Louvain4Sufficiency Kick-off Event

Thursday, 12 March 2026

12:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Location Musée L - Auditorium du Monceau (3rd Floor) - Place des Science 3 - Louvain-la-Neuve

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An Interdisciplinary Network on Sufficiency in UCLouvain

Louvain4Sufficiency is pleased to invite you to the kick-off event of this new interdisciplinary network of UCLouvain.

Join us for an afternoon of inspiration, dialogue, and collective reflection on sufficiency as a cornerstone of societal transformation and scientific research.

Agenda

12h45 : Welcome with light lunch  

13h15-13h20 : Opening with a few words about the objectives of Louvain4 (Prof. Agnès Guiderdoni, Prorector Research)  

13h20-13h30 : Motivations for Louvain4Sufficiency (Prof. Francesco Contino, Prof. Sandy Tubeuf, Prof. Céline Romainville)  

13h30-14h00 : Keynote on sufficiency through the lens of the Doughnut Economy (Kate Raworth)  

14h00-14h30 : Doughnut Economy and sufficiency – open discussion   

14h30 - 15h00 : Coffee break and networking   

15h00-16h15 : Discussion tables ( Networking - Research questions and Action plan) 

Questions that will help initiate and structure the discussion: 

• Why am I in Louvain4Sufficiency? 
• How could sufficiency impact your discipline or research?
• What interdisciplinary links do you have in mind and would you be interested in building? 

16h15-16h30 : Closing 

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We look forward to welcoming you.