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Trabajo presentado en el Association of European Schools of Planning AESOP 2019 - Planning for Transition, celebrado en Venecia (Italia) del 9 al 13 de julio de 2019. ; Cities and territories require new forms of planning to face sustainability challenges. The research community is paying increasing attention to place-based approaches to identify the essential factors for accelerating urban sustainability transitions. This work-in-progress is based on the urban transformative capacity conceptual framework (Wolfram, 2016) for the analysis of the transition processes in the particular case of Valencia, Spain. The aim is to apply the framework as an analytical tool and to develop an exploratory assessment wich identifies strategic implications for policy making and urban planning in order to accelerate transitions. Urban sustainability transitions are conceived here as deep transformation processes at economic, social, environmental, cultural, organizational, governmental and physical level (Ernst et al., 2016). Consequently, they are assumed to be a set of connected changes which reinforce each other but take place in several different areas through multiple causality and co-evolution (Rotmans et al. 2001). Sustainability transitions schools focuses on socio-technical systems (Geels, 2004) to underline the tension between emerging niches and stabilized regimes while recognizing the important role of actors¿ agency (Frantzeskaki et al., 2018) and the need for reflexive governance. At urban level, transitions studies emphasize the relevance of scale, place specificities and interconnections amongst socio-technical systems. This work draws on Wolfram¿s conception of ¿urban transformative capacity as the collective ability of the stakeholders involved in urban development to conceive of, prepare for, initiate and perform path-deviant change towards sustainability within and across multiple complex systems that constitute the cities they relate to¿ (Wolfram, 2016, pp. 126). Particularly, the role of urban planning (and planners) has to be examined in relation to its capacity of translating and incorporating innovative practices to accelerate urban sustainability transitions. At this level, implications in terms of rationalities, governance, instruments and techniques will be showed. ; Peer reviewed

AbstractThe right to the city, a concept previously associated with radical social movements, has been accepted by several governments and has inspired new public policies. However, some authors see this process of institutionalization as involving a loss of a significant part of the radical origins of the concept. This article approaches this process and the new opportunities and limitations it may entail for social movement organizations with a more radical perspective on the right to the city. We explore the paradigmatic case of Brazil and the action of a particular organization, the Movimento dos Sem Teto da Bahia (MSTB, or Homeless Movement of Bahia) in the city of Salvador. We draw on the discussion of the politics of the right to the city and on an original combination of social movement theories and critical discourse analysis in order to analyse political‐institutional and discursive changes in urban reform in Brazil and Salvador. We then analyse how the MSTB moves within this new context, navigating its tensions and contradictions while advancing a radical project of transformation of urban reality within a reformist context. We also reflect on the relevance of Lefebvrian ideas for understanding and inspiring contemporary struggles for the right to the city.

[EN] The right to the city, a concept previously associated with radical social movements, has been accepted by several governments and has inspired new public policies. However, some authors see this process of institutionalization as involving a loss of a significant part of the radical origins of the concept. This article approaches this process and the new opportunities and limitations it may entail for social movement organizations with a more radical perspective on the right to the city. We explore the paradigmatic case of Brazil and the action of a particular organization, the Movimento dos Sem Teto da Bahia (MSTB, or Homeless Movement of Bahia) in the city of Salvador. We draw on the discussion of the politics of the right to the city and on an original combination of social movement theories and critical discourse analysis in order to analyse political-institutional and discursive changes in urban reform in Brazil and Salvador. We then analyse how the MSTB moves within this new context, navigating its tensions and contradictions while advancing a radical project of transformation of urban reality within a reformist context. We also reflect on the relevance of Lefebvrian ideas for understanding and inspiring contemporary struggles for the right to the city. ; The translation of this article was funded by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Spain). We are very grateful to the people and organizations we interviewed for this article, especially the members of the MSTB and inhabitants of the occupations. We are also grateful to the three anonymous IJURR reviewers for their very relevant comments and suggestions. ; Belda Miquel, S.; Peris Blanes, J.; Frediani, A. (2016). Institutionalization and Depoliticization of the Right to the City: Changing Scenarios for Radical Social Movements. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 40(2):231-339. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.12382 ; S ; 231 ; 339 ; 40 ; 2

Purpose
This paper aims to explore how young students experience the contribution of a pedagogical assemblage based on design thinking (DT) while contributing to the transition to a more just and sustainable university.


Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative research considers the case of two pedagogical experiences developed at Universitat Politècnica de Valencià, Spain. In both experiences, a methodological proposal that includes practices of care, just transitions and DT was implemented. The data obtained through in-depth interviews, surveys and digital whiteboard labels was analyzed under the lens of three relational categories in the context of sustainability.


Findings
Learnings are acquired through five categories: place-based learning, prior learning, embodied learning, collaborative teamwork and intersectionality. The research shows how the subjective knowledge of young students positions them as co-designers and leaders of a University that drives a more just and sustainable transition.


Originality/value
The originality of the paper lies in the shift of DT from a human-based approach to a justice-oriented relational approach.

The Almanario is a project management methodology created by Small Grants Programme in Guatemala which operates following United Nations Global Environment Fund premises. The main goal of our research is to show the results of fourth compulsory gender measures included in the Almanario approach in ten indigenous communities in Western Guatemala. The research reveals women participation has beenincreased and had allowed them to manage project resources. Two measures (the Promotora role and mixedAdvisory Board) are preliminary steps to visualize women leadership but more time is needed in orderto consolidate and increase women participation. Nursemaids are perceived by women as a good measureto increase participation and really appropriate in a patriarchal context. Gender and self-esteem trainingshave increased women self-esteem and awareness on women rights.CITE AS:López-Torrejon, E., Boni-Aristizabal, A., Peris-Blanes, J. (2012). Incorporando la perspectiva de género en pequeños proyectos ambientales. La experiencia del Almanario en 10 comunidades indígenas de Guatemala. Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies, 1 (1): 84-100

[ES] The aim of this article is to analyse how two initiatives (one formal, the creation of a curriculum inspired by Development Education and an informal space, the Mueve student group), developed at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, may have contributed to the acquisition of cosmopolitan skills among the student community. To this end, we will first take a conceptual path by various authors who have addressed the issue of cosmopolism and who, for the most part, fall within the scope of the skills approach to human development. We will then analyse and discuss the results of 12 in-depth interviews conducted with students who have participated in the two spaces discussed above. Boni Aristizábal, A.; Peris Blanes, J.; Navarro knee, JM.; Bone, A. (2012). How to cultivate citizenship in higher education. The case of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Interuniversity Electronics Review of Teachers' Training. 41 (15): 1-23. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/29891 ; 1 23 41 15 ; [ES] The aim of this article is to analyse how two initiatives (one formal, the creation of a curriculum inspired by Development Education and an informal space, the Mueve student group), developed at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, may have contributed to the acquisition of cosmopolitan skills among the student community. To this end, we will first take a conceptual path by various authors who have addressed the issue of cosmopolism and who, for the most part, fall within the scope of the skills approach to human development. We will then analyse and discuss the results of 12 in-depth interviews conducted with students who have participated in the two spaces discussed above. Boni Aristizábal, A.; Peris Blanes, J.; Navarro knee, JM.; Bone, A. (2012). How to cultivate citizenship in higher education. The case of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Interuniversity Electronics Review of Teachers' Training. 41 (15): 1-23. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/29891 ; Senia ; [ES] The aim of this article is to analyse how two initiatives ...

This article aims to explore the different accountability discourses of the various actors in the Spanish international aid system and to examine them in light of the various theoretical interpretations of development accountability. The conclusions reached suggest a technical and financial accountability model, largely isolated from international debates where political and social issues are at the core of the concept. Although this can be explained by a range of factors which are specific to the Spanish aid system, there are also interesting tendencies that are deepening a new understanding and practice of the idea. ; Peer Reviewed