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Closing Plenary - Transformation and Grounds for Hope, Thursday, 02 July 2026, 11h

Global development thinking in times of climate change relates to shifts in patterns of production but also to shifts in modes of living and ways of being more generally, which invites to take a renewed look the value of knowledges that propose alternative ways of living in/with nature. 

Speaker:

Bila Isia Inogwabini - Université Catholique du Congo, CG

Discussants:

Nicola Banks - University of Manchester, UK
Sebastiaan Mathot - University of Groningen, NL

Moderator:

Rector Herwig Leirs - University of Antwerp, BE

Supported by FWO - The Research Foundation Flanders

Supported by VLIRUOS - The Operational Agency of the Flemish Rectors’ Conference