Scientific Journey in the Suburbs of Poland On the 30th of May 2024, Dr hab. Dorota Mantey, Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, held a lecture on Contemporary Developments in the Suburbs of…

On Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Personal Leadership – Online Workshop with Cristina Nichita Communities need leaders. An authentic leader is the one who knows the team, who knows how to attract, value the capacity and abilities of each member of the…

Leadership and Entrepreneurship Workshop for Students and Master’s Students Personal development, the training of leadership skills and the development of the entrepreneurial spirit have become fundamental ingredients for training young people as members of dynamic, flexible communities and, therefore, as…

The Faculty of Geography – an Institution with a Traditional Collaboration between the Academic and Research Environment and the Socio-Economic Environment In 2021, the Centre for Management and Technological and Cognitive Transfer of Babeş-Bolyai University – UBB Tech Transfer initiated…

E-BOOK Planificare teritorială: de la teorie la practică. Studii de caz din Ținutul Pădurenilor [Territorial Planning: from Theory to Practice. Case Studies from Ţinutul Pădurenilor] Coordinators: Ana-Maria Pop, Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, Cosmina-Daniela Ursu, Cristian-Emanuel Adorean, Răzvan Bătinaş, Alexandra-Camelia Marian-Potra Publisher: Presa…

How Participatory is Participatory Budgeting… with Adrian Dohotaru The November 2022 edition of the CGR Meetings had as a guest Adrian Dohotaru, researcher-activist on ecological and social issues. The subject of the discussions was participatory budgeting. Starting from the theorization…

Reflections Associated with Participatory Budgeting in a New Edition of the CGR Meetings The CGR meetings will be resumed in November 2022 with a topic of interest for any local community – participatory budgeting, a topic debated with Adrian Dohotaru,…

Popularizing Science among the General Public On 30 September 2022, from 1:00 pm to 12:00 am, in the Cluj Arena area, the Centre for Regional Geography participated, together with other research entities, in the 2022 European Researchers’ Night open-air event….

The Centre for Regional Geography at the European Researchers’ Night The European Researchers’ Night is an event to popularize science within the member states of the European Union, within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions of the Horizon 2020 framework project, through…

Practical Training in Ţinutul Pădurenilor, 9-12 May 2022 A new edition of the practical training in territorial planning organized by the Centre for Regional Geography took place between the 9th and the 12th of May 2022 and involved students of…

Services for Updating Strategic Support Documents – The Maramureş County Spatial Plan Period: 2022-2023 Beneficiary: Maramureş County Council Prepared by: SC Aedilis Proiect SRL, Babeş-Bolyai University – Faculty of Geography Coordinator of the UBB team of experts: Associate Professor Iuliu Vescan, PhD The…

Practical training in Ţinutul Pădurenilor, 9-13 May 2022 Between 9 and 13 May 2022, the Centre for Regional Geography within the Faculty of Geography is waiting for you at a new edition of the practical training in territorial planning, in…

Perceptions on “Smart” Planning in Timişoara Starting from the experience gained in urban planning, Lecturer Sorin Pavel, PhD, the guest of the CGR Meetings, aroused the participants’ attention with a presentation associated with the dynamics of some territorial phenomena in…

Timişoara: Between “Strong Development” and “Smart Development” The March edition of the CGR Meetings proposes to the public interested in territorial development a discussion associated with the challenges launched by the local authorities in the City of Timişoara. The guest…

Territorial Development, with or without Planning? The guest of the 22nd edition of the CGR Meetings was Nicolae Popa, Professor at the West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Department of Geography and Head of the Centre for…

Geographical Introspections on Territorial Planning from the West University of Timişoara The guest of the December edition of the CGR Meetings is Nicolae Popa, Professor at the West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Department of Geography and…

About Climate Services from the Perspective of a Climatologist In Professor Adina-Eliza Croitoru’s opinion, the guest of the October edition of the CGR Meetings, climate fulfils a triple role: of resource (in terms of its renewable energy potential, the cultural…

