SUMMER SCHOOL 2020 - Bloxhub Summer School on Urban Resilience

BLOXHUB Summer School on Urban Resilience 2020

On-line – in the time of the COVID 19

We are resilient and we are on-line

Following challenge imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and relative constraints in our personal and professional lives, it will not be possible to realize the BLOXHUB Summer School on-site as originally planned.

At the same time, the relevance and the importance of this training course, as an opportunity to exchange experiences, discussing challenges and solutions among practitioners, policymakers and researchers is indeed relevant and needed.

Thereby with the Organizing Committee and the Expert Committee, representing all our partner organizations, resolved in adapting the training to the current circumstances and to hold the BLOXHUB Summer School on Urban Resilience on-line, addressing specifically the urban resilience challenges posed by the pandemic.

Here bellows some preliminary information regarding the new format, more details will be following in the next 2 weeks.

The Summer School will be held over one month in June with daily sessions twice a week.

Each daily session will consist of:

(1) Lecture sessions: 2.5 hours (accessible for general public)

two lectures back to back with Q&A

(2) Working sessions: 3 hours (for selected participants only)

For group discussion and group work on a specific problem-based challenge

Lectures will be coupled thematically, and each lecture will cover fully or partially issue of pandemics in relation to other issues within the framework of Urban resilience.

Participants will be working on problem-based challenge specifically related to pandemics: that may include interaction of pandemic with climate change related hazards, with systemic view (in terms of causes and effects) and multi-level approach within the frame of Urban Resilience.

Upon the conclusion of the training the participants will receive Certificate of Participation.

We expect from the participants a high level of commitment, due to very interactive mode of the training with intensive discussions, covering approximately 5-6 hours for daily sessions and possible additional time in between planned activities, for discussion and group work.

The deadline for the submission of application has been extended until the 20th April.

The participation fee is 300 EUR, with possibility for partial or full few waivers for the participants from the Global South.

Read & download the call for participation here