Unique researcher ID: G-3191-2011

My research interests span across the following themes:

Urban governance, policies and politics:
o The changing politics of planning and urban development in European cities, with a particular focus on new forms of urban entrepreneurialism, urban marketing and urban policies (UK, France, Germany, Spain)

o The contested politics of urban regeneration in European cities (in particular culture-led urban regeneration strategies)

European spatial planning and European Union policies with a territorial impact:
o The impact of the EU on spatial planning, regional development and urban policies across Europe and the Europeanisation of planning and urban policies

o The emergence of a European agenda on spatial planning and territorial cohesion

o European transnational cooperation networks between cities and regions (in particular under the INTERREG programmes) and their impact on policy learning and cognitive Europeanisation

o Comparative spatial planning cultures and systems in Europe

Urban sociology:
o The impact of urban policies on gentrification, segregation and social mix in European cities

o Urban social movements and urban regeneration

o Protest and resistance in the tourist city

I regularly do consultancy and advisory work for EU transnational cooperation projects and programmes or local public administrations.