Chicago Success Story: The Power of Partnerships in Neighborhood Development
14. 9. 2018
Dr. Teresa Córdova
Organizatorji
Chicago Success Story: The Power of Partnerships in Neighborhood Development
14. 9. 2018
Dr. Teresa Córdova, Director of the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present the work of the Institute with an emphasis on the ways in which a university-based research unit can interface and partner with a range of stakeholders to address pressing challenges facing urban regions. The event will cover the Institute’s values, goals, projects, and strategies for impacting the quality of life, with an emphasis on neighborhood development, commercial revitalization and participatory budgeting.
Program
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 10.20 Welcome address
10.20 – 11.00 Lecture: The Great Cities Institute and the Power of Partnerships in Neighborhood Development
11.00 – 11.30 Refreshments
11.30 – 13.00 Interactive workshop: How to integrate best practices from Chicago to Slovenia
13.00 – 14.00 Networking and closing of the event
About the speaker:
Teresa Córdova, Ph.D. is the Director of the Great Cities Institute (GCI) at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She is also Professor of Urban Planning and Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) and an affiliate faculty of UIC’s Departments of Sociology, Gender and Women Studies, and Latino and Latin American Studies. Professor Córdova received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Córdova has received multiple recognitions for academic achievement and leadership including recognition of her role in infrastructure planning and in developing a small business incubator and commercial kitchen.
The event is organised in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy Ljubljana and supported by MAO.
You are kindly invited! For more information contact us at teja.rot@gmail.com.
Location
MAO
Pot na Fužine 2
1000 Ljubljana
Admission
Attendance is free. Due to limited number of seats registration is mandatory here.
Info
Additional information: teja.rot@gmail.com
Organization
Teja Rot in cooperation with
U.S. Embassy Ljubljana and
Muzej za arhitekturo in oblikovanje
