November 2019

 

 

Dryland: PhD defence Rosetta Elkin

Afforestation is the deliberate planting of trees in an otherwise treeless environment. There is nothing “natural” or restorative about the procedure. Rosetta Elkin explores the politics of global tree planting as a means to offset extreme deforestation. She presents her PhD research on 25 November 2019.

Find out the research results

 

 

 


 

 

Adaptive City Law in Europe

The Metropolitan Legal Lab (UAntwerp) hosts a research workshop on climate adaptation in a metropolitan context, from a legal policies perspective. They are bringing together various international speakers on Tuesday 19 November.

Join the workshop

 

 

 


 

 

B-Magic workshop: Space is the place

B-magic, VAI and the Centre for Urban History (UAntwerp) organize the one-day workshop "Space is the place: Mapping Visual Media & the Geospatial Turn”. The organizers aim to set up a meeting between researchers focusing on performance and media studies (film, photography, magic lantern shows), and those working within the field of the digital and spatial humanities.

Sign up for this interdisciplinary meeting

 

 

 


 

 

Urbanism as part of London's modal shift

Transport for London director Mike Keegan was invited to the Master Urbanism to explain how London is working towards a sustainable modal shift. In the British capital, already 60% goes by foot, bicycle or public transport. In the workshop, Keegan debated about moblity solutions with Maarten Van Acker (USI), Dirk Lauwers (UAntwerp), and Peter Vermeulen (Ringland).

3 takeaways from London's modal shift (Dutch)

 

 

 


 

 

G-STIC conference

Free tickets for students and junior researchers for the Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Conference in Brussels

 

 


 

 

Study day: Nationale en Stadsidentiteit

Organized by the study group Stedengeschiedenis with presentations by Tymen Peverelli, Enno Maessen and Karen Vannieuwenhuyze

 

 


 

 

4th Francophone Congress on Construction History

Call for abstracts: deadline 18 January 2020

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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Research managers
Inneke Baatsen
Claudio Coletta