Centre for Urban and Euregional Studies

Director:
Prof. Graeme Evans

Centre profile

The Centre for Urban & Euregional Studies (CUES) develops and promotes the research theme of urban and regional development, particularly of transborder regions in Europe, and the challenges of smaller cities in the context of globalisation and metropolitanism. In particular, research on the role of culture and the creative industries in urban design, event and culture-led regeneration, and regional sustainable growth - and the tensions therein. It develops scholarly and policy-based research on the urban, cultural and regional theme within the Faculty, UM-wide and as the hub of a university and policy research network across the Meuse-Rhine region, with links to other Euregions and transborder areas worldwide. The Centre is directed by Special Professor of Culture & Urban Development, Graeme Evans, with post-doc Research Fellow Dr Philip Lawton and associates from FASOS (History, Philosophy, PCE, AMC, TSS), UNU-MERIT, Humanities (Architecture) and colleagues from Zuyd Hogeschool.