“GROWING IN CITIES - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening”, September 9-10, 2016 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW in Basel. I'd like to announce the call for paper, you can contribute by submitting a paper (scientific or innovative initiative report) or a poster, or by suggesting a thematic session and chairing it. Deadlines for proposals for thematic sessions are 31/12/2015 and for submission of abstracts for papers and posters 31/12/2015. More information is available on Action’s website: http://www.urbanallotments.eu/final-conference.html I also ask you to circulate the call within your university, institution or association and encourage submissions outside of the Action, from Europe and beyond. Best Chiara Chiara Certomà Research Fellow, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa http://cdg-lab.dirpolis.sssup.it/en/staff/academic/chiara-certoma/ +39 338 3858424 (mobile); cccertoma (skype) Time for new readings? C.Certomà, C. Tornaghi (2015) "Political gardening. Transforming cities and political agency", Local Environment, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13549839.2015.1053724?journalCode=cloe20 C.Certomà, B. Notteboom (2015)"Informal planning in a transactive governmentality: Re-reading planning practices through Ghent’s community gardens", Planning Theory, http://plt.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/08/18/1473095215598177?papetoc C. Certomà, F. Rizzi (2015) "Smart Cities for Smart Citizens: Enabling Urban Transitions through Crowdsourcing", UGEC Viewpoints https://ugecviewpoints.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/smart-cities-for-smart-citizens-enabling-urban-transitions-through-crowdsourcing/