QRU 15: On Mobility (call for papers)
QRU 15: On Mobility (call for papers)
“Because mobility is not just a transport issue but a societal issue, it is
the whole society that must be observed to innovate”
In an increasingly urbanized and connected society, mobility is becoming more and more
importance and has a determining social, economic and cultural value. mobility has been
converted into a generic right (the "right of rights") because it conditions access
to housing, health, work, culture, education, leisure, etc. The quality of the times
and places of circulation and transport has become a key variable of urban life,
in which the development of new technologies plays a preponderant role.
The Institute for the City in Motion (IVM) is an organization that was created in June
2000 to address the challenges posed by urban mobility and contribute to the emergence of
innovative solutions. For 20 years it has developed action-research programs and
stakeholder platforms with the aim of identifying, promoting and generating
innovative solutions in terms of urban mobility. With its innovative actions of
field, transnational projects and public-private partnerships, the Institute puts on the agenda
new ways of understanding mobility in the city, so that mobility becomes a
right and a pleasure.
The mobilizing experience of the “Institut pour la ville en mouvement”: research and actions
international organizations, innovative solutions and knowledge sharing has inspired this
number of QRU, which is proposed in collaboration with the Institute and with the aim of disseminating
their approaches and contributions, as well as expanding the knowledge base with other
contributions to the debate.
For this reason, the magazine QRU (Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme), invited researchers
and researchers who have the subject of mobility as an object of study to contribute in
this issue to debate and discussion through research articles or experiences
proposals that relate mobility with the construction of the city, the territory or the
landscape, from morphological, theoretical, historical, ecological approaches, in different
around the world and at different scales.
The texts, which will be submitted to peer review, must have a maximum length of
7,500 words, including notes and bibliography, and can be written in Spanish, Catalan,
English and Portuguese. The publication regulations can be found at the following link:
https://revistes.upc.edu/index.php/QRU/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Submissions will be received until December 20th, 2022.
Editors of this issue: Carles Llop, Joan Moreno, Mireille Apel Muller, Pascal Amphoux
