Economy and Skills: EULER publication in London

On Thursday 9th November, 7 PM the final publication of the EULER project is presented in London by the coordinator City Mine(d) together with the partner organisations NDVR, Transít and Tesserae.

The publication explains the reasoning behind experiments conducted over the past 18 months in Barcelona, Berlin, Antwerp and London and captures valuable lessons for community activists, policy makers, researchers, planners as well as local business people.

The book will be launched at Wellcome Collection (Burroughs Room), 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE with a short talk by Michael Edwards (Senior Lecturer, Economics of Planning at UCL Bartlett School & Hon Prof) followed by drinks and snacks during which there will be an opportunity to meet representatives from the 4 cities: Transit from Barcelona, Tesserae from Berlin, endeavour from Antwerp and City Mine(d) from London.

8 Nov , 2017 - Category: news

EULER · London

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