MOOCs 2021-2022

This MOOC addresses gender inequality and the social exclusion of women, children, elderly persons and persons with disabilities in urban contexts. Participants of this MOOC will explore how urban transport and infrastructure in open spaces produce inequalities and injustice and will gain a practical and critical perspective on this through lectures, case-studies and interviews.

This MOOC addresses the lack of safe, inclusive, and stimulating public spaces for children in Latin American (and beyond) urban contexts. Participants of this MOOC will explore, analyse and propose initiatives and strategies within their own urban context that focus on early childhood development and the question of how the city can become an “urban landscape of care”.

This MOOC addresses crime, violence and social conflicts that undermine urban safety and security globally, thereby engendering a regime of fear and widespread episodic disruptions of social and economic lives. Participants of this MOOC will gain a better understanding of the driving forces, nature and dynamics of urban social conflict (especially in developing societies undergoing rapid urbanisation) and build capacity in peacebuilding and conflict management.

This MOOC addresses the increasing vulnerability to natural hazards of coastal urban populations in Java due to the impact of climate change. Participants of this MOOC will critically address the emerging problems and their mainly top-down approach to CC adaptation. They will learn about solutions at the community level and how through the operationalization of “resilience from below”, citizens become “agents of change” and actively cultivate a climate change resilience culture.

This MOOC addresses the various dimensions of social exclusion in diverse urban contexts. Participants of this MOOC will explore the visible and invisible barriers to inclusion while advancing knowledge on built environment and universal design principles and practices.

This MOOC addresses the housing problems of Brazilian cities. Participants of this MOOC will get a better insight in the complex reality of life in vila communities and the challenges related to their upgrading. They will also delve into the practice of technical assistance in social housing projects.

This MOOC addresses the question of unbalanced and inequitable urbanisation in the Global South. Participants of this MOOC will delve into conceptual questions concerning gender inclusivity in cities and the relations between urban infrastructure and exclusionary practices. They will be confronted with voices and narratives that are often sidelined in the urban planning process and develop an intersectional understanding of urbanisation mechanisms and processes.