Dr. Ivan Tosics | URBANSELF. Is one of the principals of Metropolitan Research Institute (MRI) in Budapest. Dr. Iván Tosics is one of the principals of MRI and holds a doctoral degree in mathematics and sociology. He is research fellow with long experience in urban sociology, strategic development, housing policy and EU regional policy issues. Dr. Tosics is Vice-Chair of the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) and Coordination Committee member of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). He is the Policy Editor of the journal “Urban Research and Practice”. He was member of the UN ECE Working Group on housing renewal and of the Group of Specialists on Access to Housing (CS-LO) working for the Council of Europe and participated in the Stakeholder Consultation Event on the development of the Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment (European Commission DG Environment)
. [1] Tosics, I. (2007): City-regions in Europe: The potentials and the realities. What is Social Polis? Social Polis: Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion Social Polis is an open social platform for dialogue between scientific and policy communities as well as civil society organizations and networks on priorities for research on Cities and Social Cohesion. It is a forum for debates on economy, polity, society, culture and ethics across the city as a whole and in a variety of ‘urban’ life spheres. It provides for joint workshops and conferences at which research agendas and modes for future joint research will be developed. Social Polis will make four substantive contributions to research on urban dynamics in Europe: a focussed, critical state of the art in research on cities and social cohesion;a research agenda for the 7th Framework Programme;establishment of a social platform uniting the research and stakeholders communities in furthering urban studies and research;the production of educational resources for analysing the challenges of urban cohesion.
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