The MA Students in Social Science and humanities are invited to apply to the blended intensive programme “Co-creating Urban Futures”, organized within CIVIS between 17 October 2022 and 13 January 2023.
This course will be running from October 2022 to January 2023. It consists of a series of online roundtables (October- December) and a dynamic, collaborative Online Learning Hub to facilitate exchange and document the results of the course. The main on-site learning course is envisioned to take place from 23 to 27 November in Brussels. Moreover, an Online Forum will be hosted on the Hub for student and staff collaboration and exchange throughout the project.
This course is open to Master’s students at CIVIS member universities, with a Bachelor’s qualification in a related field e.g. urban studies, urban design, architecture, geography, sociology, or political science. A B2 level of English is required.
Interested students should apply by filling in the online application form by 20 September 2022.
The programme starts from the premise that cities have a significant role to play in advancing democracy and citizenship. In an urban world, cities are both home and local political context for most people. As centres of social life, economy and resource use, cities are also key sites for dealing with global challenges like climate change. Citizen “co-creation” is an important means of opening-up multi-directional, horizontal dialogues and decision-making processes between government and civil society. But it necessitates experimentation and institutional change, which can be difficult for local governments because of rigid structures and a lack of resources. There are also concerns over the extent to which citizens can genuinely influence the government. Hence critical engagement with local concepts and practices of ‘co-creation’ is necessary to identify challenges and ways forward.
More details regarding the application process, programme, ECTS and assessment are available here.
This CIVIS course is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): a new format of Erasmus+ mobility which combines online teaching with a short trip to another campus to learn alongside students and professors across Europe. Click here to learn more about CIVIS BIPs. The catalogue of these CIVIS courses can be accessed here.
More information about CIVIS – A European Civic University is available here.
