Friday 22 May 2026
Klooster van de Grauwzusters, City Campus, University of Antwerp
Programme
Morning session – public session
- 10.00-10.15 Welcome and introduction
- 10.15-10.45 Keynote speech: Rethinking the urban university in the context of global urbanisation
- Jean-Paul Addie, USI visiting scholar, and associate professor of urban studies, Georgia State University
- Jean-Paul Addie, USI visiting scholar, and associate professor of urban studies, Georgia State University
- 10.45-11.00 Questions
- 11:00-12:00 Panel discussion on varying and changing relationships between the university and the city
- Moderated by Stijn Oosterlycnk, full professor in urban sociology, University of Antwerp
- Panelists: Ross Beveridge, USI visiting scholar and senior lecturer in urban studies, University of Glasgow; Ben De Rudder, director of KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute and professor at KU Leuven's Public Governance Institute; Josefien van Olmen, associate research professor in primary and interdisciplinary care, University of Antwerp; TBC
- 12.00-13.30 Networking lunch
Afternoon session – for USI members and colleagues
- 13:30-13:45 Introduction to parallel brainstorm sessions
- 13:45-15:30 Parallel brainstorm sessions:
- Session 1: Making the urban circular economy a reality
- Moderated by Wouter Van Dooren, professor of public governance, University of Antwerp
- Session 2: Exploring urban health inequalities
- Moderated by TBC
- Session 1: Making the urban circular economy a reality
- ​15:30-16:00 Wrap up and closing