Oman Work­shop from Novem­ber 23 to 29, 2025

From Novem­ber 23 to 29, 2025, a work­shop focused on inter­cul­tural exchange took place in Oman as part of our pro­jekt. The event was hosted by the Sci­en­tific Col­lege of Design (SCD) in Mus­cat. Eight stu­dents from the Bauhaus-Uni­ver­sität Weimar and six stu­dents from Notre Dame Uni­ver­sity-Louaize (Lebanon) par­tic­i­pated, accom­pa­nied by fac­ulty and researchers from the part­ner insti­tu­tions, who also held work­ing meet­ings to fur­ther develop joint teach­ing formats.

INCLU­SIVE CITIES: Con­tex­tual Dia­logues on Com­mu­nity-based Par­tic­i­pa­tion for Sus­tain­able Urban Future

This project pro­motes aca­d­e­mic col­lab­o­ra­tion that explores the con­nec­tion between cit­i­zen-cen­tered par­tic­i­pa­tion in urban plan­ning and the over­ar­ch­ing ideals of democ­racy and (social) sus­tain­abil­ity. The main objec­tive is to encour­age, strengthen, and sus­tain the dia­logue between Ger­man uni­ver­si­ties and their part­ners in the MENA region, to pro­mote inter­cul­tural and con­tex­tual under­stand­ing, and at the same time to improve the qual­ity of teach­ing and research.