The Impact of Global Crisis on Capital Cities

A group of colleagues from Poland and Ukraine are interested to have a deeper insight into the effects of the crisis on the local economies and in particularly on the economies of capital cities. Numerous studies and surveys from across Europe demonstrate that in 'old EU' the biggest cities are suffering the most from recession, while in new EU members and in Eastern Europe it is rural areas that suffer while cities and capital cities in particular are able to sustain their growth (or to minimise decline). Thus we are proposing to create RSA Research Network which will look at various cases of capital cities’ reactions in the wake of global economic crisis and will come up with the tentative summary of different trends and types of responses which would be useful for further regional socio-economic analysis.

We will start from drawing on the experience from two capital cities – Warsaw and Kyiv – and will gradually expand the network to other European (and international) experts who are willing to share their experiences from elsewhere.

The initial network of experts and institutions represents different spheres however it is driven by the same ambition to enrich the evidence of local and regional effects of the economic crisis. We believe support from RSA in the form of research network grant will enable us to engage a wider group of partners and disseminate the results as wide as possible in Europe and beyond.

Organisers:

• Olga Mrinska, Institute for Local and Regional Initiatives, Kyiv, Ukraine
• Maciej Smętkowski, Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG), University of Warsaw, Poland

Further Reading:

Impact of Crisis on Capital Cities blog

Past Events:

• Date: 23rd September 2011
  Location: Warsaw University
  Title: First seminar of Research Network: The impact of global economic crisis on capital cities
  Call for papers
  Research network briefing
  Programme
  To learn more or register, write to:
  Olga Mrinska, ILORI, Kyiv, Ukraine, +380503516499 or
  Maciej Smetkowski, EUROREG, Warsaw University, Poland, +48228261656