Visions on territorial cohesion

Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe

The Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020 – A turning point in striving for Territorial Cohesion ?

With Nordregio research as a strong basis, each issue will provide multiple perspectives on a specific theme of regional development. In this first issue of Nordregio News we aim to provide a better understanding of the ongoing discussion on the future European Territorial Cohesion policy; and specifically the role of the Territorial Agenda of the European Union 2020 (TA 2020). The TA 2020 was ...

European territorial cohesion policies: Parallels to socialist central planning?

Contemporary EU territorial cohesion policy presents some striking reminders of features of socialist central planning. The objective of socio-spatial solidarity aimed at balanced spatial development is a core principle of both spatial planning doctrines. Reviewing key planning documents, this article compares territorial cohesion discourses in terms of their normative and analytical natures in...

Conducting creativity in central Sweden: a path towards territorial cohesion

From ICT to Integrated Care: The Performative Cohesion of Organizing Visions

We link the concept of an ‘organizing vision’ to the idea of ‘performativity’ in order to better understand the challenges associated with implementing integrated care, i.e. the usage of ICT in order to coordinate medical treatments of the same patient by multiple medical professionals. More specifically, we focus on how medical autonomy affects the performativity of an organizing vision. Throu...