Shifting Grounds: Agents of Change for Just Transition

Start: 02 Oct 2025 11:30
End: 02 Oct 2025 13:00
C5-Room 5
Region Nature Local Development
Event Type
Discussion
Mode
Minds-On
Flow
How is it possible to have a resilient city?

Event Description

This session explores transformative possibilities through the lens of change agents, emphasizing adaptive, and collective approaches to just transitions. Drawing on experiences from often overlooked regions—such as post-industrial zones, rural-metropolitan edges, and contested or post-conflict areas—it highlights how civic actors and institutions create new ecological and cultural pathways.

Moderators

Antonella Contin

Assoc. Prof., Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Speakers

Rafael H Forero H

Policy, Governance and Metropolitan Expert, UN-Habitat

Stephanie Loose

Country Programme Manager, UN-Habitat Afghanistan

Fioralba Vela

Assoc. Prof., Head of Business Department, University of Vlora Ismail Qemali

Dicheng Yang

Researcher, Politecnico di Milano

Eda Yücesoy

Assoc. Prof., Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University

Murat Güvenç

Prof., Chair, İlhan Tekeli Foundation for Urbanism Culture

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