TOD-IS-RUR

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FOR INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL-URBAN REGIONS

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) - Innovative Training Network (ITN)

COUNTERING SPRAWL IN EUROPE: RURAL-URBAN PLACEMAKING AND MOBILITY

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TOD-IS-RUR in a nutshell

The Innovative Training Network (ITN) TOD-IS-RUR sets up an interdisciplinary, international and intersectoral network to make significant research contributions to the scientific and societal challenge of countering sprawl in Europe. The 9 Beneficiaries and 12 Partner Organizations create a unique platform for 10 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), providing cutting-edge training to analyze rural-urban place-making and develop novel, context-based planning schemes for rural-urban regions (RURs).

The network aims to extend the concept of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to RURs with a context-based approach, in which interactions between mobility and urbanization are studied in relation to social and environmental qualities.

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

NEWS

The registration for the International Symposium is now open!

Check the full program here.

You can register for the event via the follwing link.

Hope to see you in Paris!

Studio Antwerp - Amsterdam

We just finished a fantastic program for the Studio Antwerp/Amsterdam hosted by our network members based in the University of Antwerp and University of Amsterdam. It was a full week of research/practice dialogues on TOD, academic lectures for our early stage researchers, collaborative 'serious' games, case study visits in the Belgian and Dutch contexts on how mobility/development is practiced or envisioned, immersion in a Dutch rural village, and tour/presentations from local municipal planners who shared their opportunities and challenges when it came to planning around and for mobility.

Congratulations professor Bertolini!

So proud! And well deserved! In recognition of his expertise in urban planning, Professor Luca Bertolini received the Honorary degree in Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp.

Workshop Sweden

The Sweden Micro Workshop which was jointly hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences was concluded with such succes! In the packed two-day program, we had guests joining us to talk about themes on policy mobilities, the case of Knivsta, and policy/report writing: speakers from non-academic partners WSP i Sverige, IQ Samhällsbyggnad and Knivsta Kommun, as well as TOD-IS-RUR Network's scientific advisor Nik Luka from McGill University!

The Framework Paper is published!

This Framework Paper presents both the interdisciplinarity of the TOD-IS-RUR research network, and the multiple angles through which we as a group critically engage with the TOD concept. Written as a series of playful dialogues, the paper attempts to maintain an open debate on transport and land use planning that goes beyond discourses of technical problems and expert solutions and comes closer to concerns of people’s daily lives.

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

PAST EVENTS

Past events
TOD online seminar by the European Passengers' Federation

The seminar will focus on the following topics:

  • Passenger needs and characteristics that influence mobility choices and behavior, as well as considerations for developing user-centric mobility solutions;

  • Drivers for successful shared mobility solutions in rural-urban areas;

  • An example of a solution in Belgium that aims to facilitate multi-modal journeys, also including the role of the pedestrian;

  • Key policy topics and themes that aim to contribute to an inclusive transport system in Europe, as well as how to move forward.

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Oct 11
TOD Workshop Eindhoven
TOD Studio Amsterdam-Antwerp
Jun 5
TOD Studio Amsterdam-Antwerp
Workshop MICRO Sweden
Feb 14
Workshop MICRO Sweden
TOD Studio Lausanne
Sep 5
TOD Studio Lausanne
TOD-IS-RUR interactive lecture by Dr. Cecilia Silva
Jun 30
TOD-IS-RUR interactive lecture by Dr. Cecilia Silva
Workshop MACRO Berlin
Jun 9
Workshop MACRO Berlin
TOD Studio Paris: Metropolis inside/out
Apr 19
TOD Studio Paris: Metropolis inside/out
Mid-term check 2022
Mar 21
Mid-term check 2022
TOD-IS-RUR network wide training week "Research design"
Jan 31
TOD-IS-RUR network wide training week "Research design"
 

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