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July 15, 2019: Spanish Local Government Law Expert in Residence
Spanish local government law expert in residence at the Centre
The Centre is pleased to welcome Dr. Francisco Velasco Caballero, Professor of Administrative Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), who will be in residence as a visiting researcher between July 15 and September 10, 2019. Prof. Velasco is a leading Spanish authority on local government law and the founder and current research director of the Institute of Local Government Law (IDL-UAM). During his stay, Prof. Velasco will be conducting research on urban and rural local governance in Canada. He is the first of several European researchers that the Centre will welcome over the coming years as part of a large research project on local government and the urban-rural divide (LoGov-RISE), sponsored by the European Union.