Se informa de la celebración de la 1st ECPR Capital Lectura, que se celebrará en Madrid, el 24 de septiembre de 2008, con el siguiente programa y objetivos:

 

The ECPR Capital Lecture will focus on the processes of metropolitanization and its consequences for citizens as political actors and for governance challenges, through three keynote lectures:

 

* Governing the Metropolis: Metropolitanization and Political Change

 

- Professor Ken Newton, University of Southampton (UK)

 

* New Challenges of Metropolitan Governance: A Comparative Analysis

 

- Professor Daniel Kübler, Universität Zürich (Switzerland)

 

* Madrid Metrolpolitan Area: New Developments and New Policies

 

- Professor Carmen Navarro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

 

After the lectures have been delivered there will be an open floor discussion. This will be followed by a lunch offered to all participants, with the opportunity to network and meet the guest speakers.

 

The ECPR Capital Lecture will take place at Salón de Actos, Area de Economía y Empleo, C/ Gran Vía, 24.

 

Attendance at this event is free. For further information about how to register please see http://www.madridparticipa.es/  and select the link entitled 'Gobernando la metrópolis: eficiencia y democracia' which is located centrally on the page.