Past Projects

Constance Carr's complete bibliography is available here

Markus Hesse's complete bibliography is available here 

Digital Urbanism and the Challenge of Urban Governance (DIG_URBGOV) paper series (2019-2021)

• Carr/Hesse (2020). When Alphabet Inc. Plans Toronto's Waterfront: New Post-political Modes of Urban Governance. Urban Planning, 5(1). 
• Carr, C., 2019. Review of 'Inside Smart Cities: Place, Politics, Urban Innovation by Andrew Karvonen, Federico Cugurullo, Federico Caprotti. disP – The Planning Review 
• Carr, C. 2019. Smart Cities: Selbstzweck oder zum Wohl der Städte? Tageblatt, August 6, 2019. 
• Carr, C., Hesse, M. (2019) Smart Cities, ‚big politics‘ und die Privatisierung der urbanen Governance. Forum – Für Politik, Gesellschaft, und Kultur. Nr. 397, 43 
• Carr, C., Hesse, M. 2019. Digital Urbanism and the Challenge of Urban Governance (DIG_URBGOV) – Short Research Summary
• Carr, C. 2019. Urban development, urban governance, and Big Tech: A home-made mix. Urbanization Unbound 
• Carr, C. 2019. Urban planning and the theatrics of aggressive scooter companies: This time the City sent the Bird flying. Urbanisation Unbound
• Carr, C. 2018. “Wagering the Waterfront - Angling the abc & xyz of Quayside Toronto.” Urbanization Unbound, August 9, 2018

 

GLOBAL: Relational cities and enclave urbanism in the 'Singapores of the West'. How niche-sovereignty strategies and political economy help minor metropolises to globalise. The cases of Geneva (CH) and Luxembourg (L)” (2016-2019)

This project is funded by the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR), Luxembourg, and commenced in May 2016. GLOBAL complements previous research undertaken in the domains of sustainable development in general and regional governance in particular (see the research projects SUSTAINLUX and SUSTAIN_GOV), and it adds to our research trajectory on the link between city-regions and flows. These flows include not only material flows, but also the circulation of money or political ideas, and it specifically aims to link concepts of relational cities with a new understanding of how urban space is organised and governed.

 

Comments abut Fare Free Public Transit in Luxembourg (2019-2020)

• Carr/Hesse (2020). Mobility policy through the lens of policy mobility: The post-political case of introducing free transit in Luxembourg. Journal of Transport Geography, 83(2020) 
• Carr/Hesse (2019) Luxembourg’s free public transport sounds great, but it won’t help people get from A to B. The Conversation
• Carr/Hesse (2018) The post-politics of offering free transit. Urbanisation Unbound
• Hesse (2018) Another tale of large-scale urban planning: The quandaries of mobility into and out of Campus Belval Urbanisation Unbound

Governance for Sustainable Spatial Development – a comparative study of Luxembourg and Switzerland (SUSTAINGOV) (2013-2015)

