ARL International Conference "The European Space between Consolidation and New Challenges"

Register for the International Conference on "European Space between Consolidation and New Challenges. Spatial Planning and Spatial Research from 1975 to the Present" hosted by ARL - Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association and University of Rome Tor Vergata will take place in Rome from 10 to 11 October 2024.

There is no conference fee. However, registration is required.

As the Iron Curtain was lifted step by step at the end of the 1980s, the contours of a new Europe – politically and spatially – gradually emerged, which by the first decade of the new millennium increasingly included former Eastern bloc states.
The geopolitical situation may have changed, but the forms of regional differentiation or disparities and the competition between the various European economic areas increased even more.
In addition, there is a continuation of urban-rural divergencies with considerable differences in their social and national configurations and in the perception and shape of spatial politics and policies in relation to their political implications – not the least in shaping political orientations and their impact on political culture, regionally, nationally, and Europe wide.

These considerations result in three thematic complexes:

- Intra-regional social and economic problems or boom and bust on an inter-regional scale
- The actual functioning of the transformation paradigm for the mitigation of the above-mentioned problems, beyond purely normative or rhetorical policy approaches
- The challenges related to Europe’s loss of importance on a global scale, regarding the European model of society and questions of environmental and climate protection

Don’t miss out on this exceptional opportunity to discuss with us insights from the past to understand and shape the future.

Wissenschaftlicher Ansprechpartner:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Klee
Head of the Central Department of the ARL
andreas.klee@arl-net.de

Weitere Informationen:
https://www.arl-net.de/de/media/498/inline Programme, Venue and Registration (PDF)