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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.

Sofie VERMEULEN

Current position
PhD. student

Contact: sofie.vermeulen@vub.ac.be

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
WE DGGF, 6F332, Pleinlaan 2,
1050 Brussels,
Belgium

Phone: +0032 (0)2 629 33 77
Fax: 02 629 33 78

Academic background and route:
Thesis: 'Een onderzoek naar de utopie en hedendaagse stadsprojecten. Cases: de Zinneke Parade, kunstencentrum WIELS en het Rijksadministratief Centrum' (2007) - Promotor: Prof. Dr. E. Corijn

Other relevant geographic activities
Diploma Geaggregeerde in het Secundair Onderwijs - Geografie en Geologie, dec. 2007.
Voorbereiding project-aanvraag 'Utopia, heterotopia & planning. Utopia, heterotopia and planning. An enquiry into the utopian levels as a quality of strategic zones planning in Brussels.', september 2008.
Co-docent 'Onderzoeksmethodologie - Project' met Dr. Maarten Loopmans - Schakelprogramma Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Planning, Erasmushogeschool Brussel (februari - juni 2008)
Guest lecture 'Urban design in the Western World; Historical review of some Western Urban theories and Practices. Current examples.' with Els Leclerq, for the Erasmus Mundus Programme - course: 'The urban structure' van het Erasmus Mundus Programme, February 2008
Intern seminar 'Urban agenda setting', with Eefje Vloeberghs, Cosmopolis, april 2008.
Excursie Berlijn (1ste en 2de Bachelor - Sociale Geografie), co-begeleiding met Stephanie Lemmens o.l.v. Seppe Lambrecht, april 2008.
Publications
Utopia, heterotopia and urban planning in Brussels. Presentation at the conference 'Bridges to Utopia', 3-5 July 2008, Limerick. Ireland.

Research papers/Unpublished articles
Utopia, heterotopia, stadsvisie en stadsprojecten. In: Ruimte en Planning. Forthcoming

Favourite Urban Spot:
Depending on the mood: streetlife in the Brabantstraat & Matongé quarter; the very nice view on Brussels from the 10th storey of the parking near the centre (Bisschofsstraat & Zwarte Lievevrouwenstraat); enjoying a drink at the Bloemenhofplein; the little hidden parc near Rue du Viaduc in Elsene; the open space behind the KVS; for some silence - walking in the Zoniënwoud, …