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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.

Current research

Ph.D-theses in progress

Mondialisering, stedelijkheid & proximiteit: Brussel met en zonder wijken
Stefan De Corte (… - expected end date: summer 2009)
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Corijn

L'agglomération bruxelloise ou la croissance d'une ville au 19ème siècle.
Benedikte Zitouni (started in 2005)
Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Latour
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Urban Networks: re-stating spatial policy in Netherlands and Belgium (1997-2007)
Nadia Casabella (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Cities after Crises
Karim Bayoumi (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Women’s needs in Public Spaces: The Palestinian case
Mukarram Abbas (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Transformation of public spaces in armed conflict zones: the occupied Palestinian Territories case.
Zahraa Zawawi (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

The effects of globalisation and migration on the public domain
Els Leclerq (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Utopia, heterotopia and planning. An enquiry into the utopian levels as a quality of strategic zones planning in Brussels
Sofie Vermeulen (started in 2008 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Corijn (VUB)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Maarten Loopmans (EhB)

Housing for the poor
Doaa Abouelmagd (started in 2009 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Évaluation prospective des dispositifs d'accrochages scolaire à Bruxelles
Corentin Lorand (started in 2009 - …)
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Corijn

Other research projects:

VGC: Training in territorial interventions
Researchers: Eric Corijn, Stef de Corte, Stephanie Lemmens, Eefje Vloeberghs, Seppe Lambrechts

GROSE – Croissance économique et cohesion sociale dans la ville
Researchers: Els Leclercq, Isabelle Doucet, Tim Cassies en Eefje Vloeberghs

Neighbourhood Monitoring Brussels
Researchers: Stefan Decorte, Eric Corijn, Eefje Vloeberghs