Central European University - 'Public Management of Urban Change in
Transitional Cities' Summer Course, July 7 - 18, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
Application deadline:
February 14, 2008 (for scholarship applicants),
May 30, 2008 (for fee-paying applicants)
The course will review the theoretical underpinnings of current urban policy, planning and management practices and provide course participants with a broad range of international case studies and practices that reflect the current state of the discipline. The course's geographical relevance will be broader than Central and Eastern Europe and will help young faculty and practitioners to better understand challenges faced by public policymakers and managers, NGOs and the private sector in rapidly changing urban environments. The dual focus on theory and practice will be
particularly useful for participants developing their research agendas.
Course participants will have an opportunity to better understand how traditional governance structures are being challenged as local governments must take on new responsibilities, and consequently must also generate resources and depend on an array of new partnerships with other government agencies, diverse communities within and outside their jurisdictional boundaries, the private sector and civil society. International cases presented during the course will illustrate how traditional hierarchical forms of "government" are giving way to "governance" that is built on a
horizontal web of external relations of government. This approach requires a more sophisticated and strategic interplay among market forces, traditional bureaucracies and participatory processes. Given this context, urban programs and their formulation and implementation have become much more complex. The course will offer a conceptual framework for discussing, distinguishing and evaluating planning methods and practices at the local government level, and help to promote more analytical and critical thinking about the application of various methods and their outcomes. This opportunity will be particularly important to young faculty and advanced doctoral students who are in the early stages of their academic and research careers.
Target group:
- M.A or M.Sc in a subject related to the topic.
- 3 years professional experience in academia, local government, or organizations involved in local policies or development.
The language of instruction: English
Tuition fee: 500 Euro. Financial aid is available.
Course Director: Katalin Pallai, Urban Strategy Expert, Budapest
Course Manager: Masha Djordjevic, Project Manager, Open Society Institute, Budapest
Course Faculty: John P. Driscoll, Institute for International Urban Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Liviu Ianasi, School of Urban Planning, 'Ion Mincu' University of Architecture and Planning, Bucharest; Pal Baross, ING Real Estate Development, Budapest, Gyorgy Alfoldi, REV 8 - Regeneration Agency of the 8th district, Budapest.
Application forms are encouraged to be submitted through the on-line registration https://online. ceu.hu/sun system. In addition to the completed application form, the following supporting documents are requested to be sent by regular mail:
- CV (with a list of publications if any)
- A Statement of Purpose - In the Statement of Purpose please describe how the course is relevant to your teaching, research or professional work, and in what way you expect to benefit from it. You are advised to consult the detailed course description on the course web page so that the statement of purpose is in accordance with the main objectives of the course.
- Outline or draft of a case study or a teaching block with a topic related to the course topic
- One Letter of Recommendation
http://www.sun. ceu.hu/03- application/ Rec-Letter- 2008.doc
Optional documents:
- A copy of an article in English, which you have recently published
- A copy of any English language certificate
- A special cover letter, if a tuition waiver is applied for.
More information
www.sun.ceu. hu/urban
http://www.sun. ceu.hu/02- courses/course- sites/urban/ detailed. php
E-mail: summeru@ceu. hu
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