IGU CGoG - FLYER 2020 - 2024 ->>
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Monday, 24 August 2020
IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE _ STEERING COMMITTEE 2020 - 2024
IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE
STEERING COMMITTEE 2020 - 2024
COMMISSION CHAIR
Carlos Nunes Silva
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon,
Rua Branca Edmée Marques, Cidade Universitária, 1600-276 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
E-mail: cs@campus.ul.pt
Web: https://sites.google.com/a/campus.ul.pt/cns/
FULL MEMBERS (in alphabetical order by surname)
Olga Glezer
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Staromonetnyi pereulok 29, 119017 Moscow, RUSSIA
E-mail: olga.glezer@yandex.ru
Tomasz Kaczmarek
Faculty of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management,
Adam Mickiewicz University,
ul. Bogumila Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznan, POLAND
E-mail: tomkac@amu.edu.pl
Ilona Pálne Kovács
Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Papnövelde u. 22, 7621 Pécs, HUNGARY
E-mail: palne@rkk.hu
Yosuke Maeda
Faculty of Education, Niigata University
Ikarashi 2-no-cho 8050, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN
E-mail: y.maeda@ed.niigata-u.ac.jp
Jeffrey McNeill
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University,
Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North 4442, NEW ZEALAND
E-mail: J.K.McNeill@massey.ac.nz
Nancy Odendaal
School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town,
Centlivres Building, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town Rondebosch, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
E-mail: nancy.odendaal@uct.ac.za
Peter Schmitt
Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, SWEDEN
E-mail: peter.schmitt@humangeo.su.se
Anna Trono
Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento,
Via D. Birago, 64 - 73100 Lecce, ITALY
E-mail: anna.trono@unisalento.it
Claudia Vicentelo
LAB ICT - Innovation, Cities and Technology Laboratory,
General Manuel Baquedano 635, suite 102, Arica, CHILE
E-mail: cvicentelo@labict.cl; vicente1@illinois.edu
HONORARY MEMBERS
Robert J. Bennett
Commission Chair, 1984-1992
Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
(Professor Emeritus)
E-mail: robert.bennett@geog.cam.ac.uk
Max Barlow
Commission Chair, 1992-2000
Concordia University, Canada
(Professor Emeritus)
E-mail: max.barlow@gmail.com
Doris Wastl-Walter
Commission Chair, 2000-2008
University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
E-mail: doris.wastl-walter@giub.unibe.ch
Ján Buček
Commission Chair, 2008-2016
Department of Human Geography and Demography, Comenius University,
Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, Bratislava 842 15, Slovakia
E-mail: jan.bucek@uniba.sk
Eran Razin
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
E-mail: msrazin@mail.huji.ac.il
IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE 2020 - 2024: Aims & Themes
IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE 2020 - 2024
II. Aims
1. To advance knowledge of the geography of territorial governance, at the urban, local and regional levels, namely the conditions, scale and characteristics of new modes of territorial governance, in particular those that will emerge as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences.
2. To identify new perspectives and to explore new research methodologies and different geographical approaches in the field of urban, local and regional governance.
3. To provide a platform for the exchange of information, research outcomes, and best practices among its members, namely through digital tools.
4. To enhance current bilateral and multilateral research cooperation among its members and to support the creation of new research networks in the field of urban, local and regional governance, connecting its members with existing international research programs and organizations, increasing interdisciplinary research collaboration across disciplines.
5. To support and promote the publication and dissemination of scholarly research outcomes of its members, in peer-reviewed international journals and in books.
6.To advance educational activities through workshops focused on urban, local and regional governance issues, contributing to the training of the next generation of scientists in this field.
7. To increase the awareness of urban, local and regional governance issues among citizens, local communities and governments.
8. To develop initiatives
focused on specific issues in cooperation with members of other IGU Commissions
sharing similar or related interests.
III. Themes
The Commission aims to
explore, but is not limited to, the following themes:
1. Local government reforms
2. Urban and metropolitan governance
3. Local Government and the 2030 Agenda: 'localization' of the Sustainable Development Goals
4. Urban, local and regional government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic: lessons for building resilient territories
5. Decentralization and multi-layered governance: new relations between national, regional and local government in the post-pandemic
6. Digitalization of local government and Citizen e-Participation
7. Governance of spatial planning processes
8. Citizen participation in local and regional government
9. Administrative fragmentation and merger reforms
10. Decentralized cooperation and development 11. Inter-municipal cooperation
12. Cross-border municipal and regional cooperation
13. Climate change, the governance of complex environmental systems and the challenges for local action
14. Age-, disabled-, minorities, and gender-responsive approaches in urban, local and regional government policies
15. Administrative systems, housing, health services, and local public service delivery
16. Local government finance systems
17. Anthropocene: changes and challenges for urban, local and regional governance
18. Governance in conflict and post-conflict areas
19. Transparency, accountability, good governance, and human rights in local and regional government
20. Big Data and new digital research methods in urban governance
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Contemporary Trends in Local Governance - Reform, Cooperation and Citizen Participation
Carlos Nunes Silva (ed.) (2020). Contemporary Trends in Local Governance - Reform, Cooperation and Citizen Participation . Cham, Switzerland: Springer (ISBN 978-3-030-52515-6).
Thursday, 20 August 2020
Saturday, 15 August 2020
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)