This summer school aims to address the sustainable city from an interdisciplinary perspective. We assess how the introduction of technology can transform contemporary cities towards more sustainability.

The focus is however not only technology-driven innovation but addresses also socio-economic and political issues, spatial planning and social justice, etc. All this is moreover put in historical perspective. 

In concrete terms, we focus on specific environmental issues such as water and air quality, mobility, the urban metabolism and resilience, and address them in interdisciplinary seminars in which specific types of new technology are discussed in the presence of sociologists, planners, economists, historians, etc.

The digital summer school's aim is for participants to interact with each other and engage with speakers from academic and professional backgrounds. There will be a variety of lectures and discussion sessions, which are designed in a way that everyone gets involved.

• 1st day - Infrastructure and mobility

• 2nd day - Water

• 3rd day - Air

• 4th day - Energy and Waste

• 5th day - Social Justice and Engagement: Commons Lab will talk about ‘Commons transition’, ‘Food (system)’ as commons, from the citizens perspective.

Link: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/summer-schools/the-sustainable-city/programme/content-description/