The Lyon Urban School (École Urbaine de Lyon) is designed as an experimental project headed up by the University of Lyon association of universities and higher education institutions (Communauté d’Universités et Établissements, or “COMUE”), involving public institutions (universities, schools and local authorities) and private entities (enterprises, associations, etc.) with the aim of transforming the relationship between education, research and action in order to face up to the major societal challenge posed by the convergence of problems linked to the generalization of global urbanization and those linked to global change (which we describe as the “entry into the Anthropocene”). The purpose of this experiment is to address the scientific and practical dilemmas this convergence presents. The Lyon-Saint-Etienne university site has high-quality, internationally renowned resources in this field. This school would be set up at the so-called “issuer” site (which would take the name of “urban issuer”) on the Lyon Tech-la Doua campus.

The Lyon Urban School will be organized around three main “factories”, supported by platforms and mobilizing all participants in the project. The three factories are: i. learning and training programs, to educate and spread good practices and new knowledge and techniques; ii. themed “studios” organized upon request; and iii. demonstrators. The platforms supporting the factories' activities will be: i. a digital platform harnessing the substantial know-how already in existence in the field at the Lyon Saint-Etienne site; ii. an exhibition and debate platform, for the production, creation, editing and sharing in new and original ways of all productions by the Lyon Urban School, and to present the problems being addressed and even resolved; and iii. an incubator for scientific and technical excellence, preparing promising “junior” teaching and research staff for international projects.

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