Introduction

Research Committee 21 (RC21) on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development of the International Sociological Association was established in 1970 to promote theory and research in the sociology of urban and regional development, and - in so doing - create an international community of scholars who will advance the field.

At a time when cities, towns, and regions, and the world more broadly, are undergoing profound change, these international links are of critical importance for promoting and advancing scholarship. Web pages, such as this, and e-mail, provide mechanisms for more easily enabling and maintaining these contacts.

Through this page, we wish to provide as much information as possible, both to RC21 members and non members, including providing links to other sites of interest.

At the moment, RC21 shares a bulletin board - a listserver - with the American Sociological Association’s Community and Urban Section.

Board 2006-2010
President Kuniko Fujita (Japan) Vice-President and Treasurer Yuri Kazepov (Italy) Secretary Fernando Diaz (Spain) Newsletter Editor Jan Willem Duyvendak (Netherlands) Ex-officio Hartmut Häußermann (Germany) Jeremy Seekings (South Africa)	Board Members Judit Bodnar (Hungary) Tim Butler (United Kingdom) Diane Davis (USA) Barbara Da Roit (Italy) K.C. Ho (Singapore) Ute Lehrer (Canada) Takashi Machimura (Japan) Thomas Maloutas (Greece) Eduardo Marques (Brazil) Ranvinder Singh Sandhu (India) Web Master / Design Donatello Trisolino (Italy)

Credits
Pictures: Barcelona (Gianfranco Irlanda); Berlin (Anja Nothelfer); Paris (Henning Moser); Sao Paulo (Yuri Kazepov); Shanghai (Min Zhou); Edinburgh and Madrid (Fernando Diaz Oruenta)

News

Last issue Newsletter February 2010 • continue

The papers presented at the RC21 conference of Sao Paulo are available online. Browse through the sessions to select the topic of your interest • continue

FURS 2010 ESSAY COMPETITION.
Prize for the best essay on urban and regional themes by young authors, organized with IJURRpublished by Wiley-Blackwell • continue

XVII World Congress of Sociology
Dear Colleagues, ISA-RC21 XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, July 11-17, 2010. The theme is “Sociology on the Move”. • continue

San Paolo Winter School in Comparative Urban Studies
The Research Committee 21 (RC21) of the International Sociology Association, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) and the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS), in collaboration with the Centre for Metropolitan Studies (CEM) in São Paulo jointly organize the first inaugural 5-day School on “Comparative Urban Studies” • info

FURS grants
A charity which promotes social science research and scholarship in urban and regional studies through the award of research studentships, research grants and an essay competition • view