Following four years of extensive research, the DIVERCITIES: Governing Urban Diversity conference related the findings from the project to existing knowledge and practice; we not only had formal (scientific) presentations but also a created real workshops for policy-makers and practitioners, who were in dialogue with the researchers involved in the project.

It was our intention to organise a dynamic conference with scientific presentations and papers by researchers alongside a wide spectrum of stakeholders including leaders of projects in different cities comprising school teachers, neighbourhood workers, community planners, etc. Our aim was to organise an international public event where the positive elements of urban diversity were presented via a multidisciplinary programme of science, art, music, theatre and film. We’ll be posting reports and stories from the DIVERCITIES: Governing Urban Diversity Conference on our blog in coming weeks.