13 Dec Bridging European Urban Transformations ESRC Workshop Series in Brussels 2016-2017

Glad to announce that despite the Brexit outcome, Dr Calzada, as a member of the Urban Transformations team at the University of Oxford led by Prof Michael Keith, will be co-ordinating ‘Briding European Urban Transformations ESRC Workshop Series’ in Brussels from 2016 to 2017, in partnership with the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Cosmopolis and Brussels Academy at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Dr Calzada co-ordinates the knowledge exchange activities of the European branch of Urban Transformations ESRC portfolio. As a direct outcome of Dr Calzada’s 2016 Visiting Fellowship in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in June 2016, the University of Oxford and Vrije Universiteit Brussel signed just before Brexit vote to establish a collaboration agreement in order to co-produce a Workshop Series entitled ‘Bridging European Urban Transformations’ that will take place in different venues in Brussels during 2016-2017 in the following topics:

1/4> 14th Nov. 2016 (SMIT-VUB): ‘(Un)Plugging Data in Smart City-Regions‘

Event registration:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unplugging-data-in-smart-city-regions-tickets-26793797971

To participate in twitter:

#UnpluggingData

Here is the report written by Prof Michael Keith & Dr Igor Calzada, MBA:

2/4 > 13th February 2017 (Basque Regional Government delegation): ‘Experimenting with Urban Living Labs (ULLs) in Smart City-Regions‘

Event registration:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experimenting-with-urban-living-labs-ulls-beyond-smart-city-regions-tickets-30193233775

To participate in twitter:

#ExperimentingULL

Here is the report written by Prof Michael Keith & Dr Igor Calzada, MBA:

3/4 > Social Innovation  [Forthcoming]

4/4 > Economic Resilience in Cities  [Forthcoming]

More detailed information on the Workshop Series will be accurately announced in the upcoming weeks in order to invite interested academics and practitioners as potential participants in the workshops.

In the photo (from left to right) on 15th June 2016 (one week before the Brexit vote):

Dr Igor Calzada (UOxf), Dr Stefan de Corte (VuB), Jessiva Van den Ven (VuB), Dr Bas van Heur (VuB), Prof Eric Corijn (VuB) & Prof Michael Keith (UOxf).