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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.

Marion BERZIN

Current position
Phd student in Human Geography.
Phd Thesis: "Brussels and Belgium crises: a metonymy of new European Challenges".
Promotors : Eric Corijn (Cosmpolis, VUB) and Guy Di Méo (Ades, Bordeaux III)

Contact: marion.berzin@yahoo.fr

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone : 04 86 71 86 52

Academic background and route
2008: Research Training in "Centre d'Etudes Sociologiques" FUSL, Brussels. Participation to research activities worked on "Urban spaces, mobilities and temporalities."

2007-2008: Master II "Territories, Developpement and cultures, environnement control" Bordeaux III. Master thesis: Brussels and Belgium Crisis : a metonymy of new European challenges." Promotor : André Frédéric Hoyaux.

2006-2007: Master I: "Territories, Developpement and cultures, environnement control" Bordeaux III. Master Thesis : " Realities and imaginary of territorial identities: learning Flemish and Basque cases." Promotor : André Frédéric Hoyaux.

Presentation: " Approching mobile users. Connecting ICT uses with every day mobility" with Patriarche Geoffroy, Hubert Michel, Montulet Bertrand, at 2nd European Communication Conference; Barcelona 2008, ECREA.

Favorite urban spot
Two cities influence me a lot: Bordeaux and Brussels. They are very different but links can be found. Indeed, "Saint Pierre neighbourhood" with its many small places, old buildings, small streets, terraces with cobblestones, reminds of Place de Jeu de Balle and Place Saint Géry in Brussels. In the evenings, I enjoy having a drink, walking, or making the place to Art like Domini Public of Roger Bernat in Brussels or attend concerts plannned for the wine festival in Bordeaux.. This makes these two cities amazing to me...