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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.

Ongoing Research

How (Do) Europeans build the Capital of Europe?
Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn, Celine Oosterlynck, Muriel Claeys and Dr. Reinoud Magosse

Solutions for environmental contrasts in coastal areas
Xuan Quyn Le (researcher - case Vietnam) Koen De Munter (researcher - case Belgium), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Prof. Dr. Frank Canters (DGGF– VUB) (promotor)

PhD: The answers of extracurricular associations to the question of dropping out school in Brussels
Corentin Lorand (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor)

PhD: Brussels and Belgium crises: a metonymy of new European Challenges Marion Berzin (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor) and Prof. Guy Di Méo (Ades, Bordeaux III) (promotor)

PhD: Bruxelles 2020, étude de scénarios de densification
Sarah Levy (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor) and Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Genard (promotor), Arch. Benoît Moritz (promotor)

PhD: Cities after crises
Karim Bayoumi (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor) and Dr. Nurhan Abujidi (co-promotor)

PhD: Globalization and urban social change: residential segregation and changes in local housing market in cities’ global network
Ayat Ismail (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Dr. Nurhan Abujidi (co-promotor)

PhD: Globalization, urbanity & proximity: Brussels with and without neighbourhoods
Stefan De Corte (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor)

PhD: Hotel Europa: Artistic and cultural heritage research in the integration of the concept of “Europe” in Flemish (theatre) literature since 1983
Ivo Kuyl (PhD student), Dr. Geert Opsomer (EhB-Rits, IDeA) (promotor), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor)

PhD: Housing for the poor
Doaa Abouelmagd (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Prof. Dr. Christian Kesteloot (KUL) (co-promotor)

PhD: The relationship between urban governance and the design of public space
Els Leclercq (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor)
PhD: Transformation of public spaces in armed conflict zones: The occupied Palestinian Territories case
Zahraa Zawawi (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Dr. Nurhan Abujidi (co-promotor)

PhD: Urban Networks: re-stating spatial policy in the Netherlands and Belgium (1997-2007)
Nadia Casabella (PhD student), Prof. Eric Corijn (promotor), and Dr. Arq. Joaquín Sabaté (DUOT, UPC Barcelona) (promotor)

PhD: Utopia, heterotopia and planning. An enquiry into utopian levels as a quality of strategic zones planning in Brussels
Sofie Vermeulen (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Prof. Dr. Maarten Loopmans (KUL / EhB) (promotor)

PhD: Women’s needs in urban spaces, 'The Palestinian Case'
Mukarram Abbas (PhD student), Prof. Dr. Eric Corijn (promotor), Dr. Nurhan Abujidi (co-promotor)