Welcome to The Urban Age? Opportunities and Limitations of The Global Urban Discourse

Welcome to The Urban Age? 

Opportunities and Limitations of The Global Urban Discourse

Speaker: 

Prof. Ben Derudder

2022 Ministry of Science and Technology High-end Foreign Experts Introduction Plan

Host:

Prof. CAO Zhan

Professor Ben Derudder is a tenured professor at the Faculty of Public Administration of the University of Leuven in Belgium, director of the Institute of Urban Studies of the University of Leuven, deputy director of the Globalization and World Urban Studies Network (GawC), and visiting professor at the Universities of Ghent and Toruń. He has long been a leading expert in the field of globalization, global cities, world city networks, and multi-center city development, and enjoys a high academic reputation. Professor Ben Derudder has led the theoretical construction and empirical research of the World City Network and the global city, presided over more than 20 scientific research funds at different levels of the United Nations, the European Union, the World Bank, and Flemish, and has published more than 200 related papers and 7 books, with a total of more than 15,000 citations (the field of Web of Science ranks among the top 1% in the world).

Time: October 14, 2022 (Friday), 19：00–20：35

Tencent Meeting ID: 242194118

https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/ftS9PWVTCVDu

Brief Introduction

In this lecture, Prof. Ben Derudder will review the narratives surrounding the discourse that the world is urbanizing. Although this is clearly the case, emphasizing the 'urban age risks losing sight of the multiple drivers, geographies, and realities of urbanization. Analytically, this is achieved by reviewing major urban definitions. Empirically, this is achieved by reviewing major patterns of urbanization. And conceptually, this is achieved by reviewing the main perspectives on how to compare urban experiences.