Strategic Collaboration in Agonistic Space
Currently, I am coordinating a Strategic Research Council of Finland -funded research project:
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"Citizens as agents of change in decarbonizing suburban and rural housing" (DECARBON-HOME)(2020-2023)
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(click on image to access DECARBON-HOME site)
Strategic spatial planning, land use and transport issues and the integration of the two disciplines are subjects I have worked with for well over 20 years as a researcher, consultant, project manager, university lecturer and research coordinator.
My research and development interests have long dealt with intersections
of disciplinary approaches and in the ways in which coordination is made possible.
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My academic focus is on concepts such as "city-region", "agonistic space" and "imaginary", as well as concrete issues of collaboration, coordination and spatial planning, especially "informal" and "strategic" planning practices.
Vesa Kanninen
D.Sc. (tech)(land use planning and urban studies), M.Sc. (planning geography)
Research Coordinator, University of Helsinki
