Learning Cities 2030

Finnish Professor of the Year 2022 - PASCAL Associate, Professor Jari Stenvall

We are delighted to report that The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen our friend and colleague professor Jari Stenvall, who is a professor of administrative science at Tampere University and a PASCAL Associate, as the Professor of the Year 2022. The nomination was announced at the Union’s Communicatio Academica event on Thursday, January 13, 2022, in Turku. The award amount of the Professor of the Year is €20,000. 

Save the Date! Urban-Rural Linkage Webinar in preparation of the 9th Session of the Africities Summit on 21st January 3-4:45pm EAT

Jan 21 2022 15:00
Jan 21 2022 16:45
Africa/Nairobi
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
Nairobi
Kenya  Kenya

UN-Habitat and UCLGA are undertaking a series of dialogue on the issue of URL towards Africities summit, that will bring together more than 5000 representatives of local governments in Kisumu in May 2022. The overall purpose of the dialogue is to review policies and institutional frameworks supporting the integration of rural and urban continuum and its impact to establishing the foundation for local economic development and its’ ability to connect markets and systems of cities.

Cities & Education 2030_IIEP latest publications

I am glad to share with you IIEP’s Policy brief on the research conducted by IIEP and partners on cities in France, as well as the survey implemented by IIEP, UIL and the Global Network of Learning cities.

Virtual Conversation - Making A Difference: Adapting Impact Measurement - 23 November 2021; 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm (Indian Time)

Nov 29 2021 16:00
Nov 29 2021 18:00
Asia/Calcutta
*** ONLINE SAMVAD ***
PRIA International Academy (PIA)
New Delhi
India  India

Impact means different things to different people. Donors, governments, non-profits, and communities often have different views on how to define the impact of a development intervention. A development intervention has different impacts on collaborating stakeholders, even if those are not tracked or measured. Most efforts at measuring impacts tend to ‘blur’ it with project evaluation. There is an emerging concurrence that the impact measurement is different from the evaluation.

17th International Conference on Knowledge Management 2022 “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale”

Mar 10 2021
Mar 11 2021
Europe/Berlin
University of Applied Sciences
Potsdam
Germany  Germany

The International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) will be hosting the 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management 2022 “Knowledge, Uncertainty and Risks: From individual to global scale” on March 10-11, 2022 at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany.

Potsdam is a science city, a UNESCO Creative City as well as a recently nominated Smart City under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. How can we bring these concepts together for the transformation towards a liveable future?

Webinar: Healthy ageing in the UK and EU

Nov 22 2021 13:00
Nov 22 2021 14:30
Europe/London
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
International Longevity Centre UK
Vintage House
United Kingdom  United Kingdom

Here is a virtual discussion by leading speakers from the UK and Europe on Monday 22 November (1-2.30pm GMT).  Crucial to supporting ageing populations through city to national policy and practice, this webinar brings forward the most recent studies that can influence forward planning.

PIMA Bulletin No 39, November 2021 | Climate Justice and Adult Learning and Education (ALE)

How do we, adult educators, scholars, activists, play, engage, inhabit ‘climate justice’ – its theory and practice? What roles can we play to mitigate and adapt to the dramatic, anticipated environmental changes? It’s a vast, complex landscape which requires collective insights, imagination, and action. Solving the climate crisis affects all aspects of society. Therefore, our own education as adult educators, scholars and activists is essential.

Presentation by PASCAL Director Mike Osborne at the 5th International Conference on Learning Cities

A report entitled, Learning for global health in cities community resilience and the strengthening of learning cities, was written by SHLC team members Mike Osborne, Yulia Nesterova and Ramjee Bhandari as a background paper for UNESCO’s 5th International Conference on Learning Cities held in Yoensu, Republic of Korea from 27-30 October 2021.

In his presentation to the conference within the strand, Strengthening community resilience and the resilience of local learning systems, Mike Osborne summarised the key issues that emerged in the course of analysing responses from an analysis of 25 cases of city responses to COVID-19 through an educational lens.

Meeting of the Alliance of Asia-Pacific Learning Cities, Joensu, 26th October 2021

In conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Learning Cities in Yeon-su, Republic of Korea, we were very pleased to hold a meeting of the Alliance of Asia-Pacific Learning Cities on 26th October 2021.

PASCAL International Observatory Discussion Movie

Swansea University on behalf of the PASCAL Observatory is pleased to present to our subscribers a new video related to our work within the Learning Cities Networks (LCN): Reimagining Inclusive Economic Futures.The video includes many exciting contributions from members of our network and beyond.

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