Studies of policy implementation, community activism and front-line work demonstrate a sustained interest in the everyday practices of people ‘on the ground’. In particular, within the field of urban governance, there is an emergent literature on participation and deliberation, that focuses on how different types of practitioners are able to build vital coalitions, in the boundary spaces between government, civil society and communities in order to get things done. This panel aims to draw together innovative and resonant new contributions to this international field from both early career researchers and more established scholars. We want to provoke critical and lively debate in order to deepen our understanding of these practices and significance of such practitioners.

We invite proposals for papers which will contribute to this debate. Proposals should be around 300 words, preferably copied to us all, and sent not later than 7 January 2014.

We look forward to hearing from you all !

Annika Agger Laurens de Graaf Catherine Durose Oliver Escobar Stephen Jeffares Merlijn van Hulst

aagger@ruc.dk; L.J.deGraaf@uvt.nl; c.durose@bham.ac.uk; Oliver.Escobar@ed.ac.uk; s.r.jeffares@bham.ac.uk; M.J.vanHulst@uvt.nl;