The AESOP Thematic Group on Ethics, Values, and Planning invites you to join an online event on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 4 to 5:30 pm (CET) with Juval Portugali*, editor of the book “The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities” (2023, Edward Elgar).
The book provides an overview of historical, present, and future perspectives of cities and urbanism associated with the current crisis of democracy. You can find the link here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-crisis-of-democracy-in-the-age-of-cities-9781803923048.html.
*Juval Portugali is a professor of Human Geography and Head of the City Center-Tel Aviv University Research Center for Cities and Urbanism.
IMPORTANT: Register for the event before May 10 at the following link: https://forms.gle/xawZUcRrVvoypztdA (you will receive a Zoom-link a few days before the event).
Contacts/organisers: Stefano Cozzolino (
You can have access to:
- The introduction of the book: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781803923055/book-part-9781803923055-6.xml
- The first chapter by Juval Portugali: “The crisis of democracy in the age of cities and complexity”: https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781803923055/book-part-9781803923055-8.xml