Koos Fransen (Founder of STR.AAT, Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium) Koos is currently employed as project leader for Projectbureau Ruimte (city of Ghent), specifically working on transdisciplinary, complex spatial projects. He is also the founder of STR.AAT (www.str-aat.be) - an urban think tank on storytelling, public space and co-creation, where he works on the projects (1) 'Straatart' (in collaboration with Alice Martha) - translating children and youngsters' stories in street art, (2) 'Comment ça vaas' - pass-me-on vases, (3) 'Van wie is de straat?' (in collaboration with Laura Zuallaert) - a documentary on urban street life in Ghent, in the past and present, and (4) 'De verhalenkaravaan' - linking (street) stories by children and elderly to construct a collection of immaterial heritage. Past work experience as a PhD in transport modeling and accessibility analysis at UGent, specifically focusing on the relationship between travel behavior, accessibility and spatial planning, and post-doctoral researcher at VUB and UGent. He is now a guest professor in sustainable mobility transitions at the Mobility and Spatial Planning research group at UGent.

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468. Translating children and youngsters' stories in public spaces- Koos Fransen