Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning: Two sides of the same coin? AESOP Congress (Association of European Schools of Planning), July 2014, Utrecht (with Lisa van Well)
The ESPON TANGO Project: Approaches and Outcomes, Policy Seminar, October 2013, Brussels (with Lisa van Well)
Territorial Governance across Europe, AESOP Congress (Association of European Schools of Planning), July 2013, Dublin (with Lisa van Well)
Findings and Conclusions on Analysing Territorial Governance across Europe, ESPON Open Seminar, June 2013, Dublin (with Lisa van Well)
Making Sense of Mega-Regions: Conceptual and Policy Reflections from a Scandinavian Perspective, Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, April 2013, Los Angeles (together with Lukas Smas)
The ESPON TANGO project and the concept of Territorial Governance, Policy Seminar, "Towards Better Territorial Governance", March 2013, Brussels
ESPON TANGO: Territorial Approaches for New Governance, ESPON Open Seminar, June 2012, Aalborg
Growing smart and resource efficient: Stockholm in the year 2050, Presentation at Europadagen, May 2012, Stockholm
Exploring Territorial Governance across Europe: A deductive research design, Regional Studies Conference, May 2012, Delft (together with Lisa van Well)
Nordic 'inter-city connectivities' in a multi-scalar perspective: a new geography in the making? Regional Studies Conference, May 2012, Delft (together with Lukas Smas)
Critical comments on 12 case studies on local and regional competitiveness, Workshop on territorial competitiveness of cities and regions, organised by the German Academy for Spatial Research, April 2012, Halle (in German)
'The ESPON TANGO project' - Territorial Approaches to New Governance, ESPON Internal Seminar, November 2011, Krakow (together with Lisa van Well)
Middle-sized cities in the Nordic Countries - key characteristics and policy implications, invited speaker by the Regional Studies Association to the 9th European week of Regions and Cities, OPEN DAYS, Workshop: 'Beyond the capitals: Prospects for middle‐sized cities in Europe', 'Open University', October 2011, Brussels
'Reframing' of transnational spaces through 'macro-regional strategies' - the case of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), Academy for Spatial Research (ARL) Congress, Spatial Development in Europe 2020, June 2011, Bremen
'Striving for Polycentricity' – A driver to rework governance capacities in European Metropolitan areas? CITTA 4th Annual Conference on Planning Research, Innovation in Governance and Decision-making in Planning, May 2011, Oporto
When soft spaces harden: The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, ESF Exploratory Workshop on Planning for Soft Spaces across Europe, December 2010, Delft (together with Jonathan Metzger)
Findings and Conclusions on Intra-Metropolitan Polycentricity, METREX-Conference on Metropolitan Futures, September 2010, Berlin (together with Hans Hede)
Macro-regional strategies in Europe: rationalities, added values and future challenges, ERSA Congress, August 2010, Jönköping (together with Sigrid Hedin)
Planning for Polycentricity in European Metropolitan Areas - expectations, rationales and practices, ERSA Congress, August 2010, Jönköping
The EU BSR Strategy and the VASAB Long-Term Perspective –complementary or controversial approaches towards territorial cohesion? AESOP Congress, July 2010, Helsinki
Polycentricity and Urban Resilience – The case of the Stockholm region, AESOP Congress, July 2010, Helsinki (together with Alexandre Dubois and Anu Henriksson)
A Baltic Sea Strategy beyond 2013, Forum of the Committee of the Regions: Europe's macro-regions: Integration through territorial co-operation, April 2010, Brussels
Designing Macro-Regions: the future of European territorial policy? Seminar at Nordregio: The Future of European Space (together with Sigrid Hedin), December 2009, Stockholm
The potential added value of a 'Baltic Sea Macro-Region' – Towards Territorial Cohesion? Nordregio-Conference: Urban regions as drivers - the new strategies in the Baltic Sea Region, November 2009, Stockholm
Exploring functional relations of cities – Introduction to the seminar's theme and objectives. Seminar of the Nordic Working Group on Urban Regions: Cities and their multi-functional and multi-scalar relations, September 2009, Stockholm
On the discursive production of new modes of governance - reflections on constructing metropolitan regions in Germany. AESOP Congress, July 2009, Liverpool
Enhancing Quality of Life in complex urban-rural settings - the concept of the BSR programme 2007-2013 project "NEW BRIDGES". Presentation at the STRING Conference, Building New Bridges in the South Western Baltic Sea Region, June 2009, Lübeck
Strengthening of Quality of Life through improved Management of Urban-Rural Interactions: On concepts and expectations. Kick-off meeting of the INTERREG IV project New Bridges, March 2009, Turku
A conceptual exploration of intra-metropolitan polycentricity - approaches, difficulties and reflections. Presentation for the METREX Expert Group on intra-metropolitan polycentricity, February 2009, Stockholm
Exploring the Baltic Sea Region - On territorial capital and spatial integration. Seminar at the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies Environmental Science and Development (together with Alexandre Dubois), December 2008, Södertörn
Medium-sized towns as motors for the South Baltic Arc Region - European perspectives and policy options. Final Conference of the Interreg IIIB-project SEBCO - City-hinterland cooperation as motor for regional development in the South Eastern Baltic, November 2007, Schwerin
Challenging urban and regional development strategies - some points for reflection. Seminar of the Nordregio-Academy, September 2007, Stockholm.
The profile of Nordic Urban Research. Conference organised by Nordforsk, August 2007, Copenhagen
Urban Networks and Corridors: Myth or promising concepts? Final Conference of the Interreg IIIA-project 'Kultplan', April 2007, Copenhagen
The 'Metropolitan Shift' in German Strategic Spatial Planning - Contested Discourses around 'New Regions'. International seminar at Stockholm University, April 2007, Stockholm
Polycentric urban development strategies seen from a Nordic and European perspective. Nordic Conference on Regional Policy, March 2007, Copenhagen
Accessibility and Development Zones. Baltic Sea Stakeholder Conference. Future of our Baltic Europe Territory, November 2006, Warsaw.
The tricky metropolisation of the conurbation Rhein-Ruhr: Discourses – Controversies – Perspectives. (in German) Research Colloquium at the University of Dortmund, Institute of Spatial Planning, April 2006, Dortmund