• Hesse/Siedentop (guest editors) (2018) Special Issue in Raumforschung und Raumordnung on Suburbs. 
• Carr, C., McDonough, E. (2018) Integrated planning of post-suburban growth in the Glatt Valley, Switzerland. Raumforschung und Raumordnung. Forthcoming in a special issue edited by Hesse, M, and Siedentop, S entitled, "European Perspectives on Suburbanization and Suburbanisms"
• Hesse, M. (2015) "Transdisciplinarity or 'engaged pluralism'?" disP- The Planning Review, 51(3) 4-5.
• Hesse, M. (2015) "The Science-Policy Interface" disP- The Planning Review 51(2) 4-5.
• Hesse, M. (2015) "The Newish City" disP- The Planning Review 51(1), 4-5 
• Hesse, M. (2015) " Luxembourg" disP- The Planning Review 51(1), 54-55 
• Carr, C., McDonough, E., Telaar, R. (2015) "Integration als konzeptioneller Baustein und Widerspruch der nachhaltigen Raumplanung" Raumplanung 182(6), pp 74-79. 
• Carr, C., Becker, T., Evrard, E., Nienaber, B., Roos, U., McDonough, E., Hesse, M. & R. Krueger, "Raising sustainability/Mobilising sustainability: Why European sustainable urban development initiatives are slow to materialise/Territorial cohesion as a vehicle of sustainability/Sustainable urban development and the challenge of global air transport nodes and spatial integration/Distorted density: Where developers and non-governmental organizations on sustainable urban development agree/Overcoming politics with markets? The co-production of sustainable development in urban and regional planning" Planning Theory and Practice, 60(1) 99-125. 
• "Whither sustainability? Governance and regional integration in the Glatt Valley" Carr, C. and McDonough, E. paper presented at Regional Studies Association Research Network, “How to govern fundamental Sustainability Transition processes?” St. Gallen, 2014 
• "Governance for Sustainable Spatial Development – a comparative study of Luxembourg and Switzerland," C. Carr and M. Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2013. 
• "Sustainable Spatial Development – a comparative study of Luxembourg and Switzerland (Summary)," C. Carr and M. Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2013. 
• "Nachhaltige Raumentwicklung in Luxemburg und in der Schweiz (Kurzfassung)," 

Sustainable Spatial Development in Luxembourg (SUSTAINLUX) (2010-2013)

• Carr, C., 2019. 'Introducing Luxembourg in the Ephemeral' In Krueger/ Mössner/ Freitag (Eds.) 'Adventures in Urban Sustainable Development: Theoretical interventions and notes from the field' New York: The State University of New York Press.
• Krueger/Gibbs/Carr (2018) “Examining regional competitiveness and the pressures of rapid growth: An interpretive institutionalist account of policy responses in three city regions” Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
• Carr, C., 2018. "Sustainability in small states: Luxembourg as a post-suburban space under growth pressure in need of a cross-national sustainability" In Brinkmann/Garren (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability: Case Studies and Practical Solutions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Affolderbach, J., and Carr, C. (2016) "Blending Scales of Governance: Land Use Policies and Practices in the Small State of Luxembourg" Regional Studies
• Carr & Affolderbach (2014) "Rescaling sustainability? Local opportunities and scalar contradictions" Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.894281 
• Hesse (2014) "On borrowed size, flawed urbanisation and emerging enclave spaces: The exceptional urbanism of Luxembourg, Luxembourg" European Urban and Regional Studies Vol 22, Issue 5, pp. 889-908. 
• Carr, C. (2013) “Discourse Yes, Implementation Maybe: an Immobility and Paralysis of Sustainable Development Policy” European Planning Studies, vol 22, Issue 9, pp.1824-40. 
• “Sustainable Spatial Development inLuxembourg, Working Paper No. 1,” C. Carr, M. Hesse, and Prof. Dr. C. Schulz, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2010. 
• “Nachhaltige Raumentwicklung in Luxemburg (SUSTAINLUX): Kurzfassung.” C. Carr, M. Hesse, and Prof. Dr. C. Schulz, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2010. 
• “Sustainable Spatial Development in Luxembourg (SUSTAINLUX): Summary.” C. Carr, M. Hesse, and C. Schulz, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2010. 
• “Luxembourg Sustainable Spatial Development Policy: General Milestones and Circuits, Working Paper No. 2.” C. Carr, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2011. 
• “Unpacking Luxembourg Governance through Sustainable Development Policy Mobility, Working Paper 3,” C. Carr, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2012. 
• “Observations from the Field: A Synthesis Report, Working Paper 4,” C. Carr, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2012. 
• “Report of Stakeholder Workshop, Working Paper 5,” C. Carr, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2013. 
• “Implications of Results, Working Paper 6,” C. Carr and Prof. Dr. M. Hesse, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Luxembourg, 2013.