Conference "Small towns in crisis mode: local dynamics and resilient approaches to action?"

In the context of the conference "Small Towns in Crisis Mode: Local Dynamics and Resilient Approaches?"of the HochschulCampus KleinstadtForschung (HCKF) we focus on the crises of recent times with their effects on small towns and sharpen on this way so far neglected perspectives on small town research (Gribat et al. 2022).

The conference will be held in Cottbus, Germany, Sept. 27-28, 2023, followed by a doctoral candidate colloquium on Sept. 29, 2023.

Short overview of the program:

• 3 parallel technical sessions "Climate and energy crisis", "Participation and civil society in times of crisis", "Financial and functional endowment in times of crisis".
• Workshop with 4 parallel working tables "Small town research - Quo vadis?", "Universities and small towns - On good cooperation?", "Small towns in crisis - What to do?", "Successful research networks - Establish and maintain?"
• "Science Meets Practice" panel discussion.

Formore information on the program and registration , visit the HCKF project website (as a hyperlink): https://www.hochschulcampus-kleinstadtforschung.de/veranstaltung/tagung-des-hckf/

The HochschulCampus KleinstadtForschung is a project at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and is carried out by the three chairs Urban Management (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Silke Weidner), Urban Planning (Prof. Dr. Nina Gribat) and Construction and Planning Law (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weyrauch) of the Institute of Urban Planning. The project is funded as a research project under the program "Experimental Housing and Urban Development" (ExWoSt) of the Federal Ministry of Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Research (BBSR), supervised by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR).

Venues:

27.09., 17:00 Opening of the conference at the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) Cottbus, Uferstraße/ Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

28.09,. from 09:00 a.m. Conference day in the main campus BTU, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 3, 03046 Cottbus

29.09,. from 09:00 doctoral candidate colloquium in the teaching building (LG) 2A, room 0.25.1, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 2, 03046 Cottbus