Sounds, sound policies, and sound design are integral to how societies function, affecting the ways people act, react, and relate to one another, and how they experience their quality of life. With this in mind, we strive to raise awareness of sound’s intimate entanglement in our lives by providing educational offerings for all walks of life. The SSC provides lectures, courses, and seminars at BA, MA, and PhD level, but also aims to facilitate lifelong learning and a broader societal engagement with sound by developing workshops, conferences, courses, and exhibitions for professionals (such as urban planners, architects or municipalities), children, and wider publics.

The SSC hosts lectures and presentations; organizes workshops, clinics, and field trips; develops courses and seminars; convenes conferences and symposia; and curates exhibitions and concert programs.

In collaboration with the Orpheus Institute Ghent, the SSC organizes Sound Arguments, a seminar series in which sound scholars, sound artists, PhD students, and professionals get together to discuss topical issues and participate in workshops.