The GUCP is a group of eighteen academic specialists in the measurement of urban competitiveness, in policies to enhance it and in associated policy issues such as clusters, the knowledge economy, and strategic economic planning.
The eighteen members of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project are located at universities in Asia, Africa, The Americas and the European Union. In addition to research presentations at our annual conference, individual members work collaboratively on research topics of mutual interest.
The GUCP holds an annual conference that is hosted by one of our members in a city of his or her choosing and devoted to a topic that is determined by this member. Typically, the proceedings of the conference are published, often by Edward Elgar Publishers
GUCP has published the proceedings of many of its annual conferences. These have been published by Edward Elgar Publishers, by CASS and by El Colegio de Mexico, among others. Members have published their own research that can be viewed on their individual web pages.