'Can the city save the world?' debates on 19 and 27 February
Following the publication of the book 'Kan de stad de wereld redden?' (Can the city save the world?) we are organising two debates: an evening in the Kaaitheater on 19 February (NL/FR) and a lunchdebate at the VUB on 27 February (ENG).

Nieuwe publicatie: Kan de stad de wereld redden?
'Kan de stad de wereld redden?' verzamelt teksten uit Eric Corijns grote oeuvre. Dit nieuwste boek uit de reeks Stadsschriften werd samengesteld door de medewerkers van COSMOPOLIS.

Invitation PhD defense on public housig in Cairo
On Monday 17 September Doaa Abouelmagd will defend her joint PhD (VUB/KULeuven): Public housing and livelihood: a comparative study in greater Cairo.

Flemish Metropolitan Dream
How to break with the current housing production in Flanders? Check out the animation of Posad and the team Vlaams Bouwmeester.

Hoe de stad de wereld kan redden
Een gesprek met Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn in JOOS (Radio 1) over steden en hun toekomst.

Studiedag: Naar een Brussels onderwijs? Vers un enseignement bruxellois? 30/05/2012
Het Brussels Studies Institute (ULB, FUSL, VUB) organiseert op 30 mei een studiedag over onderwijs in Brussel. In de voormiddag ligt het zwaartepunt op de politiek-institutionele organisatie van het onderwijs. In de namiddag wordt de aandacht gelegd op pedagogische, economische en sociale uitdagingen...

Slow Science workshop, 30 March
On March 30th we organise a series of workshops to reflect on different strategies for making Slow Science possible. The Slow Science movement urges rethinking the current university, against the fast, competitive, benchmarked research.

Vacancy: Assistant/Associate Professor Economic Geography
A tenured full/time position in economic geography is available at COSMOPOLIS (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) to begin October 2012.

EuroTrail Debates - Re-thinking Realities, Europe as an Agora of Interactions
We are organising a day of debates on Europe's contemporary society and public culture, related to global transitions. You are all invited to participate on November 29th in the European Parliament.

Studiedag 4/11: 'Veiligheid en levenskwaliteit in Brussel' (NL/FR)
Welk soort veiligheidsbeleid heeft een stad nodig? Dat is de centrale vraag tijdens de 5e jaarlijkse studiedag van het UAB Urban Studies Network. Deze vindt plaats op vrijdag 4 november 2011 in GC De Markten.

Studiedag: Literair Brussel
Wat lokte figuren als Carl Einstein en Erasmus naar Brussel? In welke Brusselse cafés komen auteurs liefst samen? Hoe kijken Latijns-Amerikaanse schrijvers naar Brussel? Het Centrum voor Literatuur, Intermedialiteit en Cultuur (VUB) biedt een kennismaking met zijn onderzoek over literatuur en Brussel. Deze meertalige studiedag gaat door op vrijdag 21 oktober in de VUB.

The New Urban Question Conference: papers online
“The New Urban Question – Urbanism beyond Neo-liberalism” is the 4th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) that will take place from 26 to 28 November in Amsterdam and Delft. You can download the full papers, including those of Cosmopolis researchers Nadia Casabella, Sofie Vermeulen, Tim Cassiers and Els Leclerq.

Brussels Studies #31
A territorial development project associated with the Brussels RER? An analysis of the fundamental deciding factors by Patrick Frenay

Call for abstracts
Master class on migration and integration
On 28 January 2010 Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen will give an interdisciplinary master class and public lecture. The master classes are designed to have doctoral students benefit from the input and comments of international experts in their research domain.

Congress on an integrated urban youth policy
On 13 November JES vzw is organizing a congress in Gent. Corentin Lorand, Cosmopolis researcher, will speak about the potential contribution of assocations in a competence driven education…

Bezwarend materiaal: Debate with Eric Corijn
The Toneelhuis and the deBuren are organising a series of debates on the power of the public sphere. What is the function of the city in our new societal model? What is the role of artists and cultural institutions? On 12 October the first debate starts with Eric Corijn.

Cultural Plan for Brussels
On 29 September the Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles (RAB) and the Brussels Kunstenoverleg (BKO) have presented the Cultural Plan for Brussels at the Wiels (Van Volxemlaan 354, 1190 Brussel).

Summerschool: "Penser la ville - Penser Bruxelles"
The summer school "Penser la ville - Penser Bruxelles" will take place from 26 to 28 August 2009 on the campus of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Programme and practical information...

