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  • Jan 20 2012

    A green issue of Nordregio News

    The next issue of Nordregio News will take on the discussion of Green Economy and Green Growth. Editorial Board member Gunnar Lindberg gives an insight to both the issue and the topic.

  • Dec 19 2011

    Innovative practices from the Nordic countries

    We have experienced warmer winters, stronger storms and greater precipitation in the Nordic countries. Management of, and planning for, larger quantities of water, as well as adaptation of our territorial structures to climate changes are on the agenda.

  • Dec 14 2011

    The Bristol Accord and the Sustainable Communities Agenda

    New refereed article in European Journal of Spatial Development by Neil Evans.

  • Dec 13 2011

    Planning for resource efficient cities

    New Nordregio working paper presents the so-called Metabolic Impact Assessment (MIA) as an evaluation of two urban development projects: in Stockholm, the first phase of the Stockholm Royal Seaport development, and in Newcastle, England, the development of Newcastle Great Park.

  • Dec 05 2011

    A Changing Rural Reality Requires a Fresh Approach

    European rural policy is out of date and fails to reflect the reality of 21st century Europe, according to a major new report. The report calls for a fresh approach, more attuned to contemporary realities and issues - a "Rural Cohesion Policy" - which can help rural areas play their part in Europe's emergence from the current economic downturn.

  • Nov 18 2011

    Welcome to Nordregio, Liisa Perjo

    Specialised in urban sociology, working life & gender issues.

  • Nov 15 2011

    R&D strategies, universities and their significance for the entrepreneurial process

    Two new refereed papers published by Nordregio's Apostolos Baltzopoulos with new insights into the founding of entrepreneurial start-ups.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Important signal of action

    "One of the main strenghts of the InMotion program was that it created a feeling of action in a time of economic crises.", says Maria Lindqvist who has finished an evaluation of the program.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Welcome to the BaltCICA Final Conference

    Climate Change Adaptation in Practice. The 3rd and last International BaltCICA Conference takes place 18th and 19th January 2012, in Helsinki, Finland.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Perspectives on rural development

    New Nordregio Working Paper based on discussions and presentations at seminars held by the Nordic working group on Future rural areas.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Europe should cherish its major urban nodes

    New debate article in European Journal of Spatial Development by Arjen van der Burg.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

    How Renewable Energy and Clean Tech can contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy. New Nordregio Working Paper.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Territorial governance systems in the Nordic capital regions

    New Nordregio Working Paper that gives an introductory overview of territorial governance systems in the Nordic capital regions.

  • Nov 03 2011

    Consequences of the economic crisis

    New Nordregio Working Paper on tackling the consequences of the economic crisis.

  • Sep 26 2011

    Handbook on demographic challenges

    Nordregio is developing a handbook on demographic challenges in the Nordic countries.

  • Sep 23 2011

    New refereed article published in European Journal of Spatial Development

    Participation in planning – a study of urban development in Norway
    by Eva Irene Falleth & Gro Sandkjær Hansen

  • Sep 15 2011

    Stockholm – challenges for a top innovation region

    According to the "European Regional Innovation Scoreboard" in 2006, Stockholm was the top region of Europe in innovation performance. While Stockholm is performing well in a comparative perspective there is still reason to believe that the region does not perform according to its potential.

  • Sep 06 2011

    Kick-off in Riga - Centralbaltic Job Ferry

    Impressive media coverage from the Centralbaltic Job Ferry kick-off meeting last week in Riga.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Cross-border co-operation in the Nordic region

    New catalogue published; gathering 11 projects that have changed their region.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Nordregio's arctic Midsummer

    During June 22nd-26th 2011 Nordregio will participate in the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences in Akureyri, Iceland.

