What makes a good student city?
18th May 15.00 CEST
Nestled in the heart of Estonia, Tartu stands as the capital of the country’s student life. The city has long been known for its numerous universities, each contributing to the unique tapestry of the “Tartu spirit” carried forth by its student populace.
In another corner of Europe, Chemnitz in Germany is the home to the technological university.
But a student city is more than just its inhabitants where the academic life, job opportunities, urban design and much more make up a complex ecosystem.
With the discussion we delve deeper into the issues involved in developing two different student cities and find new ideas for innovation from each other.
Discussion questions
- What are the components of a student city?
- How can a city facilitate student life and the well-being of students (and how does it also support the city itself)?
- How to support community-organizational activities of students in the city?
- How can urban space support student community activities?
- And your questions!
Speakers
Doris
Poolamets
Head of Estonian Medial Students’ Association
Elo
Kiivet
Vice Mayor of Tartu City
Andreas
Bischof
Junior Professor of Sociology
TU Chemnitz
Natalie
Bleyl
Citizen & Culture Worker in Chemnitz
Arnold Rein
Tatunts
Facilitator of the discussion
And more speakers to be announced!
Discuss along
Our pan-European discussion encourages discovering new and different perspectives so your experiences and ideas are waited on the discussion stage! Be ready to share your thoughts with people from Estonia and Germany!
Hyperlocal discussion format
We want to break out of the usual virtual event mindset and create a truly immersive pan-European discussion experience. The new hyperlocal discussion format connects different views of citizens from Chemnitz and Tartu to a joint discussion room. Video and sound seamlessly link multiple festival hubs, allowing you to engage in pan-European dialogue from your own city.
To participate at HEDF you need to physically come to a physical room, but in that room you'll be digitally engaging with people in other countries who are also physically attending the festival.OLE ROHKEM.
The organiser of the discussion is OLE ROHKEM. (BE MORE.) student movement in Tartu.