UERA Conference 2026
- Date
- 4 Feb – 6 Feb 2026
- Time
- 00.00 – 00.00 (CET)
- Location
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Strasbourg
The next UERA conference “Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition” is hosted at the University of Strasbourg, 4th to 6th of February 2026.
The conference is organized by the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) and hosted by the Institute for Urbanism and Regional Development (IUAR), research unit Societies, Actors and Government in Europe (SAGE) and the Interdisciplinary thematic institute MAKErS – Making European Society, at the University of Strasbourg.
Driving Urban Transitions partnership organises a workshop at UERA conference
The workshop is open to anyone attending the conference with an interest in learning more about DUT and the DUT knowledge hub and engage in dialogues on knowledge transfer and impact creation from projects.
Date: 4 February 14.00-18.00, starting with a joint lunch at 13.00.
Place: Collège Doctoral Européen (CDE), Strasbourg
Agenda
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- DUT Workshop
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The DUT vision: an overview of Transition Pathways and upcoming 2025 priorities.
Impact in action: exploring DUT's flagship instruments and the Knowledge Hubs' thematic subgroups.
Hands-on workshop: a deep dive into synthesising research results and facilitating research to policy and practice transfer.
Future collaboration: exploring the synergy between UERA and DUT.
Speakers
Orsolya Küttel, CEO at the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership
Juliette Ténart, Innovation Manager at BAX
About the event
The UERA Conference seeks to connect scholars and researchers with an interest in creating innovative strategies and future pathways for addressing systemic transformations that link energy, food and ecological changes to sustainable and inclusive urban futures. This conference serves as a transdisciplinary platform for sharing case studies and frameworks that can inspire new nexus thinking for equitable urban and territorial futures.
The UERA Conference will focus on key interdisciplinary themes connected to socio-spatial dynamics between central and peripheral areas, as well as urban and rural contexts. It will also explore the transformative effects of technology and human-centered processes for urban sustainability transition with a focus on food, energy and ecological transformation. In this context, urbanization processes will be analyzed as both potential threats and opportunities for positive change.