Across the globe, there has been a proliferation of manifestations of discontent and protest
around tourism-related issues in cities. This points to an increasing “politicisation from …

Increasing attention has been given to the role of leadership as an important determinant of
growth at the regional or local scale (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …

As the negative impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent, many city leaders
and policymakers have begun to regard climate action as both a fiscal challenge and …

This paper explores IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge as an example of global smart city
policymaking. The evolution of IBM's smart city thinking is discussed, then a case study of …

An increasing number of cities around the world are engaging with the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). How and why? We provide a critical reflection on SDG …

Increasingly, greening in cities across the Global North is enmeshed in strategies for
attracting capital investment, raising the question: for whom is the future green city? Through …

Edu. net builds upon, and extends, a series of research studies of education policy networks
and global policy mobilities. It draws on comprehensive data resulting from a Leverhulme …

This is a short response to article,'What Have We Learned from Policy Transfer
Research?'Its point of departure is their claim that 'policy transfer is a useful concept that …

The entrepreneurial city is no longer (only) a growth machine: recession and austerity, new
forms of financialization, and diverse experiments in urban policy have diluted local elites' …

Urban agriculture (UA), for many activists and scholars, plays a prominent role in food justice
struggles in cities throughout the Global North, a site of conflict between use and exchange …