Round table on Jiu Valley and Țara Făgărașului in Comparative Perspective: Past Conditions, Present Circumstances, Future Prospects

August 11, 2022, 16.00-19.30 (Romanian time, hybrid, in English) Comparing these disparate regions opens a window into many dimensions of the contemporary Romanian problematic, if not of post-communist societies more generally. Both the Jiu Valley coal region and Țara Făgărașului, with extensive chemical factories, experienced intense industrialization during communist times...

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Urban Practitioners Network

The Urban Practitioners Network is a space for common support and sharing innovative practices between motivated urban professionals. The Network is now being established and aims to bring together professionals from various countries.             TEAM Departments/units: Policy Analysis and Outreach Department, Center on Global Affairs...

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Urban Safety Policies – Integrating Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Developing Safer Cities

Online (Zoom), August 6, 2020, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time, in English) Urban Safety becomes an increasingly important topic as concern for the development of safe and sustainable cities amounts throughout society. This is evident also in the fact that one of the SDGs (Goal nr. 11) is aimed at making cities...

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