Call for abstracts Circular Design for Urban Transformation - CiD Conference Hannover

The CiD Conference Hannover is a three-day event around a programme of research sessions, discussions, and invited lectures.

The conference Circular Design for Urban Transformation – organised by the CiD Circular Design Innovation Alliance, co-funded by the European Union – invites researchers and practitioners to explore how circular approaches can drive urban regeneration beyond linear growth models. As cities increasingly evolve through transformation, regeneration, and adaptation rather than expansion, circularity emerges as a key framework to rethink urban spaces, heritage, governance, and socio-economic processes. Special attention is given to the role skills and flow of knowledge between research, profession, and education, as well as to entrepreneurship.

Deadlines
15 March 2026: Submission of abstracts
7 April 2026: Notification of acceptance
15 April 2026: Registration deadline
15 May 2026: Submission of first version of papers
15 June 2026: Submission of final version of papers

The conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, as well as design-based and practice-led research, including critical reflections on the limits, contradictions, and governance challenges of circularity.