Cities After Transition – 10th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Conference

CAT-ference 2023

Cities After Transition – 10th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Conference.
Riga, 18 September – 22 September 2023

CAT-ferences started off as meeting places for urban geographers, but they gradually evolved into multi- and inter-disciplinary events. The 2023 edition will be the tenth one, and both the CAT network and the CAT-ferences have expanded significantly since the first event, which was held in Lund (Sweden), where it was nested within the Inaugural Nordic Geographers’ Meeting. Since then, both the Nordic and the CAT events have been thriving. In 2007, the CAT-ference became "independent" and was held in Stockholm, Tallinn and across the Baltic Sea. Then came Tartu (2009), Bucharest (2011), Tbilisi (2013), Prague (2015), Kyiv and Dnipro (2017), Belgrade (2019) and Budapest (2022). A key ingredient in all CAT-ferences is the 2-day field trip.