News: City Futures IV Conference

Marco Reggiani News, Research Blog

Between June 20 and 22, 2019, the City Futures IV Conference was held at the UCD Dublin O’Brien Centre for Science in Dublin, Ireland. Jointly organized by EURA and UAA, the theme of the conference was Creating Just and Sustainable Cities with a special focus on issues of inclusion, smart specialization and diversification, environmental challenges, democracy, smart and cultural cities.

UCD Dublin Campus, the venue of the conference.
UCD Dublin Campus, the venue of the conference. Author: Zdenka Havlova.

URT’s Zdenka Havlova and Marco Reggiani joined with a paper titled Hijacking Culture for Corporate Gains: The Forfeiture of Diversity in Corporatized and Commercialized Urban Space of Shibuya, Tokyo. Presented within the Cultural Cities track, the paper investigates ways corporations hijack and manufacture culture, and how this ‘fabrication’ affects the diversity of the urban realm.

Zdenka and Marco after the presentation.
Zdenka and Marco after the presentation. Thanks to Marketa Hola for the picture.

The conference was an excellent occasion to learn from international case studies and discuss the common challenges faced by cities to promote more sustainable and equitable development. The next EURA conference will be held in Oslo in 2020.

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