How is Participatory Research coping with the functioning of public administrations?
Participatory research between researchers and citizens is growing and tackling societal problems from new angles. It generates social innovations that, sooner or later, require the integration of public authorities into the the discussion. To ensure that this happens smoothly, respecting the different parties, their positionality, and their respective interests, several elements must be considered.
Join our first TTT session to discuss past project takeaways - analysing lessons learned from previous good and more tricky experiences to try to improve our future projects.
Event Program:
15:30 - Doors Open and Tea infuse
16:00 - OpenLab Welcome & Introduction
16:05 - Guests Speakers contributions:
Simon De Muynck (Centre d'Ecologie Urbaine ASBl) &
Benjamin Wayens (ULB)
16:30 - Discussion (moderated by Robin Lebrun, ULB)
17:15 - Concluding remarks
Guest speakers bios:
Simon De Muynck is a researcher and coordinator at the Centre for Urban Ecology asbl. He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB-IGEAT). Simon De Muynck has worked on various projects related to urban ecology, action research, and popular education. He has been involved in initiatives on climate, transition, soil, urban horticulture, and organic waste management in Brussels.
Benjamin Wayens is coordinator of the interdisciplinary network for Brussels studies (EBxl) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is responsible for internships, field trips, and academic supervision of the Master's in Urban Studies at ULB. Benjamin Wayens is also the moderator of BrOOC, the Brussels Open Online Course, which is freely available to everyone but also part of the first year of the Master's in Urban Studies. His research is very eclectic, but he has developed in-depth expertise in quantitative urban observation and analysis of the location logic of activities, particularly for the distribution sector and educational infrastructures. He has contributed to or supervised a number of citizen science projects and is currently exploring the issues involved in linking citizen science with more traditional research practices on the one hand, and with the decision-making sphere on the other.
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