Een zeer interessant dagprogramma aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel waaraan het Masereelfonds graag ruchtbaarheid geeft. Onze gewezen voorzitster Gerlinda Swillen is één van de spreeksters.
Deze dag zal doorgaan in het Engels. Het programma wordt in het Engels weergegeven.
Programme:
9:00 – 10:00 Opening Speeches
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome words: Prof. dr. Caroline Pauwels (Rector of the VUB)
9:15 – 9:35 Opening speech
Higher Education for migrants and refugees by José-Lorenzo Valles (European Commission
| DG education, culture, youth and sport)
9:40 – 9:55 Opening speech
Missing out: refugee education in crisis by Frederik Smets (UNHCR)
10:00 – 12:15 YOUTH AT RISK
10:00 – 10:20 Research in action: give youth at social risk a voice
Field research in Bolivia and Molenbeek by Prof. Gerrit Loots (VUB), Prof. J. Christiaens (VUB)
and Tine Desmet (VUB)
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:20 Doing research in the margin with children and adolescents at social risk
Story 1: We can leave the street, but will the street leave us? Voices of youth in street situation
Story 2: Encounters with children and youth ex-combatants: build a relationship for research (Colombia) by Diego Flores Riveros (La Paz, Bolivia), Prof. Marcela Losantos Velasco (UCB San Pablo, Bolivia), Ana Maria Sinigui (Colombia) and Prof. Ricardo Delgado Cardona (Universidad de Caldas, Colombia)
11:20 – 11:30 Q&A
11:30 – 11:40 Status of children born of war – begot by ‘Enemies’ by Dr. Gerlinda Swillen
11:40 – 12:00 Interlude with Qotob Trio
12:00 – 13:00 Doctor Honoris Causa 2017 Award Ceremony by Dr. Emma Bonino
The people of the island of Lampedusa, represented by Dr. Pietro Bartolo
Music: Qotob Trio
MARCOM – VUB
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
Photo exhibitions – Humans of Syria (HOS / VUB) and War and Conflict (Teun Voeten)
14:30 – 15:10 VALUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
14:30 – 14:50 Keynote Speech
The University & the Future of Democracy by Rob Quinn (Executive Director | Scholars at Risk Network (USA))
14:50 – 15:10 Q&A
15:00 – 15:40 VUB EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON REFUGEES AND MIGRATION
15:10 – 15:20 From Welcome Refugee Project to InClusive AcadeMic Programme for University Students (InCAMPUS) by Marie Aurousseau (VUB)
15:20 – 15:35 Arabic classes for children in Brussels by Jacqueline Couder (VUB) and Sami Azar (VUB)
15:35 – 15:40 Performance by the pupils of the Arabic classes
15:40 – 16:05 Coffee break
16:05 – 16:15 ULB – Solidarity Fund Fellowship by Sue Black (ULB)
16:15 – 16:40 Panel Discussion
The view of different disciplines on higher education and refugees by:
Prof. Florian Trauner (VUB)
Prof. Ilke Adam (VUB) TBC
Prof. Kevin Smets (VUB)
Prof. Stefaan Smis (VUB)
Prof. J. Gutermuth (VUB)
16:40 – 16:50 Q&A
16:50 – 17:10 Closing remarks by Prof. dr. Sonja Snacken (Vice Rector International Policy (VUB))