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Centre for urban research
COSMOPOLIS. City, Culture
& Society

Free University Brussels

Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel
Tel: + 32 (0) 2 629 37 41
Fax: + 32 (0) 2 629 33 78
cosmopolis@vub.ac.be

COSMOPOLIS is related to the department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a member of the UAB Urban Studies Network, an interdisciplinary research and teaching network in urban studies.

Eefje VLOEBERGHS

Current position
- Coordinator POLIS & 4-Cities
- GROSE –Research project
- Brussels A future vision


Contact: eefje.vloeberghs@vub.ac.be


Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WE DGGF - 6F326
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone: +32 (0)2 629 37 41
Fax: 02 629 33 78

Research-Projects:
- GROSE “Economic growth and social cohesion in cities”. Research together with ULB (Igéat) (funded by Belgian Science Policy). About the relation between economic growth and social enequalities in urban regions.

- Book publication ‘Brussel!’ (Bruxelles!) with Eric Corijn: in het kader van een toekomstverkennend onderzoek, opgezet door Gewestelijke Ontwikkelings Commissie (GOC) van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest. Het boek levert een basisanalyse, een status quaestionis op basis van erkende bestaande rapporten en studies.

E. Corijn & E. Vloeberghs, Brussel! (2009) ASP Editions, Brussels, 312 p. ISBN 978 90 5487 579 6
E. Corijn & E. Vloeberghs, Bruxelles! (2009) ASP Editions, Brussels, 312 p. ISBN 978 90 5487 606 9

- In cooperation with CRD-GOC (Brussels Regional Government).
Where to with Brussels, a future vision: a state of the art of the agenda of urban development in Brussels to serve as a starting point for a scenario futures research.

- COSMOPOLIS neighbourhood analysis workshops: neighbourhood fiches

- Cooperation neighbourhood monitor Brussels (an instrument to observe the urban situation and tendencies in the Brussels Region) (Monitoring des Quartiers)
http://www.monitoringdesquartiers.irisnet.be/conscientia/bin/view/Main/?language=nl&

- Advice and urban analysis for urban renewal project in degenerated area Ledeberg in Ghent

- 2008: Certificate Mitrovica Summer Courses 2008 (Kosovo) from SPARK
The Role of Dialogue in Local Peace Building.

Conference presentations
Vloeberghs, E., Creative Re-Inventions of the Urban. About Playful, Utopian and serious Politics in new Artistic Urban Movements. 1st International Conference of Young Urban Researchers (FICYUrb) Lisbon: Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology. June 11 and 12th, 2007

Academic background and route
2005-2006 : International Master in ‘European Urban Cultures’ (POLIS)
joined degree from Free University Brussels, Tilburg University, Manchester Metropolitan University & University of Arts and design Helsinki
Thesis topic: Creative re-inventions of the Urban. About Playful, Utopian and Serious Politics in New Artistic Urban Movements. Casestudy CityMine(d) Brussels & UHC Collective, Manchester. Promotor: Prof. Dr. E. Corijn & Prof. Dr. J. O’Connor

1999-2005: Master in Social & Cultural Agogics, Free University Brussels,
Thesis topic: Interreligious Dialogue: ‘Interreligieuze dialoog. Een exploratief onderzoek naar de verwachtingen en visies van de participanten van het Brussels Interreligieus en Levensbeschouwelijk Platform.’ Promotor: Prof. Dr. D. Verté

Favourite urban spot:
A window-sill in the Marollen, Brussels, to observe the passers-by, strollers, neighbours passing through the cubblestreet. And particularly watching the three young men from the bakery, the butcher’s and the grocery passing through time, serving their customers, waiting for Godot in the street, while smiling, helping or teasing each other in overcoming some way of dullness. And why? Besides living in Brussels, walking through crowds and walks to the library, drinks in the cafés, theatre visits, one of the most amusing acts is observing the everyday practices of the ones you hardly know but share the same street, or neighbourhood with, in languages, practices you don’t understand…So, street life as such.
Tip. The best street life experience you will definitely find in Mumbai.