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THE ROLE OF URBAN RESEARCH: OPENING, MEDIATING, AND FACILITATING PATHWAYS IN TIMES OF MULTIPLE CRISES

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND POLICY

9 March 2023 Milano (Italy) - Bocconi University, Via Roentgen 1, Milan (Italy) 

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CONFERENCE 9.01.2023

 
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AIM OF THE CONFERENCE
 
The EU mission agenda objective of delivering 100 climate–neutral and smart cities and the DUT Transition Pathways (TP) agenda have responded to a strong need to accelerate processes of urban transition through transnational research and innovation projects with and for EU cities through actualizing a model of collaboration and partnership. The calls for Positive Energy Districts (PED), 15-minute City (15mC), and Circular Urban Economies (CUE) have seen the role of urban research at the frontline to initiate, accompany and support these processes in their various forms. The Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) is organizing a series of events to identify urban research's fundamental and ongoing role in the urban transition and transformation processes. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinarity, and trans-disciplinarity research is central to these processes to initiate, moderate, and facilitate knowledge co-production and partnership creation for understanding and accelerating sustainable urban transitions through research-oriented and innovation-oriented approaches.

The conference aims to discuss the new role of urban research in progressing innovation capabilities and sustainable urban transitions. It is an open platform for researchers to connect on sustainable urban transitions and transformations in broad terms. It welcomes researchers to share and disseminate their results and address conceptual ways to understand future urban transitions through empirical case studies and transdisciplinary research/urban living lab experiences.

Participation to the conference is free of charge but registration is mandatory

REGISTRATION DEADLINE - 08.03.2023

Please submit your abstract or project description here: https://uera.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We welcome abstracts (200 words) that explore diverse transition pathways or topics that could inspire present and new future models.

  • Substantial issues of the urban transition include the energy transition, mobility transition, and green re-generative solutions but also ecological-technological innovation, digital smart city solutions that could improve the health and livable conditions of European urban cities and citizens, and financial schemes for environmentally sustainable economic development.
  • Process-oriented analysis of cases or action research includes transdisciplinary research (e.g. living labs and experimentation), deliberation, democratic urban governance, and participation in spatial justice for more equitable and inclusive cities.

Abstracts should contribute to future urban research and the development of new skills and competencies, enhancing innovation capabilities. The seminar aims to consolidate and share the vision of European urban research in a time of transition where multiple crises are occurring.

Please submit your abstract before 1st March 2023.

 

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

We welcome 10 lines descriptions of exemplary initiatives and projects where research is supporting the implementation of sustainable transition policies at different levels on one or more dimensions of urban transitions. A special session called   "Urban research and policy implementation"  will give possibilities to present the status of the art of ongoing or finalized initiatives and projects. 

Presentation proposals will undergo a selection process. To participate in the selection, please confirm your interest by sending a maximum of 10-line description by 24 February 2023. 

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT OR PRESENTATION PROPOSAL HERE: https://uera.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit

PROGRAMME

10:00 – 10:30: Introduction

Francesco Billari, Rector, Bocconi University
Edoardo Croci, SUR lab director, Bocconi University (IT) - UERA Chair

Keynote speeches:

10.30 – 10.50: Urban regeneration for Milan's sustainable transition
Giancarlo Tancredi, Councilor for Urban Regeneration, Municipality of Milan

10:50 – 11:10: Relation between science and policy for urban transition
Margit Noll, CEO of European partnership Driving Urban Transitions, Chair of Management team, JPI Urban Europe

11:10 – 11.30: The EU Mission agenda for 100 climate–neutral and smart cities
Christos Fragakis, Policy officer for Future Urban & Mobility Systems, European Commission

11:30 – 11:50: Towards circular cities
Ander Eizaguirre, Policy Analyst, Water Governance and Circular Economy in Cities, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Cities and Regions

11.50 - 12.10: Bridging research and practice in integrated city planning
Serena Girani, Senior Archiect, ARUP

12.10 - 12.30: Research and sustainable urban regeneration
Mario Abbadessa, Senior Managing Director & Country Head, Hines Italy 

12.30 – 12.50: Strengthening the Pathways for Urban Transition
Enza Lissandrello, Aalborg University (DK) - UERA coordinator

12:50 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:50: New models for urban transition – Papers presentation section

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break

16:10 – 18.00: Urban research and policy implementation – Best practices section

18:00 Closing of the day

 

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The Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) is bringing together the research performing organisations and aims to strengthen, expand and optimise coordination activities and research planning in Europe in order to avoid fragmentation and optimise resources in the field of urban research and innovation capabilities. 

UERA is one of the key initiatives of JPI Urban Europe. Currently UERA brings together 58 European research organisations from 20 different countries. We are creating a community of researchers, professors, and PhD students. Together this community will be able to conduct work which will advance scientific excellence in the field of urban research. This community is bound by research which uses approaches that are integrated, systemic, environmental, and socio-economical in their consideration.

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https://jpi-urbaneurope.eu/uera/

UERA coordinator
Enza Lissandrello, Aalborg University (DK)
enza@plan.aau.dk

 
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General Assembly UERA - 10 March 2023 
VENUE: Bocconi University, Room AS03
Via Roentgen 1, Milan (Italy) 
 
 
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KEY DATES SPECIAL ISSUE

1st March 2023: Deadline for abstract submissions

5th March 2021:  Abstract Feedback from the conference team

15 February – 8th March: Registration

9th March 2023 - Seminar


15th May 2023: Full Paper Submissions (where applicable)  

15th August 2023: Feedback from the review round 

20th September 2023: Full Paper final re-submission 

December 2023: Production of the Special Issue

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