Track Code
RC05
Track Chairs
Prof. Fiona Anciano
Dr. Carmen Navarro
Prof. José Hernández-Bonivento
In close cooperation with individual political scientists and local government research groups of national associations, the Research Committee supports international comparative meetings and research projects. Among its main objectives for the period 2004-2006, it helps developing the International Metropolitan Observatory as well as projects analyzing transitional processes to local democracy and decentralized systems.
Open Panels
- AI-Enabled Digital Governance and the Future of Local Democracy: Trust, Transparency, Digital Inequalities and Political Disaffection
Chair: Prof. Gemma Perez-Lopez - Governing Local Identity: Public Administration, Local Democracy and the Politics of Uniqueness
Chair: Dr. Arman Gasparyan - How Are Local Elected Officials Trained? An International Comparison of Policies and Systems
Chair: Dr. Pierre Camus - Inclusive Local Governance and Social Equity: Comparative Perspectives on Participation, Representation, and Public Policy for Diverse Communities
Chair: Mr. John Carlo Colot - Local Autonomy and Institutional Arrangements: Understanding Local Government Effectiveness
Chair: Dr. Daniel Alberto Cravacuore - Local governments and climate inequality: policy responses, institutional capacity and citizen agency
Chair: Dr. Maria Angeles Huete - Local Leadership in the (Re)construction of the SDGs: Between Autonomy and Integration
Chair: Dr. Samanta Borges Pereira - Smart Cities Governance and Participation: AI Implementation Challenges
Chair: Prof. José Carlos Vaz - The Myth of Municipal Nonpartisanship: Between Strategic Use and a Lever for Politicization
Chair: Prof. Sandra Breux - Unequal States, Unequal Welfare: Subnational State Capacity and Social Policy
Chair: Prof. Eduardo Grin - What makes Local Governments Resilient?
Chair: Dr. Carmen Navarro - When the South and East Teach the North: Multidirectional Learning in Local Democratic Innovation
Chair: Dr. Izolda Bokszczanin
