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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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Closing the Engagement Gap - A policy briefing from PASCAL International Observatory

Research from PASCAL International Observatory highlights the often uncertain relationship between cities and regions and the higher education institutions (HEIs) located within their regions.  As debates about the role and responsibilities of Universities continue in many countries,   PASCAL’s  international study of universities’ regional engagement (PURE) reveals both a desire on the part of regional authorities in many parts of the world to engage with HEIs, but also an uncertainty about how to develop a successful and sustainable relationship with the higher education sector. For a full report of the study see Duke, Osborne and Wilson (2013).

Atlantic Cities implementing EU2020 on the ground

The competition to choose the Atlantic City of the Year 2015 has been opened for two months and CAAC Secretariat has received several questions from interested cities that can help foreseen candidates in the drafting of their proposals...

Illinois Creative Economy Initiative

In March 2013, Governor Pat Quinn announced the launch of the Illinois Creative Economy Initiative to be led by Arts Alliance Illinois. To help guide this work, a Creative Economy Roundtable was formed and is charged with advising on how Illinois can leverage its creative assets to grow jobs, strengthen the workforce, and build more vibrant communities.

Join us for: 'Feed the City' 10am to 4pm, Grand Parade, Cork City, Saturday March 15th 2014

The centrepiece of the day will be the preparation and serving of 6,000 plates of vegetable curry for the people of Cork. This lunch, FREE for all, will be prepared from perfectly safe surplus vegetables that would otherwise have gone to waste.

This lunch is offered to you as part of the launch of Cork Food Policy Council, to highlight how much food goes to waste in our current food system.

Call for Papers: Workshop on Big Data and Urban Informatics with support from US National Science Foundation

Big Data has opened up several opportunities to obtain new insights on cities. We invite papers at the intersection of the urban social sciences and the data sciences to be presented in an NSF-sponsored workshop to be held on Aug 11-12, 2014, in the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

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