Conferences
32nd INURA Conference – (Un)Attractive City – Breakting the Spell of Space Exploitation
There have been annual INURA conferences since the founding of INURA in 1991. They are a major platform for the exchange of urban research and action taking place throughout the world. The conference takes place in a different location each year. Local INURA groups organize conferences in their cities, to highlight and foster discussions of the local context.
The first part of the conference is an exchange among local residents and conference participants consisting of site visits, panel discussions, public events and interventions to bring participants closer to specific issues and concerns in the city.
The second part of the conference is a retreat outside of the city. This provides a forum to further exchange and reflect on the city visit, and to discuss in more depth interests of INURA, and ongoing projects from around the world. The retreat is intended for INURA members, however, interested newcomers are always welcome.
If you would like to present or discuss a research and/or action project at a conference, please send a short description of your possible contribution to contact@inura.org.
THE INURA CONFERENCE FUND
The INURA Conference Fund is a means to support activists to join the conferences. More information: Go to the INURA-Fund
32nd Annual INURA Conference, Malaga.
(Un)Attractive City - Breakting the Spell of Space ExploitationThe 32nd Annual INURA conference will be held in Malaga, Spain, from June 3-6, followed by the retreat.
Past conferences
2019 Zagreb
City (Un)defeated29th INURA conference June 30 to July 3, 2019
ZAGREB, Croatia
Retreat July 4-7, Brijuni Island
2018 Warsaw
Footloose Warsaw - towards a walkable urban theory28th INURA Conference June 23-27, 2018
WARSAW, Poland
Retreat June 28-29, Zegrze Lake.
2017 Havana
Havana at the crossroads of urbanisation27th INURA Conference Nov 19-22, 2017
HAVANA, Cuba
Retreat Nov 23-25, Playa Giron.
2016 Bucharest
"City in Transitions. Spaces of Confusion, Places of Hope"26th INURA Conference Sep 04-07
BUCHAREST, Romania
Retreat Sep 07-10, Sibiel (Transylvania)
2015 Athens
Transformative Urban Politics?25th INURA Conference
Athens, Greece // Aug 30 to Sept 2, 2015 // retreat Rovies on Evia Island Sep 3 to 6, 2015
2014 Belgrade
Between Big Ideas and Life's Realities24th INURA Conference
Belgrade, Serbia. June 22 – 25
Retreat: Tara, Serbia. June 26 – 29
2013 Lisbon / Coimbra / Curia
Urban (Ir)Rationalities23rd INURA Conference
June 23 – 26 Conference Lisbon, June 27-30
Retreat in Coimbra/Curia
2012 Tallinn, Estonia
Active Urbanism22nd INURA Conference
Tallinn / Kloogaranna, June 17 to 24, 2012
2011 Mexico City
Urban Growth: Legality Limits21st INURA Conference
Mexico City / Tepoztlan
November 3 to 9, 2011
2010 Zürich
New Metropolitan Mainstream20th INURA Conference
Zürich / Richterswil, Switzerland
June 27 to July 3, 2010
2009 Istanbul
Urban Transformation. Capital - State - Civil Society19th INURA Conference
Istanbul / Agva, Turkey
June 27 to July 3, 2009
2008 Athens
Non-/De-/Re-Regulation: Limits, Exclusions, Claims18th INURA Conference
Athens / Marathon, Greece
October 3 to 10, 2008
2008 Istanbul
Workshop2008 INURA Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
March 11 to 18 AND 14 to 20, 2008
2007 London / Brighton
Transformation, survival and emancipation in a world city: regeneration or business as usual?17th INURA Conference
London / Brighton, UK
June 25 to July 1, 2007
2006 Bochum
Global City Regions – Towards a Shareholder City16th INURA Conference
Bochum / Metropolitan Area Rhine-Ruhr
June 29 to July 5, 2006
2005 Rome
Contested/ing Rights. Planning Rights and the Right to the City15th INURA Conference
Rome / Collevecchio, Italy
June 24 to 30, 2005
2005 Porto Alegre
INURA Seminar and Workshop at the World Social Forum WSFINURA Seminar and WSF Workshop
Porto Alegre, Brasil
January 23 to 25 / 29, 2004
2004 Amsterdam
Creative City14th INURA Conference
Amsterdam / Egmond, Holland
June 13 to 19, 2004
2003 Berlin
Divided City13th INURA Conference
Berlin / Trebnitz, Germany
June 22 to 28, 2003**
2002 Caen / Paris / Clinchamps sur Orne
SOLIDARICITÉ12th INURA Conference
Caen / Paris / Clinchamps sur Orne, France
June 17 to 22, 2002
2001 Florence
RIGHTS AND FIGHTS11th INURA Conference
Florence / La Chiara di Prumiano, Italy
September 24 to 29, 2001
2000 Brussels
URBAN CONTRASTS10th INURA Conference
Brussels / Durbuy, Belgium
May 21 to 28, 2000
1999 Glasgow / Durham
REGENERATION AND RENEWAL9th INURA Conference
Glasgow / Durham, UK
July 24 to 30, 1999
1998 Toronto
DiverseCity - Sustaining and Governing the Multicultural City8th INURA Conference
Toronto / Huntsville, Canada
September 14 – 20, 1998
Special event Tue, Sept. 15:
Olympic Dreams – Urban Nightmares?
Public event about Toronto’s bid for the Summer Olympics 2008
organised by INURA Toronto and ‘Bread not Circuses’
1997 Zurich
POSSIBLE URBAN WORLDS7th INURA Conference
Zurich / Amden, Switzerland
June 16 – 21, 1997
1996 Luton
MAKING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: SELF-HELP AND UTOPIASn6th INURA conference
Luton / Letchworth, UK
June 8 – 14, 1996
1995 Amsterdam
GROWTH/ NO-GROWTH POLICIES IN THE REGIONAL STATE: SCOPE FOR LOCAL ACTION5th INURA Conference
Amsterdam / Beneden Leeuwen, Netherlands
June 4 – 8, 1995
1994 Florence
CITY TERRITORY ENVIRONMENTCITY TERRITORY ENVIRONMENT – Research and Action for a Socio-ecological Transformation
4th INURA Conference
Firenze / Villa Cennina, Italy
May 21 – 29, 1994
1993 London
DE-INDUSTRIALISATION3rd INURA Conference
London / Beamish Hall, UK
May 23 – 27
1992 Rostock/Prerow
CITIES IN TRANSFORMATION IN TRANSFORMING SOCIETIES2nd INURA Conference
Rostock / Prerow, Germany
May 25 – 31, 1992
1991 Zurich
INURA - Foundation of the International Network for Urban Research and Action1st INURA Conference
Zurich / Salecina, Switzerland
May 12 – 18, 1991