National default and US cities

Here is very interesting article on possible impact of US national default on American cities. Thought the remit is wider than the core interests of our research network however it provides good insight into the impact of macroeconomic policies, especially so extreme, on the cities' economy and welfare.

Let's hope this depressing scenario will not come true...

Do you have examples how austerity packages and national crisis-management measures impact your capitals? Then share with us.

Warsaw seminar - call for papers

Please, follow this link to read/upload Call for Papers for Research network seminar in Warsaw on 23 September 2011 (Friday). There you will find all necessary information: topics, schedule, practicalities, bursary application process etc.

Deadline for submitting abstracts - 31 August 2011. Bursaries are provided on first come first served basis. With any questions and queries please write to local organizer Maciej Smetkowski at msmetkowski@uw.edu.pl.

Publications

We've just published links to several relevant publications which might be of interest for network members and wider circle of readers. This is a combination of recently published reports on various aspects of global cities development (by Economist Intelligence Unit and by PWC), books and a range of publications by RN (research network) members about particular capital cities.

Feel free to write to us and suggest other sources/publications.

New presentations uploaded

You can have a look at two cases of capital cities development in the aftermath of the global economic crisis. They are dedicated to London and Kyiv and were presented by network members at recent RSA International conference in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Just follow this link.

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog of RSA Research Network 'The impact of global economic crisis on capital cities'. It was established at the beginning of 2011 by researchers from Ukraine and Poland and supported by grant from Regional Studies Association.


Currently there are more than 30 researchers and experts from 12 European countries in the network and we are growing.


We welcome researchers, scholars, policy experts and analysts from  across the globe to our network. If your professional interests include development of capital cities and you want to learn what's going on in different cities worldwide, as well as to stay on top of the things in terms of recent publications, events and news - join us. Also join us if you are looking for partners for a joint project or just would like to get in touch with like-minded professionals. Just write to omrinska@gmail.com to be included in the mailing list.


Our network is very much an interactive and virtual project. The variety and quality of its outputs depend on the inputs of network members and our readers. So if you know about relevant publication, event or would like to share some professional news which you think might be interesting for our network members, do get in touch (see Contacts).