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Urban Transitions 2026
Hosted by Elsevier
- 10 – 12 November 2026
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Key facts
Urban Transitions 2026 is a conference held 10 – 12 November 2026 in Meliá Sitges Hotel Congress Centre, Sitges, Spain, organised by Elsevier.
- Dates:
- 10 – 12 November 2026
- Format:
- In person
- Venue:
- Meliá Sitges Hotel Congress Centre, Sitges, Spain
- Subjects:
- Architecture & Urban Planning, Climate & Sustainability Science, Public & Environmental Health, Transportation Engineering
- Organiser:
- Elsevier
- Official website:
- elsevier.com/events/conferences/all/urban-transitions
Urban Transitions 2026 aims to promote healthy urban development by bringing together different disciplines working within cities to address current challenges and solutions. The conference addresses science and practice to provide pathways to low carbon, liveable, equitable and healthy cities.
Conference theme
Integrating housing, urban and transport planning, environment, climate action, circular economy and health for healthier urban living
Objectives
To present and integrate new understandings of the process of change, and of multiple benefits and trade-offs of alternative urban forms, to support the implementation of effective urban transitions.
Who should attend
Researchers, policy makers and practitioners in urban planning, architecture, transport planning, environmental science and exposure assessment, climate change, public health, citizen science, social science, and policy and decision making.
Organising Committee
Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen - Conference chair, ISGlobal, Spain
Audrey de Nazelle - Vice-chair, Imperial College London, UK
Bert van Wee - Vice-chair, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Isabella Anguelovski - Committee, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Clara Castello - Committee, ISGlobal, Spain
Eleni Iacovidou - Committee, Brunel University London, UK
Mike Jerrett - Committee, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Patrick Kinney - Committee, Boston University, USA
Oriol Marquet Sarda - Committee, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Jonathan Olsen - Committee, The University of Queensland, Australia
Catherine Perez - Committee, Barcelona Public Health Agency, Spain
Marianne Touchie - Committee, University of Toronto, Canada
David Wachsmuth - Committee, McGill University School of Urban Planning, Canada
Pengjun Zhao - Committee, Peking University, China
Scientific Committee
Maria Attard - University of Malta, Malta
Eran Ben-Elia - Ben Gurian University, Israel
Carme Borrell - Barcelona, Spain
Mike Brauer - University of British Columbia, Canada
Ester Cerin - Australian Catholic University, Australia
Joan Clos - United Nations, Africa
Jason Colburn - UCLA, Berkeley, USA
Payam Dadvand - ISGlobal, Spain
Andrew Dannenberg - University of Washington, USA
Adrian Davis - Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Dick Ettema - Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Howard Frumkin - University of Washington / Wellcome Trust, USA
Oliver Gao - Cornell University, USA
Regine Gerike - TU Dresden, Germany
Billie Giles-Corti - RMIT University, Australia
Thomas Götschi - University of California, Berkeley, USA
Marcus Grant - Bristol, UK
Susan Handy - University of California, Davis, USA
Barbara Hoffman - Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Jordi Honey Roses - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Ruth Hunter - Belfast University, UK
Mike Jerrett - UCLA, California, USA
Sonja Kahlmeier, Switzerland
Olga-Ioanna Kalantzi - University of the Aegean, Greece
Haneen Khreis - TTI, UK
Patrick Kinney - Boston University, USA
Michelle Kondo - USDA, USA
Roderick Lawrence - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Robin Lovelace - University of Leeds, UK
Yvonne Lynch
Taihdg McIntyre - Monmouth University, Ireland
Jenny Mindell - UCL, UK
Carme Miralles-Guasch - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Richard Mitchell - University of Glasgow, UK
George Morris - University of Exeter, UK
Francesca Raccioppi - WHO, Germany
David Rojas - ISGlobal, Spain
Cathryn Tonne - ISGlobal, Spain
Matilda van den Bosch - University of British Columbia, Canada
Roel Vermeulen - Utrecht University, The Netherlands
James Woodcock - University of Cambridge, UK
Razieh Zandieh - University of Manchester, UK
Programme highlights
View full programmeKeynote speakers
View speakersXuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, Meredith Glaser, Pedro Homem de Gouveia, Oriol Marquet, Joost Beunderman
Organiser and contact
Contact
- Email:
- [email protected]
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