Project

Sustainable cities: transformations and transdisciplinarity

Code
bof/baf/4y/2024/01/749
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Political inequality
    • Local and urban politics
    • Sociology of knowledge
    • Urban and housing policy
    • Social change
  • Engineering and technology
    • Environmental and sustainable planning
    • Urban and regional planning policy, instruments and legislation
Keywords
socio-ecological transformations Sustainable cities transdisciplinarity case study research
 
Project description

This project focuses on socio-ecological transformations in Flemish cities and evaluates how transdisciplinarity can contribute to sustainable urban development. Through case studies, we analyze how different actors and concerns are included or excluded, whose knowledge ultimately counts, how obstacles to change can be overcome, and how opportunities can be embraced. The cases examined include just energy transitions, sustainable mobility, urban renewal projects, social housing, and the circular economy. Empirical data are collected using a mixed-method approach, including literature review, participatory observations, and in-depth interviews. This project provides insights into the dynamics and complexities of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration and its potential added value in advancing sustainable urban transformations.