum development; policy development and implementation |
English (fluent)
Italian (spoken/written: intermediate) Irish (spoken/written: intermediate) French (spoken: basic)
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University College Dublin, Ireland
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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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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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University IUAV of Venice, Italy
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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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Università e Politecnico di Torino, Italy
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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 |
Strategic planning; urban regeneration; local development; policentrism; EU urban and regional policy; structural funds in Italy |
Italian (mother tongue) English (spoken/written: advanced |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
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Extensive experience in political science research; experience from FP5 |
Norwegian
English (fluent) |
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Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
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Urban planning/development; transportation/land use planning; lecturer urban planning and theories; commission work |
Norwegian
English (written: intermediate, spoken: basic) German (spoken: poor, reading: good) French (spoken: poor, reading: good)
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Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Norway
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Sustainable urban development; urban transport; urban land use; urban planning; decision processes; EIA |
Norwegian
Scandinavian languages (fluent) English (advanced) German (basic)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Warsaw University, Poland
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Urban politics; local civil society; local elites |
Polish
English (fluent) German, French, Russian (written)
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Anna Pawlikowska-Piechotka Institute of Tourism and Leisure AWF, Poland |
Sustainable tourism; heritage tourism; environment protection; spatial planning; urban tourism |
Polish (spoken/written: fluent) English (spoken/written: advanced) Russian (spoken/written: intermediate) |
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Warsaw University, Poland
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Local government and governance; territorial organisation; local government finance |
Polish
English (fluent) Russian (advanced) Ukrainian (basic)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Rosa Branco Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Metropolitan areas; competitiveness; governance; PhD research |
Portuguese (mother tongue) English (spoken/written: fluent)
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University of Porto, Portugal
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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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Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
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Metropolitan planning and Metropolization in Europe; Trends of urban formation/urban and metropolitan morphology; Urban design and planning |
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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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Bilbao Metropoli-30, Spain
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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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Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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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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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
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Urban studies; quality of life; environmental structures |
Swedish
English (fluent) German (intermediate) French (basic) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Christopher Bahn Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM), Switzerland |
Curriculum development; urban management; real estate markets; urban planning; retailing |
German (mother tongue) English (advanced) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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University of Twente, The Netherlands
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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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Radboud University Nijmegen
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European spatial planning, transnationality, polycentricity, cartographic representations |
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 |
Dutch (native speaker) English (fluent)
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OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, The Netherlands
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Dutch
English |
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ONDA International Research, Consultancy and Training, The Netherlands
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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) |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Pamukkale University, Turkey
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Politics of local government, European integration and local government |
English (spoken/written: advanced) |
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Pamukkale University, Turkey
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Management and LED or urban areas; Turkey; teaching on local governments |
Turkish (mother tongue)
English (spoken/written: advanced)
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| Name | Keywords | Language |
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Rob
Atkinson
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Urban regeneration; partnerships; community participation; urban governance; social exclusion |
English |
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Laurence Carmichael
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EU integration; multi-level governance; comparative governance; urban leadership and community participation | French and English |
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University of Sheffield, UK
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Spatial justice; urban and regional planning |
English |
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Jonathan Davies University of Warwick, UK |
Urban politics public policy governance critique social inclusion citizenship | English |
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University College London, UK
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Urban comparative analysis; strategic planning of metropolitan areas |
English
French (spoken: intermediate, written: fluent) German (spoken: intermediate; written: fluent)
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University of the West of England, UK
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Cross-national academic and policy exchange relating to city leadership, urban governance and city planning |
English |
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University of the West of England, 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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University of the West of England, UK
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Urban policy; information infrastructure; research methodology; sub-regional spatial planning |
English
French (spoken: fluent, written: advanced) Italian (spoken: basic) |
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University of the West of England, UK
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Urban governance; collaboration; local government; neighbourhoods; decentralisation; evaluation |
English |
| Name | Keywords | Language |
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International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership, USA
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Urban and international education, particularly at the postsecondary level |
English
French (basic) German (basic) |
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Wayne State University, USA
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Sprawl; neighbourhoods; poverty; segregation; housing markets; externalities; thresholds |
English |
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Fordham University, USA
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Comparative urban research and American politics/public policy |
English
French (basic) Italian (intermediate) |
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Philip Nyden Loyola University Chicago, USA |
Collaborative research; housing; diverse communities; gentrification; affordable housing; sustainable development | English |
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Catherine L. Ross Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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Quality growth; infrastructure planning and management; megaregion planning and global cities |
English (spoken/written: advanced) French (spoken: basic) |