Workshop: “Urban research – beyond disciplinarity”



Date

21 April 2016



Location

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands



About the event

Many aspects of urban research are concerned with messy, complex or ‘wicked’ problems (i.e. problems which are difficult to manage or resolve because of a diversity of actors and interests involved, different perceptions of the problems, uncertainties of outcomes and consequences, etc.). Dealing with such complex problems makes urban research (and policy-making) a challenging endeavour. Over the last few years, research funding has increasingly advocated interdisciplinary research approaches and the co-creation of knowledge between academics, policy-makers and other stakeholders as important ways of addressing messy, complex or ‘wicked’ urban problems.



The aim of the workshop “Urban research – beyond disciplinarity” is to explore the use of interdisciplinary approaches and methods of knowledge co-creation in urban research. Speakers from research funding agencies, universities and governments with experience of these issues from across Europe will reflect on the notions of interdisciplinarity and co-creation in a variety of research programmes and projects. They will discuss how and why these notions are used, and how they are put into practice. Speakers will also consider the specific constraints and opportunities associated with research that involves interdisciplinarity and/or co-creation.



Registration

The attendance fee for this 1-day event is €95 per participant, including refreshments, lunch and closing reception. Registration is possible via http://goo.gl/yweSOc.

Participation by representatives of research funding agencies and members of COST Action TD1408 is free of charge. Please contact the workshop organiser for more information (see below).



More information

Eveline Vogels

Conference Office

Delft University of Technology

Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment

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Programme



0930-1000



Welcome and opening

Olivia Bina, University of Lisbon, chair of COST Action TD1408 – Interdisciplinarity in research programming and funding cycles (INTREPID)

Dominic Stead, Delft University of Technology, management committee member of COST Action TD1408





1000-1030



Keynote

Geert Teisman, Erasmus University Rotterdam, member of the SURF (Smart Urban Regions of the Future) programme committee and member of the management committee of COST Action TD1408





1030-1100



Coffee





1100-1200



Session 1: Perspectives from national research funding agencies

Risto Vilkko, Academy of Finland (AKA) – Interdisciplinarity and co-creation in Finnish research programming

Carolien Maas, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) – Interdisciplinarity and co-creation in the Smart Urban Regions of the Future (SURF) Research Programme





1215-1315



Lunch





1315-1445



Session 2: Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe

Arjan van Binsbergen, JPI Urban Europe – Experiences of promoting interdisciplinarity and co-creation in research programming

Federico Savini, University of Amsterdam – Experiences of interdisciplinarity and co-creation from the research community

Mirjana Milanovic, City of Amsterdam – Experiences of interdisciplinarity and co-creation from a stakeholder organization involved in a research project





1445-1515



Coffee break





1515-1645



Session 3: European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities

Hans Günther Schwarz, Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology – Experiences of interdisciplinarity and co-creation from the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities

Christof Schremmer, Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning – Experiences of interdisciplinarity and co-creation from the research community

Ronald van Warmerdam, City of Amsterdam – Experiences of interdisciplinarity and co-creation from a stakeholder organization leading a research project





1645-1730



Close and reception

















Dominic Stead

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