The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary research network at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) that brings together researchers from various disciplines › about us
News & Events
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6 July 2018
Another round of Erasmus Mundus funding for 4CITIES! ›
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28 June 2018
DSH - Masterclass: Action research as an empowering method in urban research ›
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27 June 2018
Public book launch: Smash the Pillars: Decoloniality and the Imaginary of Colour in the Dutch Kingdom ›
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25 June 2018
A job vacancy: fulltime PhD-scholarship (100%) on Migration and Malthusian thinking ›
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25 June 2018
A job vacancy: fulltime PhD-scholarship (100%) on Ethnic profiling, discrimination and policing of migrants in public space ›
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25 June 2018
Book presentation: The Help-Yourself City: Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism ›
Our activities
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Research
Situated in Brussels, the Centre is one of the largest urban studies centres in Europe. It comprises more than twenty research groups and two hundred researchers with the aim to support transdisciplinary research projects in the domain of urban studies.
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Education
The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies offers urban studies programmes in English, Dutch and French, ranging from full programmes or specialisation tracks at Masters level to extracurricular programmes for EU staff, policy practitioners and civil society in Brussels.
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Fellowships
The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies offers two types of visiting fellowships: 1) visiting research fellowships aimed at international researchers; and 2) civil society fellowships aimed at members of civil society in Brussels.
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Events
The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies organizes and supports various urban studies activities both in- and outside of Brussels, ranging from public lectures and academic workshops to publications, exhibitions, excursions and other formats.
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Graduate School
The Brussels Graduate School for Urban Research offers research and professional training for advanced Master and PhD students in the interdisciplinary domain of urban studies.
Research groups
Research groups
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Architectural Engineering (ARCH)
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Art Studies and Archaeology (SKAR)
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Biology (DBIO)
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Brussels Institute for Applied Linguistics (BIAL)
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Cartography and GIS (CGIS)
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Centre for Information, Documentation and Research on Brussels (BRIO)
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Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC)
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Centre of Expertise Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality (RHEA)
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Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research
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Crime & Society (CRiS)
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Culture, Emancipation, Media & Society (CEMESO)
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Data and Policy
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Educational Sciences (EDWE)
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Historical Research into Urban Transformation Processes (HOST)
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Human Physiology Research Group (MFYS)
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Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (HYDR)
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Interface Demography (ID)
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Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS)
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Management and Strategy (MAST)
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Mechanics of Materials and Constructions (MEMC)
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Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI)
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Political Science (POLI)
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Public Health
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Social & Cultural Food Studies (FOST)
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Software Languages Lab (SOFT)
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Sport & Society (SASO)
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Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunicaton (SMIT)
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Voicing Youth (VOIC)