Teachers

Friso van Houdt (Erasmus University College)

Almar Bok & Zina Burgers (Brûs Education)

Marie van der Gaag (Erasmus Honours Academy)

Peter Scholten (Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences)

Karen Maas (Impact Centre Erasmus)

Els Leclerq (TUDelft)

Nini Gotoshia (Grand Challenges alumna)

Email:
zina@brusemail.com
almar@brusemail.com

You can reach me via WhatsApp or email: 94087ngo@eur.nl / grandchallenges@eur.nl

This session takes a social and political lens on Rotterdam as an example of post-industrial city in transition. It starts with a city tour in Rotterdam that zooms in on how urban life has been transformed and regenerated over recent centuries. Subsequently, a seminar will zoom in on some of the urban transitions that you have witnessed during the tour, including transitions in the social structure of the city (inequalities, gap between north and south, post-industrialism) as well as transitions in the composition of the city population (Superdiversity, mobility to and from the city, international entrepreneurship). Based on the seminar, groups of students will subsequently be asked to engage with citizens and communities in the city to get a better understanding of urban transitions; how can we contribute a regeneration of urban life in the postindustrial and superdiverse urban context of the city today? Following methods of engaged research, students will co-create innovative approaches to urban transitions, which can feed in the students' teach-ins. After this session, students will have acquired a deeper understanding of how and why Rotterdam has changed over time, and how this contributes to our understanding of broader urban transitions from a social sustainability lens.


Thursday 1 February:
18:00 Short Introduction (at EUC): Transitions and urban life from a social sustainability lens; Rotterdam from industrial pasts to superdiverse futures.
18:45 City Tour: Start point EUC
21:00 End city Tour

Donderdag 7 Maart:
18:00 Opening
18:15 Short reflections from city tour
18:30 Lecture; Rotterdam from industrial pasts to superdiverse futures
20:00 Engaged research as a method for unlocking Rotterdam’s futures
21:00 End: students have formed groups for their engaged research assignment

Donderdag 28 Maart
18:00 Opening
18:15 Group presentations on engaged research assignment
20:00 Plenary reflection, and selection of 2 or 3 strategies for Rotterdam’s future

Transitions and urban life from a social sustainability lens; Rotterdam from industrial pasts to superdiverse futures
Prof. dr. P.W.A. (Peter) Scholten / Professor in the Governance of Migration & Diversity

In the sessions we will discuss the role of Business in Society. With the increasing interest in sustainability, society increasingly expects organizations to take accountability for their social, environmental and economic impacts on society. In result, profit-oriented organizations as well as social-oriented organizations both aim for a mix of social and financial value creation. This so-called hybridization movement is expected to result in integrated value creation contributing to solve societal problems. Hybrid organizations can be found in many forms, ranging from governmental organization, to societal organization and market related organizations. In the session we focus on (social) enterprises. Entrepreneurs are able to change the world if they focus on multiple, integrated value, taking financial, environmental and social value into account. During two sessions we will dive deeper into the ambitions and the challenges of these enterprises, the need for stakeholder involvement and the purpose of using a theory of change.


Thursday 8 February:
18:00 Short Introduction (at EUC): The role of business in society
19:00 Walking/Cycling to Blue City
19:30 FuckUp Night Blue City
21:30 End symposium

Thursday 4 April:
18:00 Opening
18:15 Short reflections on the FuckUp Night and assignments handed in
18:30 Lecture; from Purpose to Impact
19:30 Workshop + presentations
21:00 Closure of the session

The role of Business in Society
Prof. dr. K.E.H. (Karen) Maas/ Professor of Accounting and Sustainability

Key words: societal impact, citizen’s empowerment, system change through multiple value creation
Key question: how can students play a positive role in enhancing the liveability of the University Campus in connection to its surrounding neighborhoods?

Session 1: Introduction
Part 1: Lecture Governance beyond Participation – how can citizens exercise their Right to the City?
- Theoretical background on citizen’s participation, value creation, alternative citymaking models that do include ecological and social values, from individual prosperity to collective wellbeing
- Short introduction to Value Flower impact education & the role of the academic in transdisciplinary research
- Introduction to the case Kralingen aan de Maas
Part 2: Group work
- Defining shared values and urgencies


Session 2: Stakeholders & futures
Part 1: Meeting the stakeholders: inviting member of Wijkraad Kralingen and EUR real Estate to hear their perspectives
Part 2: Mapping other relevant stakeholders & thinking of alternative futures


Session 3: Designing interventions: recommendations to Kralingen aan de Maas
Part 1: Introduction to interventions + including examples / Designing interventions based on research session 1 + 2
Part 2: Presentation and discussion

Enhancing city life through exercising the Right to the City
Dr.ir. Els Leclercq / urban designer lecturer, researcher and teacher