UGoveRN brings together researchers, practitioners and policy actors to explore the relationships, regulations and practices shaping contemporary urban governance.
UGoveRN creates a space for understanding how governance works across institutions, places and professional practices — and for connecting research with the people involved in shaping cities and regions.
Developing critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on urban governance, regulation, property and planning.
Bringing together scholars, practitioners and policy actors to exchange knowledge across disciplines and institutional boundaries.
Connecting governance research to the real-world processes, actors and relationships through which urban development takes place.
We approach governance as a landscape of relationships between public, private and civic actors. By examining how these actors interact with regulation, property and planning, we can better understand how urban development is shaped in practice.
UGoveRN's activities bring researchers and practitioners together to investigate governance processes from multiple perspectives and across different contexts.
Creating opportunities to exchange ideas, visit places and examine urban governance processes through direct engagement.
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Bringing research and policy perspectives together through focused discussions on contemporary urban governance challenges.
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Mapping the regulations, organisations and relationships involved in urban development and governance processes.
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Regulation, Property, and Planning
The concept of spatial governance landscapes provides an important foundation for UGoveRN's approach to understanding governance.
It focuses attention on the relationships between regulation, property, planning and the actors involved in shaping urban development — helping reveal how governance operates across formal and informal processes.
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