Comparative urban governance amidst political and economic crises in Rome and Athens

Pressing social, environmental and economic challenges converge in cities.

The issues intersect in the everyday lives of citizens and local political structures.

These comparative research workshops bring together diverse scholarly contributions to develop an in-depth understanding of the current governance challenges for deteriorating infrastructure systems and public service delivery, and the configurations of public, private and community actors that are responding to them.

• Workshops on were held on Comparative urban governance amidst political and economic crisis in Rome and Athens in May and September 2019.

Area

Engineering and public policy

UCL leads

• Jenny McArthur, Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)
• Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)

Partner leads

Università Roma Tre

• Luca Salvati

Sapienza Università di Roma

• Ernesto d’Albergo