How do people live (together) in a sustainable and liveable way in an urbanising environment? And how can this be supported, together with citizens, professionals, policy makers, teachers and students?
eCO-CITY investigates liveability and social justice in urban environments across six central themes: participatory arts, social-sportive work, co-creation and community building, public space, housing, and environmental justice. Our work centres on those most vulnerable to exclusion, and on developing the tools and methods to involve them in shaping their living environments.
In the spotlight
Research themes.
The research team harbours a broad range of expertise from different domains such as the arts, urban planning, humanities and social sciences. As a co-laboratory on urbanisation issues, eCO-CITY aspires to bring together social, cultural and spatial insights.
Contact.
If you have any questions or you would like to cooperate, please contact ecocity@hogent.be.
Our networks.
The researchers of eCO-CITY are pioneers in various international networks, including the U!REKA (urban research and knowledge association) partnership between several European universities of applied sciences, the Child in the City foundation, and the European SIMM platform (social impact of music making).