Marija Mano Velevska, (Ph.D. in architecture) is Associate Professor at Ss Cyril and Methodius University – Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, N. Macedonia. Besides teaching a course in Architectural design, she co-leads master studio in architectural-urbanism entitled Growth 2.0. She is editor and co-author of several books including Conversations that embodies series of interviews with eminent architects and educators. With active participation in numerous workshops, seminars and conferences, concerning both the academia and the practice in architecture, the focus of her work refers on teaching and learning architecture by combining design practice and architecture theory.
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.