The European Urban Research Association Conference in Reykjavík 22-26 June 2023
The European City: A practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future
I like to welcome you to EURA 2023 held at the University of Iceland and organized by the Faculty of Political Science in partnership with Faculty of Life and Environmental Science and the Institute of Public Administration and Politics.
We are especially grateful for our partners from the City of Reykjavík who have actively participated in the preparation of the conference. We also like to thank the EURA organization as well as the Icelandic Ministry of Infrastructure and the Strategic Regional Plan for their support.
This year we expect 235 presentations in 55 panels and welcome 300 guests from 46 countries. We are especially happy to welcome a large number of young scholars. It is refreshing to see the interest in urban planning and politics research, this gives us hope that the EURA conference will continue to thrive in years to come. We have exciting key notes on Thursday morning with our guests Matthew Carmona from the UK and Tina Saaby from Denmark. On Friday morning we will have a meeting with pracititioners where our partners from Reykjavík city will introduce some of their most innovative projects in relation to planning and social innovation in the city. Conferences are an important venue to make new scientific friendship and there is multitude of social events to help with that such as twelve mobile workshops on Thursday afternoon organized by our partners from the city of Reykjavík where we get to complete the day at the opening reception at the Reykjavík City Hall. The Conference Dinner takes place at the old culture house in downtown Reykjavík.
I wish you all a successful conference and a pleasant stay in our beautiful city.
Prof. Dr. Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir - Professor at Faculty of Political Science, Chair of the Committee
- Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir - University of Iceland
- Benjamin Hennig Professor - Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Ólafur Rastrick Professor - Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
- Gústaf Adolf Skúlason - Institute of Public Administration and Politics
- Þorsteinn Gunnarsson - Chief administrative officer and representing Reykjavík city
Strategic Regional Plan