Abstract session 3 - Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Workshop

Urban transition: Windows of opportunity for an improved science-policy interface

Session : Thursday, 19 October 13:15-15:15

Room: SPACE 2

Moderator: Judith Borsboom-van Beurden, Senior Researcher Smart Sustainable Cities, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, NTNU

Agenda:

13.15-13.30     Why do we need an improved science-policy interface in urban sustainability transitions?Judith Borsboom, NTNU and Urban Europe Research Alliance

13.30-13.40     Analysis of the implementation of green roof technology in the residential building sector of Cyprus

Isodoros Ziogou, Cyprus University of Technology

13.40-13:50     Towards a sustainable Trondheim

Chin-Yu Lee, Trondheim Kommune

13.50-14.00     Instructions workshop

14.00-14.30     Interactive round 1, reporting by different groups

14.30-15.00     Interactive round 2, reporting by different groups

15.00-15.15     Wrap-up: prioritisation, synthesis and next steps

Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) is one of the key initiatives of JPI Urban Europe. It connects nearly a hundred knowledge institutes and research organisations across Europe with a specific focus on urban challenges. Smart and sustainable cities are at the heart of this research. 

The NTNU Sustainability Science Conference focuses on transition to sustainable systems. To reach the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, environmental and social – must be considered holistically. The conference is a platform to share evidence-based research for sustainable decision-making.

Currently, many cities are experimenting in pilot projects and living labs with methods and technologies bringing about urban sustainability. For example electrification of urban transport, deep energy-efficient renovation of neighbourhoods, and closing local resource cycles. However, it is a big challenge for urban stakeholders to come from this urban acupuncture to real urban transition.   What are the barriers preventing this transition? How can science help to achieve a breakthrough, for example by helping to identify the most promising options and assess their broad impact on environment and sustainability? How can the interface between science and policy be improved in order to foster upscaling and replication, and to deliver the desired transition of urban areas?

As part of NTNU’s Sustainability Science Conference, a special session is organised by Urban Europe Research Alliance on the topic of urban transition and the windows of opportunity for an improved science-policy interface. Isidoros Ziogou and Theodoros Zachariadis will present their abstract, “Analysis of the implementation of green roof technology in the residential building sector of Cyprus.”

The session will also brainstorm on different aspects of the urban transition and translate these into first ideas for a COST Action, bringing together European researchers with a key interest in urban transition towards smart and sustainable cities. Fostering of such networks can help to build a better evidence base for policy makers but also prepare the ground for new research proposals and operationalisation of JPI Urban Europe’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

Abstract session 4 – Sensor-based solutions

*All presenters should bring their presentation on a USB stick to the presentation room 10 minutes before the scheduled session start*

When: Friday, 20 October 09:00-10:30
Room: SPACE 3
Moderator: John Krogstie, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, NTNU