Five universities and more than 45 academic, institutional, local, regional, and national partners in Europe and Latin America form the transatlantic URC Stakeholder Network, tightened and inspired by high-quality in situ expertise and worldwide expanding interrelationships.
Academic Partners
FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY
URC Directors: Prof. Dr. Victor A. Ferretti {Lead}, Prof. Dr. Rotraud von Kulessa & Prof. Dr. Joachim Steffen (all Romance Studies)
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
URC Directors: Prof. Dr. Paula Abreu {Lead}, Prof. Dr. Claudino Ferreira & Prof. Dr. Paulo Peixoto (all Sociology)
FACULTY OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
URC Directors: Prof. Dr. Rubén C. Lois González {Lead}, Prof. Dr. Miguel Pazos Otón & Prof. Dr. María José Piñeira Mantiñán (all Urban & Cultural Geography)
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, LETTERS, AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
URC Directors: Prof Dr. Marcela Crespo Buiturón {Lead}, Prof. Dr. Marina Guidotti & Prof. Dr. María Rosa Lojo (all Ibero-American Studies)
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM & FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, LETTERS, AND HUMAN SCIENCES
URC Directors: Prof. Dr. Giselle Beiguelman (Digital Culture) {Lead}, Prof. Dr. Renato Cymbalista (Urbanism) & Prof. Dr. Manoel Mourivaldo Santiago Almeida (Sociolinguistics)
Institutional Partners
University of Augsburg (UNIA)
+ ISLA | Institute of Iberian and Latin American Studies {Coord.}
+ IEK | Institute of European Cultural History
+ WZU | Environmental Science Center
+ ZLbiB | Center for Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Educational Research
University of Coimbra (UC)
+ CES | Center for Social Studies
University of El Salvador (USAL), Buenos Aires
+ CPASS | South Atlantic Port Cities Network
+ IIFLEO | Research Institute of Philosophy, History, Letters, and Oriental Studies
University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)
+ ANTE | Territorial Analysis Research Group
+ CETUR | Tourism Study and Research Center
University of São Paulo (USP)
+ ALiESP | Linguistic Atlas of the State of São Paulo
+ C4AI | Center for Artificial Intelligence
+ OUTROS | Laboratory for Other Urbanisms
+ PÓLIS Institute
Local, Regional, & National Expertise Partners
@Augsburg/Germany
+ Aedes Network Campus Berlin
+ Augsburg City Youth Council
+ Department of Culture, World Heritage, and Sport of the City of Augsburg
+ Fugger & Welser Museum, Augsburg
+ Goethe Institute, Munich
+ Grandhotel Cosmopolis, Augsburg
+ Heinrich Böll Foundation / SH, Kiel
+ Kresslesmühle, Augsburg
+ Regio Augsburg Tourism
+ STADTKULTUR Network of Bavarian Cities
+ tim | State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg
+ Titus Bernhard Architects, Augsburg
@Buenos Aires/Argentina
+ ACISU Civil Association
+ Department of Culture and Sports, Municipality of Quilmes
+ Engineers Without Borders Argentina
+ Fundación Comunidad Contemporánea
+ Fundación Lebensohn
+ Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
@Coimbra/Portugal
+ Casa da Esquina Cultural Association
+ CREATOUR Observatory
+ JACC Cultural Association
+ O Teatrão Theatre Company
+ SMUC | Science Museum of the University of Coimbra
@Lima/Peru
+ Lima Cómo Vamos Citizen Observatory
@Santiago de Compostela/Spain
+ Ames Council
+ Cidade da Cultura Foundation
+ Consorcio de Santiago (City Council)
+ International Geographical Union
+ Museo do Pobo Galego
+ Santiago de Compostela Tourism
@São Paulo/Brazil
+ Casa do Povo Cultural Center
+ Fundo FICA – Non-Profit Housing
+ Literary Museums and Literature Houses Network / Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the São Paulo State Government (POIESIS Cultural Management)
Advisory Board
- Prof. Dr. Gloria Chicote (Senior Researcher / CONICET National Scientific and Technical Research Council / University of La Plata, Argentina)
- Jürgen Enninger (Councilor for Culture, World Heritage, and Sport / City of Augsburg)
- Charles Landry (Urbanist / Gloucester, England)
- Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Négrier (Director / CEPEL Center for Political and Social Studies / University of Montpellier, France)
URC Stakeholder Survey
If you, as an institution, project, or individual, are interested in sharing your professional perspectives and expertise regarding transversal urban cultural topics, needs, and challenges, we invite you to contribute them to our ongoing survey. Please contact us, to receive a participation link.
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