Climate: from Resource to Threat to Regional Development A new debate under the auspices of the Centre for Regional Geography will take place on 27 October 2021, at 12:00. The guest of this edition is Professor Adina-Eliza Croitoru, member of…

International Conference Creativity, Culture, Development, Timișoara, 11-12 November 2021 On 11 and 12 November 2021, the West University of Timișoara organizes the international conference on Creativity, Culture, Development, in hybrid format. The conference activities will include communication sessions, round tables…

Bridging Regional Responses to Marginalization and Disparities in a Globalized World, 9-10 August 2021, Cluj-Napoca, Romania The Annual Conference of the International Geographical Union’s C20.32 Commission on Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses, organized in partnership with the Centre…

E-BOOK Analiza probabilităţii de manifestare a hazardelor hidrice. Studiu de caz: bazinul superior al râului Ilişua şi secţiuni inundabile ale U.A.T. Târlişua, judeţul Bistriţa-Năsăud [Analysis of the occurrence probability of water-related hazards. Case study: the upper basin of the Ilişua…

Women, involved in structures representing urban voters in Romania The role of women in the structures representing the Romanian voters is in line with the same upward trend that defines other states in Western Europe, voters in urban residential areas…

Working visit to creative spaces in Cluj-Napoca, 21-25 June, Cluj-Napoca, Romania A mobility of the CREATONVIL/17-AUF project partners from the Republic of Moldova took place at the Centre for Regional Geography between the 21st and the 25th of June 2021….

Creation of a spatial database of drone imagery and vector and 3D derivatives Elaboration period: 27.05.2021 – 01.06.2023 Beneficiary: Aiton Mayor’s Office (Cluj County) Project Manager: Lecturer Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, PhD Designed as an absolutely necessary service for any administrative-territorial unit,…

The Role of Women in the Romanian Electoral Process The June edition of the CGR Meetings brings into discussion a topic from the political sphere, but connected to the territorial reality and to the categories of voters in Romania. Depending…

With a Socio-Political Issue from Cameroon at the CGR Meetings in Cluj-Napoca The April edition of the CGR Meetings hosted a presentation delivered by Professor Sergiu Mişcoiu, from the Faculty of European Studies and Director of the Center for African…

About African Authoritarian Clientelism … at a New Edition of the CGR Meetings The guest speaker at the April edition of the CGR Meetings is Professor Sergiu Mişcoiu, from the Faculty of European Studies and Director of the Center for…

Sensory Maps in Urban Environment The guest of the March edition of the CGR Meetings, architect Daniela Maier, gave a presentation on urban morphology and rhythms. More than 40 cities around the world were analysed from the perspective of their…

Morphology and Urban Rhythms The debates within the CGR Meetings, associated with the dynamics of some phenomena in the territory, continue with a presentation associated with this topic. The guest of the March edition is Daniela Maier, Architect, President of…

Awareness Reflections of the Built Heritage during the 17th Edition of the CGR Meetings Guest of the January 2021 edition of the CGR Meetings, architect Szabolcs István Guttmann launched a discussion associated with how urban historical monuments can be preserved…

From a Sustainable Management of the Built Heritage to Regional Development Dr. Szabolcs István Guttmann, Architect, Vice-President of the Order of the Romanian Architects, Transylvania Branch, and expert for the Ministry of Culture on the protection of monuments and historical…

E-BOOK Variabilitate climatică și efecte induse asupra utilizării terenurilor în Câmpia Română (Sectorul Jiu-Olt) [Climate Variability and Its Effects on Land Use in the Romanian Plain (Jiu-Olt Sector)] Author: Cristina-Florina Roşca (Vîrtan) Publisher: Presa Universitară Clujeană Publication date: 2020 Description:…

Evaluarea potențialului turistic al Regiunii de Nord-Vest. Strategie de valorificare [Evaluation of the Tourism Potential of the North-West Region. Capitalisation Strategy] BOOK Coordinators: Pompei Cocean, Ana-Maria Pop Authors: Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, Adina-Eliza Croitoru, Magdalena Drăgan, Gabriela Munteanu, Marin Ilieş, Gheorghe Şerban,…

