Conference 2021
TOPICS
The theme of the forthcoming conference is multilevel governance. The papers should ideally explore one of its following dimensions while addressing the general focus of the conference on environmentally-responsible social and economic development & regional policy.
Policy making and cross-sectoral strategies
This session will explore mechanisms through which the policies for social and economic development are designed and how they succeed or fail to reconcile different sectoral priorities. Besides traditional social and economic developmental priorities, this session will also host papers devoted to integral topics such as innovations in regions and image of regions. In all these authors are strongly encouraged to address the multiplicity of effects within the cross-sectoral policies. To sum up, the major task of this session will be to foster discussion on how to reconcile sectoral fragmentation within multilevel governance.
Vertical and horizontal relations within local governance
Incl. inter-municipal cooperation.
Within the multilevel governance, the profound territorial and scalar fragmentation often poses a barrier to achieve developmental goals. This session should attempt to identify the key barriers in inter-municipal cooperation and scalar relations and opportunities to overcome them. Framed by institutional background, the papers may either provide a robust evidence or provide an individual qualitative case studies to illustrate the limits to local agency. Overall, the aim of this session will be to use municipal scale to facilitate discussion on the role of territorial fragmentation in multilevel governance.
Public participation and transition initiatives
Public engagement in public space is considered a cornerstone of effective multilevel governance. Papers submitted to this session should explore the two-way linkages between the individual and public initiatives, on one hand, and state / public administration, on the other. In addition, the session will also reflect on the private efforts (including social marketing, knowledge management, creative approaches) that may overlap with public and state initiatives. The session will address initiation of public participation and private engagement and their expected contribution to regional development as seen from the perspective of both the public and the administration. As a result the session will open a field for debates about fragmentation existing across the hierarchical levels represented by various stakeholders and institutions.
Session for young researches
Along with these conference topics, the conference traditionally provides a platform for young researchers (under 26 years old), who may submit their paper to this dedicated session. In their papers, they may address any of the aforementioned dimensions and issues related to multilevel governance.
Special attention - Urban Mobility
ORGANISATIONS
Based on the cooperation between the Department of Regional Development and Public Administration, Department of Geography, and the Institute for Economic and Environmental Policy (IEEP) the conference is organized by Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration, UJEP
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration guarantees study program Regional Development and Public Administration and provides courses in this field, such are socio-economic geography, regional development, regional economics, spatial development policy, regional development theory, innovation environment and management of innovative concepts and others. Scientific activities are mainly focused on the development of issues of regions and settlements (especially large cities and agglomerations).
The members of the department are engaged in the research of socio-economic structures, processes and mechanisms of spatial development. Other research topics are the analysis of the development of post-industrial regions, regional labor market, regional innovation, smart cities and innovative trends in urban and regional development.
Department of Geography, UJEP
Established in 1950s, the department is now the oldest and the largest academic geographical institutions in Northern Czechia. With about 20 members and connections to other institutes at the university and abroad, it develops research and teaching focused on environmental risks, cultural dimensions of the globalization, local and territorial planning, application of GIS/virtual reality in landscape science as well as teacher’s training.
Institute for Economic and Environmental Policy
IEEP is the university research department specialized in environmental governance and the regional development. We undertake regulatory impact analysis, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit and institutional analyses on different topics. We micro-simulate policy change impacts. Our focus is on practical use of the results in decision-making. We are strongly inter-connected with the academia worldwide (www.ieep.cz/en)
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Social and economic development & regional policy
Multilevel Governance in Post-Industrial Societies
19th International Scientific Conference
Where does it take place?
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University