Parallel Session 1: Child poverty and educational environments
Facilitator: Prof. Carlo Fabian, Senior Researcher & Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
- Child poverty and education – Céline Royer-Pruvost
- Educational Landscapes in Vienna and Patterns of Exclusion – Korinna Lindinger
- Towards Equity: Green Schoolyards for all – Danielle Denk
Parallel Session 1 speakers bio’s and abstracts:
Céline Royer-Pruvost, Territorial officer at the City of Lille
The City of Lille is part of the European project Restore, which works on restorative practices. Its objective is to make school a safe place for learning, where all the people involved are encouraged to progress and to live well (“bien vivre” also means well-being) together, and to feel they belong to a community no…
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Danielle Denk, The Trust for Public Land
Underserved urban communities experience lower levels of health, educational opportunities, climate resiliency, and civic empowerment as a result of poverty, social disinvestment, and the inequitable distribution of resources. The Trust for Public Land is a US nonprofit with a mission to connect people to nature. Our vision is for every child in underserved urban communities…
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Korinna Lindinger, TU Wien, Centre of Sociology/Institute for Spatial Planning and Architecture
The Austrian education system is characterized by early selection and strong stratification. This has codified a social selection of children in public schooling, which becomes particularly effectual in urban places. The governance structures of schooling and city planning are typically hindering rather than stimulating cooperation between educational institutions. With the “Bildungsgrätzl” concept, the city of…
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