{"id":6756,"date":"2025-09-25T11:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/nieuws\/the-city-as-a-laboratory-erik-de-bom-on-the-ucsia-solidarity-academy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:57:10","slug":"the-city-as-a-laboratory-erik-de-bom-on-the-ucsia-solidarity-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/nieuws\/the-city-as-a-laboratory-erik-de-bom-on-the-ucsia-solidarity-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"The city as a laboratory: Erik De Bom on the UCSIA Solidarity Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6756\" class=\"elementor elementor-6756 elementor-6746\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197d30f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"197d30f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d23ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d23ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the annual UCSIA Winter School \u201cEuropean Solidarity in the Making\u201d, students, academics, civil society organisations and policymakers meet and work together.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55d014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a55d014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/projects\/ucsia-winter-school\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\"><path d=\"m5.652 12.293 1.414 1.414L13.773 7 7.066.293 5.652 1.707 9.945 6H.359v2h9.586l-4.293 4.293Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more on the UCSIA Winter School<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3017556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3017556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition, UCSIA is one of the driving forces behind the <em>service-learning<\/em> educational approach in Flanders and Europe. 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