Community Led Regeneration: the London Case
UCL has a long-standing relationship with Just Space, an umbrella organisation for community groups across London. Whilst the WHIG project is not explicitly working with them at this stage, their work is highly relevant to understanding the planning context of London...
Hamlet Without the Prince
Hamlet Without the Prince or Why We Need More Research on How Private Sector Actors See the World. I recently gave a paper in the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow on the subject of ‘Seeing Like an Investor’. The talk was based on a paper that...
Towards some clarification on financialisation?
Existing debates on ‘financialization’ in urban studies, and beyond, are intense. Given the nature of the WHIG project, we will inevitably be addressing the issue of financialization, financializing and financing head on. On Thursday 23 May, The Open University hosted...
Dynamic landscapes of spatial governance
Professor Tuna Tasan-Kok’s Inaugural Lecture sets out new lines of planning research and education to be taken up by the WHIG project. On Friday, 24 May 2019, Professor Tuna Tasan-Kok, recently appointed as Professor of Urban Governance and Planning, delivered her...
Join WHIG Amsterdam team's webinar: The Rise and Metamorphosis of Property Investment Managers (Oct.30, 4-5pm CET). Marleen Bosma-Verhaegh (@Bouwinvest), @TunaTasanKok (@UvA_Amsterdam) & Xavier Jongen (@CatellaGroup) will discuss the role of investment managers in Amsterdam
New open-access publication by @saraozogul & @TunaTasanKok in @JPL_SAGE on residential investor types https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0885412220944919
WHIG Amsterdam team organises session at Dutch Research Council's #NWOSynergy2020
Today at Synergy 2020 @NWO_SSH Tuna and @saraozogul bring private sector actors and academics together to discuss new landscapes of governance in an interactive session @Whatisgoverned