Enrico Gualini speaks on the topic Urban development and planning conflicts in Brussels: a grounded-theoretical analysis of dynamics of contention and trajectories of transformation
Enrico Gualini is Professor of Planning Theory and Urban-Regional Policy Analysis at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning of TU Berlin - Berlin University of Technology. After gaining his PhD in Planning from Politecnico di Milano (1997) he was affiliated with the University of Dortmund (1997-2000), and the University of Amsterdam (2001-2006) and had visiting scholarships in the US and several European countries.
His research interests include the social construction of space and the political dimension of socio-spatial practices, with a focus on contention and conflict as their specific form of manifestation. He is founder and coordinator of the AESOP Planning/Conflict thematic group and he has recently edited two volumes on the topic: Planning and Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Contentious Urban Developments (Routledge 2015) and Conflict in the City: Contested Urban Spaces and Local Democracy (Jovis 2015, co-edited with J. Morais Mourato and M. Allegra).
The STADSSALONSURBAINS are an initiative of the Brussels Academy and the Brussels Studies Institute in collaboration with Beursschouwburg and Brussels based research centres.
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