JPI Urban Europe

Winter Academy for the Sino-European projects
2025-11-26 09:00 - 2025-11-27 17:00 (Europe/Vienna)
By invitation only
26-27 November, University of Groningen
Winter Academy for the eight Sino-European projects funded by the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (JPI Urban Europe) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in the Sino-European call of the ERA-Net Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC) (EC grant 875022).
The event offers the PhD students and postdocs an opportunity for capacity building and networking. There will be lectures, strategic discussions and exchanges on impact, and learning from the projects’ research and experiences so far.
Registration
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Agenda
The program may be subject to change.
Wednesday 26 November 2025
09.00–09.30 Arrival & coffee/tea
09.30–09.45 Welcome & opening (organisers + host university)
09.45–10.00 Icebreaker/ Research bingo
10.00–11.00 PhD & Postdoc Presentations – Session 1
11.00 –11.15 Coffee/tea break
11.15–12.15 Lecture on stakeholder engagement by Belinda van der Gaag (Senior advisor Public Affairs NWO)
12.15–13.30 Lunch
13.30–14.30 Guest Lecture by prof.dr.ir. Jan Fransoo – Professor of Operations and Logistics Management at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management – room for questions afterwards
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee/tea break
14.45– 16.00 PhD & Postdoc Presentations – Session 2
16.00 – 16.30 Wrap-up Day 1
16.30 – 20.00 Drinks & Dinner

Thursday 27 November 2025
09.00–09.15 Arrival & coffee/tea
09.15–10.15 Guest Lecture by Franco Ruzzenenti – Director of Education of the Energy & Sustainability Institute Groningen
10.15–10.40 Coffee/tea break
10.40–12.30 Workshop – Interactive session – Revisiting Theory of Change
12.30–13.30 Lunch
13.30–14.30 Guest Lecture
15.15–15.30 Coffee/tea break
15.30 – 16.30 Guest Lecture
16.30 – 16.45 Plenary discussion – Lessons learned & recommendations
16.45 –17.00 Closing
