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(Im)Pact of Amsterdam: City Makers’ Summit 2016

2016-06-07

While EU Member States concluded on the Pact of Amsterdam on 30 May, New Europe City Makers Summit was organised on 29 May in Amsterdam to contribute, bring inspiration and exchange know-how. MRI’s managing director Iván Tosics, URBACT Urban Poverty expert was among the contributors.

Iván Tosics and Laura Colini: presentation on urban poverty

2016-04-08

On 6 April 2016 Iván Tosics participated on the EU Urban Agenda „Second partnership meeting on Urban Poverty” meeting, and held a presentation with fellow URBACT Programme Expert Laura Colini on urban poverty.

Presentation of Iván Tosics at HABITAT III Regional Meeting, Europe

2016-03-18

On 17 March 2016 Iván Tosics presented „The difficulties and beauties to build up an integrated approach” at the HABITAT III Europe conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Kőszeg – Creative City (2015)

2016-02-02

Metropolitan Research Institute prepared a study on “Creative cities – good practices” for Kőszeg (Western Hungary), in which international experience and its local applicability were explored.

Urban regeneration after the crisis – Iván Tosics’s presentation in Barcelona

2015-12-21

Urban regeneration after the crisis: to what extent can innovation replace public money? Iván Tosics’s conference presentation held at the University of Barcelona is available online.

Dense suburban New Towns – Ivan Tosics’s URBACT photoblog

2015-12-17

Hong Kong is the ’dream’ of urban planners: the city has been consistently developed in the last decades according to the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) principles, creating strong link between urban density and efficient public transport. What are the pros and cons of such a system and to what extent can this become a model for European urban development in high-growth areas?

Ivan Tosics on URBACT: deprived urban areas and European policy dilemmas

2015-10-22

The latest study of Ivan Tosics, managing director of MRI, on the integrated regeneration of deprived urban areas and the associated European policy dilemmas is now available in English and French on the URBACT website.

URBACT: Iván Tosics on the Freedom of Movement in EU

2015-08-07

Closing borders, building walls, attacking migrants … one of Europe’s main goals, the freedom of movement, is in danger these days. Can the URBACT experience of multinational exchanges help overcome this threat?

Iván Tosics: keynote speech on AESOP conference

2015-08-03

MRI’s managing director Iván Tosics held a keynote speech on this July’s AESOP conference in Prague, on regime change and transitions in Central and East European countries.

MRI News: Social Rehabilitation and Urban Planning in Budapest

2015-05-18

Recent domestic works of Metropolitan Research Institute staff include the coordination of Social Rehabilitation Handbook for the use of Budapest municipalities, and the in-depth sociological and housing mobility study of residential areas of Budapest’s District 21.

URBACT: Iván Tosics on Post-Crisis Urban Planning

2015-05-14

The financial crisis raised limitations to city planning, but innovative approaches channeling bottom-up initiatives into large-scale programmes could help overcome challenges – informs MRI Managing Director Iván Tosics’s recent article on the URBACT website.

REPLAN – Innovative Solutions to Urban Housing Challenges (2014-2015)

2015-05-07

After a year-long research project, the socially inclusive architectural design volume REPLAN – Innovative Solutions to Urban Housing Challenges was presented by Holcim Hungaria Home Foundation on 6 May 2015.