Research Committee 21 (RC21) of the International Sociology Association, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR), the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS) and the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy) invite applications for 25 places on our fourth collaborative School on Comparative Urban Studies, to be held in Urbino (Italy) from August 16th to September 2nd 2015. The School is being held in conjunction with the RC21 Conference on the theme of “The ideal city: between myth and reality. Representations, policies, contradictions and challenges for tomorrow’s urban life” to be held on August 27-29, 2015.

Our targets are PhD students from all fields working on cities for their dissertation or early researchers or post-docs who would like to strengthen their insights in the methods used in comparative urban studies.

Further details about the programme, the 15 available scholarships and the application process can be found here.

IMPORTANT: the deadline for applications January 31st 2015.

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