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| SPOL2241-1 | Urban Policy
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Catherine Zwetkoff |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| The objective of the first part of this course is to study the entire decision-making process activated by an urban project. New constraints of the decision-making process will be presented as will a logical process for the decision-making process that combines the frameworks of strategic management and of deliberative governance.
The second part is devoted to the issue of urban governance, framed by the requirements of sustainable development and the sustainable city. The emphasis is on strategic management of the decision-making process through key actions and use of participatory tools, the analytical presentation of which is designed as one of the resources students can use in their professional lives.
A third part, more exploratory, focuses on the Living Law (LL) formula and its potential use in the urban domain.
The LLs are structures whose objective is to facilitate open innovation by focusing on the user. In Europe, they already exist in many fields, like health, information and communication technology (ICT), urbanism or social inclusion. In practice, they make up a creative environment where professionals rely on a group of strongly inclusive and interactive methodologies (see part 2) to integrate the user in an approach that combines innovation and co-conception of products or services.
Currently, there are no LLs in Walloon Region in any of the above-mentioned domains. The formula is nonetheless, sustained by European research programmes and generates the interest of the public authorities in Walloon Region.
This part of the course is designed as an experiment in setting up a research project action on the application of the LL formula to an urban project involving technological innovation in Liège.
The students will work together on the different stages of setting up a project. One or two students, depending on the number of registered students, will be responsible of a step and will be evaluated on its completion.
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- What is an LL? In which context is it found?
- What are the success stories (abroad)?
- Which public players in Liège would support action research into the implementation of a Living Lab?
- For what type of project (digital service, cultural and sports offerings, etc.)?
- What will this action research comprise? What will be the steps and the expected outputs ? |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Build a research/study project in an innovative field. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Apply methods like the semi-directive meetings, focus group and possibly the Delphi technique in its digital version (Mesydel). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The courses are given in the form of lectures on the one hand and participative and personal (collective work) on the other. Arrangements can be made for students doing their traineeships. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The reading list is given to the students. All the articles can be downloaded or are available for photocopying.
The full course notes are available (for download). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Individual work assessed based on an in-class oral presentation and on a written report of about 15 pages to be submitted by 15 June.
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Contacts :
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| Catherine Zwetkoff, bureau R 81, czwetkoff@ulg.ac.be
Phone : 043663012 - 042533793. |
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