Chemins de transition: foresight for socio-ecological transition in Quebec
Speaker(s)
Description
Université de Montréal and Espace pour la Vie have joined forces to launch a major social innovation: Chemins de transition. This webinar presents the alliance's innovative approach.
Summary
Ecological upheavals are leading us towards a profoundly different society... To help Quebec achieve this societal transformation, the Université de Montréal and Espace pour la Vie have joined forces to launch a major social innovation: Chemins de transition. The knowledge of over a thousand experts, professionals and citizens has been mobilized using a new foresight method to address three major challenges (digital, food and territorial transitions) and to map out trajectories for profound transformation of the societal system - Chemins de transition, which provides an engaging and flexible framework for collective action.
Learning objectives
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Learn more about an innovative approach to mobilizing and transferring knowledge on socio-ecological transition.
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Better understand the role of foresight as a participatory method for exploring the future and strategic planning.
Franck Scherrer, alumnus of ENS Paris, PhD in urban planning (Institut d'urbanisme de Paris), is professor of urban planning at the Université de Montréal. He is a former director of the School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture and of the Institut Environnement - Développement Durable - Economie Circulaire (IEDDEC). His research focuses on urban infrastructure (water, transportation), metropolitan collective action, transitional urban planning and the circular economy. He is currently special advisor and associate vice-rector for research, discovery, creation and innovation at UdeM, where he directs the Chemins de transition initiative.
