Governance and Imaginaries of Sustainable City Regions

This international workshop, taking place at the University of Kassel, Germany, from 4–6 November 2026, is part of the RSA Research Network Bridging Governance Gaps in City-Regions: Addressing Land Take and City-Region Building Through Comparative Research. It brings together scholars interested in the governance and spatial imaginaries shaping sustainable city-regions and explores how city-regions can become coherent spaces for action despite fragmented governance structures and diverse territorial interests.

The workshop focuses on two interrelated perspectives: (1) Governance and Imaginaries and (2) Net Land Take and Urban–Rural Interrelations. 

A Call for Papers  is currently open, inviting comparative and interdisciplinary contributions from planning, geography, regional studies, political science, and related disciplines.

Workshop Organisers: 

Anna Growe, Kassel University, Germany
Simin Yan, Chongqing University, China
Lukas Häfner, Kassel University, Germany