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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.

Jessica VAN DE VEN

Current Position
Communication Officer Cosmopolis and UAB Brussels Stadsplatform

Contact: jessica.van.de.ven@vub.ac.be

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WE DGGF 6F326a, Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone: 02 629 37 41
Fax: 02 629 33 78

Academic background and route:
2000-2004: Master in Communication Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Master Thesis: De Wereldtop voor de Informatiemaatschappij: Een Grote Sprong Voorwaarts voor de Derde Wereld?
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Leo Van Audenhove

Favorite urban spot:
Brussels is a city that effects me in so many ways. I live near the Hallepoort and I love strolling round the fleamarket in the Marolles in the mornings and I enjoy the many terraces of Saint Gilles in the evenings. The liveliness of Matonge during the summer, or more poetic, romantic places like the Sablon with all its statuettes or the garden at the Botanique with the urban landscape behind it. And so much music and things going on... I'm really in love with the city!