Marisa Kërbizi (Dr.) is the Head of Literary Department in “Alexander Moisiu” University, Durrës, Albania. She is a member of Research Scientific Committee in AMU. She holds the CEO position at “Mankind Tracks” ctr., an organization dedicated to advancing understanding, culture and education. Her main research interests include issues relating to quality assurance in HEIs, building capacities, gender studies, ethnography, comparative literature, etc. She has published more than 40 critical articles and reviews in national international scientific journals. Dr. Kërbizi is author and co-author of four books.
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.