SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
International Summer School
URBAN TRANSITIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY
Rheims University, France, 22-26 June 2014
Organized Jointly by
IRCS
International Research Center on Sustainability
and
SENSE
Netherlands Research School for Socio-Economic and
Natural Sciences of the Environment
60% interactive courses / 40% tutorials / cultural program
This course is specifically designed for doctoral students, post-docs and young scholars who wish to further explore urban sustainability, discuss cutting-edge research with peers and established scholars alike and develop specific skills such as presenting their own research, developing abstracts and discussing the research of other scholars in the make.
Lecturers
Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin (CNRS, France) - Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School, USA) - Harini Nagendra (ATREE and Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India) - Rajendra Pachauri (TERI, India) - Antoine Picon (Harvard School of Design, USA) - Ignacy Sachs (EHESS, France) - Nikos Salingaros (UT San Antonio, USA) - Massimo Sargolini (University of Camerino, Italy) - Bernardo Secchi (IUAV, Italy) - François Mancebo (University of Reims, France)
Trainers
Graciela Schneier Madares (CNRS, France) - Matthijs Hisschemöller (IVM‐VU Amsterdam, Netherlands) - Eva Niesten (Utrecht University, Netherlands) - Jesús Rosales Carreón (Utrecht University, Netherlands) - Grimonie Bernardeau (SIABAVE, France) - Jon Marco Church (University of Reims, France)
Topics
Impact of smart grids - Urban metabolism - National and regional energy - GHG emission mitigation goals - Innovation systems - Sustainable urban water management - Citizen participation - Role of citizens and citizen groups - Grassroots movements - Conditions for sustainability transitions - Urban sprawl - Shrinking landscapes - Science, technology and cities
Disciplines
Urban Studies - Regional Planning - Geography - Sociology - Political Science - Economy - Environmental Sciences - Sustainability Science - any discipline related to cities and sustainability
Information
www.sustainability-studies.org/ircs-school
Contact
Inscriptions
If you are interested in attending, you must inscribe yourself as soon as possible. Inscriptions are on a first-come-first-serve basis. The deadline for inscriptions is 22 May 2014. Your enrolment will be confirmed upon receipt of your payment. If you have already pre-registered, please notice that you need to go through the inscription process and submit your payment in order for your participation to be confirmed. Inscriptions must be submitted on the following website:
http://colloques.univ-reims.fr/colloque/inscriptionEtape1.jsp?locale=en&semId=IRCS-14