Views on Molenbeek from the Middle East: 2 July 2009
This exhibition is the final project work for the Urban Studies students from the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window. It presents their analysis and design strategies for the urban voids within the context of Brussels focusing on Molenbeek.

iBRUSSELS conference: 30 April 2009
We invite you to "iBRUSSELS, urbanity and technology, close encounters of a certan kind", a conference and workshops on wireless applications in an urban context. This will take place on Thursday, 30 April 2009 on the campus of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Brussels’ Citizens Forum: invitation to the debate!
The Brussels Citizens Forum is inviting everyone to think about the challenges our Region is facing and examine the political options at hand. From January to April 2009 there will be 16 debates will be organised (on Monday evenings) about different themes.
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Eric Corijn on Brussels
Prof. Eric Corijn of Cosmopolis introduces Brussels during a public evening of Retool Earth. Listen to his lecture...

PhD Seminar: Gender, Culture & Space
COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society and the Doctoral School of Human Sciences invite you on Tuesday 25 May 2010 for our PhD Seminar: Gender, Culture & Space

Film Series: "URBAN MOVIES" in the CINEMATEK
Even in Brussels, a minor metropolis, the tight relationship between globalization and urbanization is readily evident. What kind of future do we want for our cities? That is the question at the heart of a series of introductions to 5 films that thematize life in the big city.

Lecture 24th May: "From Penser la Ville to Faire la Ville.
Unraveling Brussel(i)s(ation)"
The ARC "Elites in the city" (ULB) and COSMOPOLIS City Culture & Society (VUB) kindly invite you to the lecture of Dr. Isabelle Doucet "From Penser la Ville to Faire le Ville. Unraveling Brussel(i)s(ation)"

Publicatie: ‘Werken aan de stad’
In juni 2011 komt het vierde boek uit de reeks stadsschriften uit: Werken aan de Stad - Stedelijke actoren en structuren in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden (1500-1900) door Margo De Koster, Bert De Munck, Hilde Greefs, Bart Willems en Anne Winter (eds.)

Vacancy full-time faculty position in Social Geography
The Department of Geography, Faculty of Science and Bio-Engineering Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has a vacancy for a Full-time faculty position in Social Geography

COSMOPOLIS Activity Report 2009-2010 online!
The 2009-2010 Activity Report shows the life of an academic research team. It shows a consistent contribution to a large set of educational activities...

Lecture ‘The Impacts of Global Financial and Environmental Crises in World Cities’
The Urban Studies Network (Brussels Stadsplatform) kindly invites you to the lecture ‘The Impacts of the Global Financial and Environmental Crises in World Cities’ by Prof. Dr. Stan Brunn (University of Kentucky).

Bookpresentation 'Agglomérer'
On Friday 10 December Benedikte Zitouni will present her book ‘Agglomérer. Une anatomie de l’extension bruxelloise (1828-1915)’. The book shows how the Brussels’ agglomeration expanded and sets out the role of the different actors such as urban planners, civil servants etc.

Brussels Citizens University
From October 1st (evening) to October 3rd (lunchtime) Aula Magna and the Brussels’ universities (VUB, ULB, FUSL) will be organizing multiple debates and workshops about their city region.

"AGGLOMÉRER": Book available now!
AGGLOMÉRER: Une anatomie de l'extension bruxelloise (1828-1915) by Benedikte Zitouni, VUBPRESS, € 26,95, 331 pages

Newcomers and the city
On 4 June 2010 the 4th annual conference of the UAB Urban Studies Network will take place. This year's conference is entitled 'Newcomers and the city, challenges for Brussels'

Platform Kanal Infosession
Everything you wanted to know about the canal zone!
Friday 2 April 2010
10:00 - 13:00
Kaaitheater

Launch ‘Brussels for Europe alumni network'
After three editions of Brussels for Europe masterclasses, some hundred European civil servants have participated in the course on Brussels and are motivated to continue the adventure. The alumni have started new activities last Thursday, under the name 'Brussels for Europe alumni network'.

Lecture by migration-expert Godfried Engbersen
On 28 January Prof. Dr. Engbersen will give a public lecture entitled 'Liquid Migration in European Societies' at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The lecture is organised by the Cities & Migration Group of the UAB Urban Studies Network...

PhD Defense Benedikte Zitouni
COSMOPOLIS invites you to the public PhD defense of Benedikte Zitouni on 8 January: La croissance d’une agglomération urbaine. Bruxelles vue à travers ses archives (1828-1915)

Bruxelles!Brussel! book available now
Authors: Eric Corijn, Eefje Vloeberghs
VUBPRESS / € 27,95 / 312 p. / ISBN: 978 90 5487 579 6
Orders: www.aspeditions.be

UN Rapporteur on the global food crisis
COSMOPOLIS - City, Culture & Society and the Department of Geography invite you to a lecture on the global food crisis by Prof. Dr. Olivier De Schutter, U.N. special rapporteur.