
Symposium: KU Leuven Facing the Future – How to Increase Societal Impact?
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As a university and academic community, the KU Leuven plays a vital part in addressing complex societal challenges such as global warming and social injustice. Students, researchers and teachers from different disciplines and corners of academia all have important roles to fulfill in catalyzing social change, social innovation, societal impact.
But how can we further this agenda and increase the societal impact of our university? Should our university remain in its traditional role as center of knowledge creation and dissemination? Or should we engage in a multi-stakeholder dialogue that moves beyond academic confines and engages with the broader community?
Join the Symposium and discover how different stakeholders navigate this new reality of global challenges and step up to act as agents of change. Get inspired by stories from students, researchers and community actors, and find out how our candidate rectors view societal impact at the KU Leuven
PROGRAM:
17:00-17:15: Welcome
17:15-19:00: Parallel sessions
1. How to write a thesis with social engagement and impact? (Green Office Living Lab and Science Shop
2. Project results from the course Science and Sustainability: a socio-ecologic approach
3. Honours Programme Transdisciplinary Insights
19:00-19:15: Break
19:15-20:15: Plenary session “How can a university like KU Leuven increase its societal impact?”
19:15-20:15: Plenary session “How can a university like KU Leuven increase its societal impact?”
1. Inspirational examples of student projects
2. Keynote speakers & Q&A:
Aรฏssatou Baldรฉ – ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ตรฉ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญโ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต: ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด รฉ๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด
Nicol Keith – ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ (๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐จ๐ฐ๐ธ)
Sabine Denis- ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
Aรฏssatou Baldรฉ – ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ตรฉ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญโ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต: ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด รฉ๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด
Nicol Keith – ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ (๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐จ๐ฐ๐ธ)
Sabine Denis- ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
20:15-21:00: Debate with rector-candidates Prof. Luc Sels and Prof. Jan Tytgat
Learn more at the event webpage!