IUR was a co-funder in 2019 of Urban Agency, a European and North American network of urban research institutes, hosted at the Urban Studies Institute (University of Antwerp). About the Urban Agency III initiative:
Building on in-depth interdisciplinary research on the relationship between urban theory and urban history (see the USI FWO-WOG ‘Urban Agency II: The Historical Fabrication of the City as an Object of Study’) the project Urban Agency III will examine the relationship between the institutional embedding of urban studies and the orientation, nature and performativity of the research involved.
The program will:
- chart the differences between urban studies institutes and analyze the origins thereof
- examine the consequences of the institutional factors
- identify good practices and develop scientific propositions and recommendations for policy makers.