Planetary boundaries and complex risks: Interdisciplinary perspectives
The first edition of this series of conferences was held at the ULB on Tuesday 2 December 2025. It brought together researchers from various universities with over a hundred attendees.
Following an introduction by Luc Bas (Director of CERAC) and Pierre Coheur (Vice-Rector at ULB), discussions continued throughout the day, with a final summary led by PhD students to draw connections between the various panels.
Beyond the presentations, the day was above all an opportunity for networking and discussion, facilitated by the diversity of the participants, ranging from academia, public administration and civil society, and by exchanges that transcended language barriers.
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With contributions from:
- Kris Verheyen (UGhent) : « Towards climate-resilient forests through transdisciplinary collaboration between science and practice. »
- Marie Pairon (UMons) : « Soil-sensitive insights into land-system change: vulnerability and ecosystem service losses under artificialisation in Wallonia. »
- Anne Bergmans (UAntwerp) : « The paralysing effect on (climate) resilience of a risk-based approach. »
- Eva Beele (KULeuven) : « Urban green space as a buffer against urban heat: exploring thermal and health-related benefits of green composition and configuration. »
- Maria Lusia Lode (VUB) : « Assessing Justice in Low-Carbon Transitions through Deliberation and Stakeholder-Based Impact Scoring: Insights from Five European Case Studies. »
- Elisa Minsart (UNamur) : « Facing the Planetary Climate Boundary: Potentials and Limits of Citizens’ Assemblies in Climate Governance. »
- Valérie Swaen (UCL) : « Marketing as a Driver of Sustainable Change. »
- Kim Hendrickx (ULiège) : « What’s in a trace? »
- Aurore Fransolet (ULB) : « Building Social - Ecological Protection for a Just Transition. »
- Tim Nawrot (UHasselt) : « The exposome in the Anthropocene. »
The event concluded with a round-up discussion featuring three PhD students from the ULB: Jetnis Avdijaj (AtM), Emy Scheer (SonyA), Juliette Van Ypersele (Centre de droit public et social ).
