CALL FOR PAPERS
21st N-AERUS Conference, 27-29 October 2022

TRANSFORMING ROLE OF STATE IN ADDRESSING INCLUSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Urban and Rural Planning Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh
& Department of Sustainable Cities and Communities, University of Kassel, Germany

The 21st N-AERUS conference will focus on the role of the state in urban governance. The conference will develop specific panels with institutional partners around the following themes:

• Theme 1: Beyond neoliberal urbanisms in the Global South:
  What are the current urban development discourses and contemporary multi-level governance models? How do national governments and global cities compete and reclaim their positions in a global context?
• Theme 2: The role of the state in urban rehabilitation and transformation:
  What are the current cases of urban redevelopment interventions on a scale from authoritarian to participatory and inclusive approaches, including the state vis-à-vis self-help activism;
• Theme 3: Counter-movements to neoliberal urbanism:
  What are the scope and impact of alternative urban movements including the rights discourse and culture? What are the viable examples of partnerships among actors?
• Theme 4: Neo-Keynesian response to the pandemic:
  What are the recent experiences of national and local government recovery interventions in cities in post-COVID phase?

Please find the call for papers and the template for abstract submission. Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is postponed to 31st May 2022, 1pm (CET). For more information please contact naerus2022@gmail.com.