Anna Kosovac

Fragmentation and urban knowledge: An analysis of urban knowledge exchange institutions

Ariana Dickey, Anna Kosovac, Sebastian Fastenrath, Michele Acuto, Brendan Gleeson

Journal article  |  2022  |  CITIES

Silo-ed thinking, fragmented knowledge systems and short-termism remain key challenges in transforming urban systems and policy ma..

Factual Divergence and Risk Perceptions

Anna Kosovac

Journal article  |  2022  |  Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal

The communication of information (‘facts’) by experts to the general public becomes challenging if there is an absence of trust in..

City Diplomacy During COVID-19: The 2022 Cities and International Engagement Survey

Daniel Pejic, Michele Acuto, Anna Kosovac

Report  |  2022

This report presents findings from the 2022 Cities and International Engagement Survey conducted by the Melbourne Centre for Citie..

Resilience: Lessons to be learned from safety and acceptable risk

K Anna, T McLeod Logan

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Safety Science and Resilience

It is not unusual to see the concept of resilience housed in binary terms: Your city is either ‘resilient’ or not. In contrast, be..

Urban potable reuse: contrasting perspectives of water industry professionals and elected politicians in Sydney, Australia

Varsha Sivagurunathan, Anna Kosovac, Stuart J Khan

Journal article  |  2021  |  WATER INTERNATIONAL

Through interviews of 20 sitting politicians and water practitioners in New South Wales, Australia, this article explores the unde..

City Diplomacy: Another Generational Shift?

Michele Acuto, Anna Kosovac, Kris Hartley

Journal article  |  2021  |  Diplomatica

Abstract City diplomacy has a long history and has witnessed a clear sprawl over the last century. Successive “generations” of cit..

Masculinity and smart water management: why we need a critical perspective

Anna Kosovac

Journal article  |  2021  |  Water International

City Leaders Go Abroad: A Survey of City Diplomacy in 47 Cities

Anna Kosovac, Kris Hartley, Michele Acuto, Darcy Gunning

Journal article  |  2021  |  URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH

Cities are playing an increasingly prominent role on the global policy stage, and in the process have established moreformalised i..

What’s next? New forms of city diplomacy and emerging global urban governance

Anna Kosovac, Daniel Pejic

Book Chapter  |  2021

Everyday urban governance is taking on increasingly global dimensions, leading city governments to expand their alignment with int..

The city as actor in UN frameworks: formalizing 'urban agency' in the international system?

Michele Acuto, Anna Kosovac, Daniel Pejic, Terry Louise Jones

Journal article  |  2020  |  TERRITORY POLITICS GOVERNANCE

Cities have been recognized as important players in some of today’s most visible global agendas, from the Paris Agreement on clima..