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Creating Eco-Societies through Urban Commons Transitions (Brussels)
IHECS Rue de l'Etuve 58-60, Brussels, BelgiumContext: Towards socio-ecological societies Cities are becoming a new and hopeful transnational governance level. They are organising themselves in a whole tissue of networks (Fearless Cities, Fabcities, etc.), working together in domains like climate policy, renewable energy and urban economy. At the same time, citizens are developing a whole range of urban commons, based on co-operation and […]
“Expulsions” author Saskia Sassen to participate in a debate in Brussels
IHECS Rue de l'Etuve 58-60, Brussels, BelgiumSaskia Sassen is professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York. She is an expert on transnational migrations flows and a reference on globalisation. Her books have been translated into 12 languages and she is a member of the Club of Rome. Her criticism of growing inequality has earned her the label of the […]