  • Aug 31 2011

    New perspectives on development in the Arctic

    Nordregio researcher Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, an expert on Arctic related issues, was interviewed by Vetenskapsradion, a program on Swedish Radio, in two broadcasts about the possibilities and dangers of extracting oil in Arctic regions.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Fruitful first Forum

    On May 17th Nordregio hosted the first Nordregio Forum, bringing together Nordregio personnel and practitioners to discuss Green Growth. The event was successful and allowed Nordregio's research staff the ability to see the issue from multiple stakeholder perspectives.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Nordregio present at SUME conference in Vienna

    On May 3rd 2011, researchers from Nordregio participated in the international conference Urban Development 2050 – Planning resource-efficient cities in Vienna. The conference was a central dissemination event in the SUME project (Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe) and was organized by the project's lead partner, the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning (ÖIR).

  • Aug 31 2011

    Second phase of the Municipality Programme ended

    The second phase of the programme "Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme for Local Civil Servants" has now ended. During the winter and spring of 2010/2011 Russian and Nordic municipal civil servants made six study visits to seven Nordic municipalities.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Insight into the opinions of Egyptian university students

    A November 2009 study on how Egyptian university students view Europe, as part of the FP 7 EuroBroadMap Project, indicates that they regard Europe primarily in terms of economic development and advanced technologies. In a Nordic context, the students emphasize a strong aversion to living in Denmark, somewhat positive sentiments about moving to Sweden and a lack of knowledge on the other Nordic countries. The study also suggests that the students see Tunisia and Algeria, states that experienced significant civil unrest just prior to Egypt in early 2011, in a positive light and as having close ties to Europe.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Nordregio researcher awarded runner up of the Stockholmia Prize

    Mitchell Reardon, Research Assistant at Nordregio, was awarded runner up of the 2011 Stockholmia Prize by Samfundet St Erik, a community organization in Stockholm, and Stockholmsforskningen. The prize was awarded for the best Master's thesis focused on Stockholm in 2010.

  • Aug 31 2011

    What can EGTC bring to Nordic cross-border cooperation?

    The Nordic working group on globalisation and cross-border cooperation has published a paper which gives a background on EGTC - European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation and discusses the possibilities to establish EGTCs for cross-border cooperation in the Nordic countries.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Second study visit in the Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme

    The second study visit in the Nordic-Russian Exchange Programme for Local Civil Servants, on the theme Urban Planning, took place in Odense February 9-11 2011. The focus of the visit was to present how Odense municipality has integrated the work on urban planning into their efforts to create a sustainable city.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Sustainable urban governance needs to be participatory

    In the European Journal of Spatial Development (other contribution) Lukasz Damurski presents the results of public consultations held in Poland by means of online surveys, in a discussion on the concept of participatory urban governance.

  • Aug 31 2011

    New deputy director comes from Greenland

    Klaus Georg Hansen has been employed as new deputy director of Nordregio with focus on HR management and senior research fellow. Klaus Georg Hansen is 49 years old and comes from a position as Head of Department for Spatial planning in the Government of Greenland.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Comments for the 5th Cohesion Report: Investing in Europe´s future

    Reflections on chapter 3 'Strengthening cohesion´ based on a number of recent research projects conducted by Nordregio and on the continuing discussion within Nordregio on the concepts of territorial cohesion and territorial governance.

  • Aug 31 2011

    New report about Regional Development in the Nordic Countries

    The twelfth volume in the series "Regional Development in the Nordic Countries" is now published. The reports have regularly supplied practitioners with comprehensive analysis of the Nordic regional development scene.

  • Aug 31 2011

    SUME on TV

    The project Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe (SUME) is focusing on how future urban systems can be designed to be less damaging to the environment.

  • Aug 31 2011

    Women bigger threat than climate change?

    Nordregio´s Rasmus Ole Rasmusen on radio: SR Vetandets värld and NRK Sami Radio.

  • Aug 31 2011

    The ‘Wild Cards’ of European futures: Planning for discontinuities?

    An article in Futures, vol. 42, Issue 8, October 2010, Pages 846-855, by Christopher J. Smith and Alexandre Dubois, Nordregio.