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The Future of Cities: Big Data and the Urban Economy - Vonu Thakuriah, University of Glasgow

Posted November 3, 2015 - 20:05

This opening keynote at the 12th PASCAL Observatory Conference "Connecting Cities and Universities at Strategic Frontiers"
7-9 Oct 2015, Catania, Sicily, focuses on new modes of governance and operations in cities being enabled by Big Data. Increasingly, data necessary to understand and address many complex challenges facing cities cannot be found in traditional survey programs or data systems.

Launch of the CR&DALL Working Paper Series

Posted November 3, 2015 - 10:04

The first edition of the CR&DALL Working Paper Series (WP101/2015) has been launched with a paper by Paul Benneworth (CHEPS, University of Twente) and Mike Osborne (CR&DALL, University of Glasgow) entitled Understanding universities and entrepreneurship education: towards a comprehensive future research agenda.

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 59, Issue 3

Posted October 29, 2015 - 09:47

In this issue we feature 11 current papers on the theme of social capital:

Reports from the 12th PASCAL International Conference – Connecting Cities and Universities at Strategic Frontiers

Posted October 27, 2015 - 08:25

Summary reports from the 12th PASCAL International Conference – Connecting Cities and Universities at Strategic Frontiers- hosted by the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.  7-9 October 2015.

PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks, Rolling Workshop Series on Social Inclusion - Report from Glasgow - 18 September

Posted October 22, 2015 - 20:06

As part of PASCAL's Learning Cities Networks Rolling Workshop Series on Social Inclusion, an event concerned with the Smart Campus and Inclusion was held at the University of Glasgow on 18th September 2015.  A group of some 30 people from within the university and the wider city attended the event.

 

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