New Research Directions in the Private Insurance Sector Starting from the testing of several research hypotheses on how the density of private health insurance in Europe is influenced, Associate Professor Codruța Mare, PhD, the guest of the CGR Meetings in…

Spatial Effects on the European Private Health Insurance Market The importance of the insurance sector for the European countries, regardless of their level of development, can be seen from the perspective of life/health insurance, car insurance, and agricultural insurance. This…

Model of good practice in tourism digitalization The Transylvania Mountain Festival organizers’ interests have materialized in an ongoing project, implemented in partnership with the Faculty of Geography within Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, to digitize the mountain activities in the Carpathian…

Digital Challenges for Active Mountain Tourism During July 2020, Transylvania Mountain Festival, in partnership with the Faculty of Geography within Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, ran an internship programme designed for students – Mountains of Romania for Active Tourism | Adventure…

Heterotopia and Heritage Preservation. The Heterotopic Tool as a Means of Heritage Assessment The Urban Book Series Author: Smaranda Spânu Publisher: Springer Publication date: 2020 Details: 483 p., 6 b/w illustrations Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-18258-8, eBook ISBN 978-3-030-18259-5, Series ISSN 2365-757X…

E-BOOK Planificare teritorială: de la teorie la practică. Studii de caz din Ţara Maramureşului [Territorial Planning: from Theory to Practice. Case Studies from the Land of Maramureş] Coordinators: Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, Ana-Maria Pop, Lelia Papp, Ibolya Török, Alexandra-Camelia Potra, Simona Mălăescu,…

E-BOOK Paşi siguri în ArcGIS Desktop. ArcMap 10.x şi ArcGIS Pro 2.x [Reliable Steps in ArcGIS Desktop. ArcMap 10.x and ArcGIS Pro 2.x] Author: Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi Publisher: Presa Universitară Clujeană Publication date: 2020 Description: 3 p., B5, 6 online tutorials,…

Examples of Good Practice in Urban Spaces or How a Living Lab Works Urban dynamics and the transformations that appear mainly in urban spaces arouse the interest of specialists from various fields of activity. Bogdana Neamţu, Associate Professor at Babeş-Bolyai…

Innovation and Experiment in Contemporary Cities The role of innovation in urban dynamics is increasingly brought forward. For this reason, in the June edition of the CGR Meetings, Bogdana Neamţu, Associate Professor at Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Political, Administrative and…

“Green” Lessons in the Pandemic The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought for each of us new moments of reflections, either related to the evolution of certain phenomena or areas and readjustment to the new contexts created or on how each…

Lessons in the Pandemic. How Can Cluj-Napoca Apply for the European Green Capital Award? A new debate under the aegis of the Centre for Regional Geography will take place on Thursday, 28 May 2020, at 10.00 a.m., via Zoom platform….

Reliable Steps in ArcGIS Desktop – Online Course On 28 May 2020, Lecturer Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, PhD, member of the Centre for Regional Geography, will hold a course on how to represent spatial dynamics using ArcMap 10.x and ArcGIS Pro 2.x….

IGU Commission C16.29. Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses Annual Conference, 8-13 August 2021, Cluj-Napoca, Romania On 16 April 2020, the Steering Committee of the IGU’s Commission on Globalization, Marginalization, and Regional and Local Responses, in close consultation with…

Reliable Steps in ArcGIS Desktop – Online Course On the 15th and the 29th of April 2020, Lecturer Gheorghe-Gavrilă Hognogi, PhD, member of the Centre for Regional Geography, will hold two interactive seminars on the elaboration of maps for scientific…

A New Master’s Programme at the Faculty of Geography: Spatial Analysis and Territorial Organization OVERVIEW Spatial Analysis and Territorial Organization is a two-year, full-time research master’s programme in Geography, fully taught in English, which is addressed to all graduates of…

“CGR Meetings” – 12 Editions of Debates on Regional Development and Territorial Planning The Centre for Regional Geography celebrates ONE YEAR of events generically entitled “CGR Meetings”, dedicated to specialists working in the field of regional development and territorial planning,…