Between 2020 and 2024, the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies funded several projects led by VUB research groups and researchers. Each of the awarded projects engaged with the broad field of urban studies and with concepts linked to (i) inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives on cities and ‘the urban’, (ii) comparative urbanism and (iii) engaged research connecting academia with other actors and networks, such as NGOs, civil society, government administrations and businesses.