Date: 18 October, 12:30 - 14:30 (lunch from 12:30 for participants attending the event in Delft; seminar and broadcast via zoom start at 13:00)

Venue: Berlage Room 2, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft / zoom

Topic: Territorial Agenda and the Future of Small Towns

Lewis Dijkstra is the Head of the Economic Analysis Sector of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission. He is the editor the Cohesion Report, which analyses economic, social and environmental issues in EU regions and cities. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. He works closely with the OECD, the UN, the World Bank, the European Environmental Agency, the Joint Research Centre and Eurostat. His recent work covers topics such as a global definition of cities and rural areas, measuring transport performance, the geography of EU discontent, quality of government and gender equality. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, New Jersey, an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Discussants :

Dr. Martin Ferry, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde

Dr. Rodrigo Cardoso, Spatial Planning & Strategy, Urbanism, the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft