Duration
01 January 2020 → Ongoing
Faculties
Promotor-spokesperson
IDC-coordinator
Other information
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Conservation and biodiversity
- Environmental education and extension
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Social sciences
- Economic development
- Urban sociology and community studies
- Environment policy
- Public administration
- Research, science and technology policy
- Urban and housing policy
- Social movements and collective action
- Social work not elsewhere classified
- Political inequality
- Local and urban politics
- Geography of mobility and transportation
- Human geography not elsewhere classified
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Medical and health sciences
- Intensive care and emergency medicine not elsewhere classified
- Public health care not elsewhere classified
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Engineering and technology
- Energy in buildings and built environments
- Environmental and sustainable planning
- Urban and regional design
- Urban and regional development
- Urban and regional planning policy, instruments and legislation
- Urban and regional design, development and planning not elsewhere classified
- Water resources management
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Sustainable agriculture
Description
The Urban Academy focuses on socio-ecological problems in the city of Ghent and at Ghent University. Academic staff, students, policy makers, civil society actors, etc. work in inter- and transdisciplinary research processes on problem definitions andpossible solutions, (living lab) experiments and upscaling initiatives, (policy) reports and scientific articles. Our theoretical and analytical framework integrates socio-spatial, political-governance, socio-technical and economic perspectives.