Research Updates

Explore our collection of research insights for those wanting to stay up to date on the work of leading academics in place branding. You might also want to check our special pages on place branding theory and concepts linked to the branding and reputation of places.

Insights & Advice

4 Factors Influencing Place Branding Practice in 2018: Macro Trends and Drivers of Change (Part One)

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Summary of expert views on the main factors and trends likely to influence place branding practice in 2018. First post of a series of four.
Insights & Advice

How Gamified Placemaking Can Reconnect Us with Cities

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Gamified placemaking is the focus of this post by Günter Soydanbay: a reflection on how we build and organize our cities, how we lost the genius loci, the send of city, and how placemaking strategies can help us reconnect with our urban environment.
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Psychology and Cities: Charles Landry Explores the Hidden (Urban) Dimension

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Charles Landry in this guest post connects the dots between cities and psychology, and calls for a stronger focus on the psychological resilience of cities as safe havens in turbulent times.
Conferences

My Key Takeaways from the Doctoral Colloquium of the International Place Branding Association Conference in Swansea, December 2017

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Shalini Bisani shares her key takeaways from the doctoral colloquium of the International Place Branding Association conference which took place in Swansea, Wales, early December 2017.
Conferences

Reflections on 2nd International Place Branding Association Conference in Swansea, 2017

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Aleks Vladimirov reflects on the 2nd International Place Branding Association conference which took place in Swansea, Wales, in early December 2017.
Research Updates

Overtourism in European Cities: Study Reveals Root Causes, Consequences and Possible Solutions

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Ko Koens of NHTV Breda University discusses findings of a recent study on overtourism in major European cities, the root causes, consequences and feasible solutions.
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