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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.

Stefan DE CORTE

Current position
PhD Researcher Lecturer international masters: 4Cities & POLIS Academic coordinator: master 'Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Planning' (EhB)
Contact
Vrije Universiteit Brussel WE DGGF,
6F332, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Email: sdecorte@vub.ac.be

Academic background
Stefan De Corte holds a degree in geography from the Free University of Brussels (Licentiaat Geografie) and has a long experience of research in urban studies, with a focus on neighbourhood development in Brussels, cultural de¬velopments in European cities and migration dynamics in Belgian urban regions. He is currently a doctoral student working on a dissertation on globalization and neighbourhood development (case study Brussels).

He has been the academic coordinator of two international master programs:
1) Master in European Urban Cultures (POLIS), jointly organized by the Universities of Brussels, Tilburg, Manchester and Helsinki
2) UNICA Euromaster in Urban Studies (4Cities), an interdisciplinary program jointly organized by 6 universities in 4 cities (Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen & Madrid).

Currently he still teaches within these programs and besides that, he now started a post as coordinator of the master Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Planning (Erasmushogeschool Brussel)

He is one of the founding member of the Interdisciplinary Urban Research Centre COSMOPOLIS. His academic activities extend outside university through several engagements in civil society and through consultative bodies of the Brussels and Flemish authorities.

Academic Networking
International Network Urban Research & Action (INURA): member Brussels Studies Institute: member of the management board Platform Kanal: member of the work group Kanal Education

Favourite urban spot:
Mokafe (galerie de la reine Brussels), because I like to sit there early in the morning to see the city pass by