Open Calls

Here you can find open calls for journals and special issues that are interested in reporting about placemaking.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Within the COST Action CA18204 Dynamics of placemaking and digitization in Europe´s cities a one-week training school will be organised from May 8 to May 12 2023 in Ljubljana and Koper/Capodistria, Slovenia. It aims to offer the opportunity to present and exchange the experiences of the members of our COST Action in the field of methodologies for researching place-making processes, with a particular focus on contested historic sites.

The first day will take place in Ljubljana, where the keynote speeches and presentations of the local practitioners will address the issues of contemporary placemaking. Part of the programme will be the site visits in Ljubljana to see in practice and learn about the design and management of public spaces in the Slovenian capital city. Days 2-5 will be spent in Koper/Capodistria where a series of workshops will take place in cooperation between the COST action members and local players in the placemaking field. Among others the following topics will give food for thought and practice: sensing the place, users’ (di)satisfactions with places, urban happiness, informal placemaking, 3D modelling, soundscapes, reading the city, and gender and street names. The programme will combine indoor lectures and discussions, practical exercises and hands-on activities, field visits and meetings with the locals.

The call is open to all members of the COST Action CA18204 - Dynamics of placemaking and digitization in Europe´s cities. COST will cover the travel expenses (up to 500€) and 140€ daily allowance of the participants. The one-week event foresees their presence for the whole duration of the event. During the Training School, the participants will be asked to establish their own relationship with the hosting place and join the exploration of it using the methods proposed by fellow colleagues from COST Action who agreed to moderate the workshops. Following the theoretical insights and the onsite investigations, the Training School aims to also illustrate how digitalisation can encourage the placemaking processes, improve local environments and strengthen the communities.

Please send your application (up to 500 words altogether) by and including Thursday, March 8 to the email placemaking@posta.uirs.si and specify the following in your proposal:

• Name and surname
• University / Institution / Affiliation
• Academic field of study
• Career stage (Early career researcher - PhD Candidate or recently acquired PhD; Post-doc researcher; Teacher / Lecturer / Professor; Student; Practitioner; Other – specify)
• 3-5 keywords that link your work/activities to placemaking
• What motivates you to participate to the Training School and what are you bringing to it?

All applicants will be contacted by March 14 with information regarding their participation.

If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to get in touch by using the email address placemaking@posta.uirs.si.

OPEN CALL FOR CHAPTERS

WG4 is in charge of organising the editorial and publication process if our COST Action Dynamics of Placemaking and Digitization in Europe’s Cities - and According to the EDITORIAL STRATEGY of 22.10.2020, WG4 opens a CALL FOR CHAPTERS.

The outputs for this COST Action are composed of three volumes. The three volumes should be the result of collaborative work. This call is for the second volume. In order to provide chances for all participants, and to create a very diverse book both the board and the chapter should consist of at least three members from different countries, backgrounds and experience.

Working Title: METHODS FOR ENGAGEMENT IN PLACEMAKING ENGAGEMENT IN PLACEMAKING: METHODS, STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES

The outputs for the COST Action are composed of three volumes (Trilogy). The three volumes should be the result of collaborative work. WG4 is in charge of organising the editorial and publication process and opens a CALL for CHAPTERS of Volume 3.

This volume is focusing on theory, conclusions and future challenges of the placemaking. The comparisons of cases from different countries are encouraged.

Working Title: THE FUTURE OF PLACEMAKING AND DIGITIZATION: EMERGING CHALLENGES & RESEARCH AGENDA

We invite you to submit a book chapter proposal to the forthcoming book “Energy transition and social construction of the territory in the face of the challenge of climate change and the new geopolitical framework”, to be published by Aranzadi-Thomson Reuters in 2023. Proposals submission deadline is November 15, 2022.