4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS “CONTEMPORARY URBAN POLICY – EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE”

4th International Conference on Urban and Regional Economics
“Contemporary Urban Policy – European Perspective”

The meeting will be held at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland from 12th to 13th October 2017.

The meeting is organized by Department of Spatial and Environmental Economics. It is addressed to researchers, who are interested to exchange their ideas and results on urban studies. 4th edition of the conference will seek to better understand the ideas of participatory approach to urban development and discuss new concepts such as urban commons, cooperative cities and sharing cities.

We welcome papers from following themes:

1. Urban policy – theory and practice
2. Collaborative planning in cities
3. Urban and metropolitan governance
4. Urban commons and city as a commons
5. Sharing economy, circular economy and urban development
6. Urban regeneration strategies, tools and projects
7. Urban laboratories and experimental economics in urban studies

Important dates:

30  August 2017          Abstract submission
4 September 2017       Notification of acceptance
15 September 2017     Registration and fee payment
12-13 October 2017    4th International Conference
20 October 2017          Paper submission deadline

For further details see the call for papers and visit conference website: http://www.ue.katowice.pl/ure