21st year of the 21st century – Western Balkans’ Challenge of Common Future
Online | Belgrade, Serbia | September 21-22, 2021
Two decades into the 21st century, the Western Balkans countries still face a challenge of building sustainable functional networks and cooperation among each other. The objective of stronger cooperation for better common future is rational but it is one asking for confidence, common vision of joint competitiveness, social cohesion, and a proper mode of governance. This requires a productive debate not only in the political circles (for example, the political idea of Little Schengen), but also in the broad and interdisciplinary scientific discourse.
Spa-ce.net is an appropriate platform of planning science representatives from CESEE countries, with a number of institutions from the so-called Western Balkans. The initial discussion at this platform should start with searching for a rational method, i.e., paving the pathway to voluntary functional networking of the Western Balkans countries for their sustainable future. Also, the contributions building upon other cases of cross-border cooperation in Europe prove helpful.
Thematic scope of the conference:
- A Pathway to Functional Networking
- Western Balkans as a crossroad of various mobilities in the XXI century
- Challenges of transnational/transregional governance
- Post pandemic waking up
- Memory, place and identity in transition
Alongside representatives of the member institutions of the Spa-ce.net network and other interested researchers, PhD candidates undertaking research on one of the named topics are also invited to submit papers. The authors should send a 500-words abstract, indicating which of the five mentioned topics their paper most closely addresses. The authors attending the Conference will also be asked to prepare a manuscript to be submitted for publication to the Collection of papers – Faculty of Geography University of Belgrade/Demography (or Book of Proceedings).
The application documents must be sent by July 15, 2021. Please send your application form by email to wb2121@gef.bg.ac.rs and indicate which thematic scope (1-5) it is fitting at best. The selection and notification of participants is expected by the beginning of August 2021. A fee (50€) will be collected by organizers directly at place as usual.
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