Transdisciplinary research seminar - The experience of the Metrolab Brussels

The experience of the Metrolab Brussels project

with Louise Carlier (UClouvain), Geoffrey Grulois (ULB) et Mathieu Berger (UCLouvain)

UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles - Salle P61 - rue du Marais 119 - Brussels

The aim of the Transdisciplinary Research Seminar is to develop a better understanding of the ethical, epistemological, methodological, practical and institutional issues involved in transdisciplinary research, based on a cross-analysis of the experiences of various UCLouvain research teams.

This seminar is aimed at all UCLouvain scientists who wish to share, deepen and consolidate their transdisciplinary research practices. Three times a year, a research team will invite participants to discover and discuss their research work in situ. Once a year, as part of the Conference on Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research for sustainable development, international experts will bring an outside perspective to our discussions.

At the agenda of the 31 octobre 2024 session

For this first session of the seminar, we'll be taking stock of the transdisciplinary research practices involved in the Metrolab Brussels project between 2015 and 2023.

In a first presentation, Louise Carlier (sociologist, UCLouvain) and Geoffrey Grulois (architect-urban planner, ULB) will outline the work carried out by Metrolab around issues of urban inclusion and social infrastructure in Brussels' Quartier Nord. Then, Mathieu Berger (sociologist, UCLouvain) will discuss some limits and ambiguities of the "urban living lab" approach, and the epistemological issues raised by inter- and transdisciplinary communication in a project like Metrolab. These two presentations will help to raise more general questions, which will be discussed in the third part of the morning.

Where:

UCLouvain Saint-Louis-Bruxelles, Local P61, rue du Marais 119, entrance parking, Building Prefecture, 6th floor

References :

First part

• Berger M., B. Moritz, L. Carlier, M. Ranzato (Eds.), 2018, Designing Urban Inclusion, Bruxelles, Metrolab Series.
• Berger M., G. Grulois, B. Moritz, S. Van Hollebeke (Eds.), 2021, La Fabrique de l’infrastructure sociale. Vol. 1 : Défis contemporains dans la ville post-covid, Bruxelles, Metrolab Logbooks.
• Carlier L., G. Grulois, B. Moritz, P. Varloteaux, 2022, La Fabrique de l’infrastructure sociale. Vol. 2 : Regard historique sur les modèles et outils de l’urbanisme de proximité bruxellois, Bruxelles, Metrolab Logbooks.
• Carlier L., G. Grulois, M. Berger, R. Cornejo, P. Varloteaux, 2024 (à paraître), La Fabrique de l’infrastructure sociale. Vol. 3 : De la destruction à la marginalité des lieux de vie sociale à Bruxelles-Nord, Bruxelles, Metrolab Logbooks.

Second part

• Berger M., 2020, « Ecologie des savoirs urbains. Epreuves de la recherche-action au Metrolab Brussels », Pragmata, 3, p.433-488.
• Berger M. & L. Carlier, 2022, « Une critique pragmatiste de l’expérimentation. De l’urban living lab à la communauté d’enquête sociale », Pragmata, 5, p.94-161.