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From citizenship to Cit(y)zenship. Why cities are becoming more important
Professor Dr Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino) presents the seminar "From citizenship to Cit(y)zenship. Why cities are becoming more important" at the Center for Metropolitan Studies.
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Yuri Kazepov studied political science (MA) and got his PhD in Sociology at the University of Milan (Italy). He currently teaches Urban Sociology and Compared Welfare Systems at the University of Urbino (Italy). He has been Jean Monet Fellow at the European University Institute (1995-96) and visiting professor at the Universities of Bremen (1998), Lund and Vaxjo (2008) and Leuven (since 2012). He is a founding member of the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) and the president of RC21, the Research Committee on Urban and Regional development of the International Sociological Association. His fields of interest are urban governance, citizenship, social policies in compared perspective. On these issues he has been carrying out comparative research and evaluation activities for the European Commission (DG Research, DG Culture, DG Employment) and many National Agencies (NWO, Nicis, FTSE, CNR). He has been international coordinator or partner of many EU projects (e.g. EUREX (Minerva) E-Urbs (Virtual Campus) URBEX (FP4), GOETE (FP5), IMPROVE, INSPIRES, DIVERCITIES (FP7). Among his publications we have: (2005) Cities of Europe. Changing contexts, local arrangements and the challenge to social cohesion, Blackwell, Oxford (ed.), (2010) Rescaling social policies towards multilevel governance in Europe, Ashgate.
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POST-EVENT
Dr. Yuri Kazepov (University of Urbino) presented the seminar, “From Citizenship to Cit(y)zenship. Why cities are becoming more important” at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, in which he illustrated the changing borders of citizenship towards cit(y)zenship: exploring the increasing importance of cities and local welfare systems and the complexity this process brings, and he provided a description of the processes which are taking place and offered a framework to interpret them. The paper can be downloaded at this link and tables at this one. Kazepov is member of the International Advisory Committee of the CEM.
