Second summer school “Shaping urban environments for tomorrow” (6-12.04.2025, Slavsko)
The second summer school “Shaping urban environments for tomorrow” took place on April 6-12, 2025. The event was held within the framework of the project of the European Union Erasmus+ Program in the field of higher education capacity development “Unlocking the Transformative potential of Ukrainian Universities towards climate neutral and sustainable cities ” (UniCities). The summer school carried out on the Polytechnic-2 educational and recreational complex and was aimed at finding sustainable solutions for the development of recreational areas in the Carpathian region.
The second summer school was organized in cooperation with the following partner institutions: Royal Institute of Technology KTH (Sweden), Universidad Politechnica de Madrid, UPM (Spain), National Technical University of Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, NTUU KPI (Ukraine), Chernihiv National University of Technology, CNUT (Ukraine), Academician Yuriy Bugay International Scientific and Technical University, ISTU (Ukraine), Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, NLUU (Ukraine), Charitable Fund CANactions, All-Ukrainian Association of Local Government Authorities “Association of Ukrainian Cities”, Public union «Association of the engineers of stable energy technologies of Ukraine», Ukrainian Research Hydrometeorological Institute, UHMI.
More than 40 students, researchers, and experts joined the event.
During the event, the following speakers contributed to the lectures:
- Olga Kordas – Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) and Director of the Viable Cities;
- Vira Balabukh – Ukrainian researcher, PhD in Geography, and Head of the Department of Applied Meteorology and Climatology at the Ukrainian Research Hydrometeorological Institute;
- Maksym Kryvosheev – head of the Ukrainian Green Building Council (UGBC), a non-governmental organization part of the global network of the World Green Building Council (WGBC);
- Jaime Moreno – PhD candidate and associate professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). He has collaborated with itdUPM, Harvard University, and Viable Cities;
- Oksana Udovyk – researcher at the INGENIO Institute, a joint research center of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Institute;
- Siarhei Liubimau – Associate Professor and Lead in Laboratory of Critical Urbanism, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania).
- Oleksandr Pechenenko – architect, urban planner, specialist in the fi eld of integrated urban development and spatial planning, NGO ‘Centre for Community Cooperation and Development”.
- Olena Pitirimova – architect at Zotov&Co.
- Daryna Pyrogova – expert in strategic and spatial development of hromadas, head of NGO “U-Cycle”;
- Natalia Lazarenko – manager of the international activities of the Association of Ukrainian Cities.
The speakers focused on the following topics: urbanism, climatology, and sustainable development.
During the event, participants learned about modern approaches to sustainable rural development and practical tools for implementing innovations in local communities. In addition, 4 teams of students and lecturers presented their projects for sustainable development, adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change in the Carpathian region using the example of the village of Slavsko, deepening cooperation and integration between the university, educational and health camp, and the local community.
Prepared with the use of materials UniCities.