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Nele Aernouts is an assistant professor of housing and urbanism at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. She teaches in the MSc in Urban Design…

Francesc Baró is an (urban) environmental scientist appointed as Asst. Professor at VUB and member of Cosmopolis and BRISPO research groups. He is…

David Bassens is Professor of Economic Geography and Director of Cosmopolis: Centre for Urban Research at VUB, a research group dedicated to urban…

Kobe Boussauw is Associate Professor of Spatial Planning and Mobility, member of the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research at the Vrije Universiteit…

Eric Corijn is a cultural philosopher and social scientist, emeritus professor of Social and Cultural Geography, vice chair of the Brussels Studies…

Tom De Waele is first auditor at the Council of State and guest professor in the MSc in Urban Design and Spatial Planning (STeR*) at the Vrije…

Wojciech Kębłowski is an Assistant Professor based at Hong Kong University, joining VUB's Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research as guest…

Pepijn Kennis sees the city as a place for everyone, created by everyone.

Michael Ryckewaert is associate professor at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. He teaches urban design studio as well as history and theory of…

Bas van Heur is professor of urban studies, director of the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, and programme director of the VUB-ULB MSc in Urban…

Fabio Vanin is professor of landscape urbanism at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and co-founder and director of LATITUDE Platform for Urban Research…

Line is an urban anthropologist and human geographer specialized in land tenure, participatory urban planning, and affordable housing. She is a…

Marion Berzin is project manager at Brussels Academy and a social geographer within the research centre Passages at the CNRS France in Bordeaux and…

Dieter Bruggeman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. His research explores the (re)organization of collective…

Valerie De Craene (she/her) is a geographer at Cosmopolis.

Tatiana Debroux is postdoc researcher and lecturer in the MSc Urban Studies and Erasmus Mundus MSc 4Cities, where she teaches Urban Analysis,…

Laura Deruytter is interested in how financial markets influence our daily life. Her PhD research examined the financial logics shaping municipally-…

Verena Lenna is a post-doctoral researcher at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research interested in how rights shape the city and its governance as an…

Eva Van Eenoo is a postdoc-researcher at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, with a background in history and urban planning.

Sonia Vanderhoeven is a lecturer at VUB and ULB, a researcher at SONYA-ULB, and a plant biologist by training. Her work lies at the interface between…

Elke Vanempten is a project coordinator and scientific collaborator of the Institute for agriculture and fishery research (ILVO), where she conducts…

Aikaterini Anastasiou is a PhD researcher at the International Centre of Urbanism, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven and the Cosmopolis Centre…

Jasmin Baumgartner is a PhD researcher in Sciences at the Department of Geography at VUB. Since November 2022 she is working within the IRP-funded…

Simon Bothof is a joint PhD researcher between Mobilise and Cosmopolis on sustainability and justice in the appraisal of transport projects

Lisa Cochez is a PhD researcher in spatial planning, housing and mobility at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. She obtained her Master’s…

Marguerite is a Ph.D. researcher at the Socio-Environmental Dynamics Research Group (SONYA) at the ULB and part of the Decarbonisation and Justice…

Céline Drieskens is a PhD researcher in the field of critical urban geography. Her research is part of a joint research project between Cosmopolis…

Aidan Geel is a PhD candidate within the Decarbonization and Justice Chair of the SWIFFT collective, jointly hosted by VUB and ULB. His research…

Marjolein Hantson holds a master degree in History (Ghent University, 2005), and a master degree in Urban Planning (Ghent University, 2006).

Imane Huyghebaert is a PhD researcher in Sciences at the Department of Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She works within the…

Emilie Jacquart is a PhD Researcher within the Finance and Decarbonization Chair of the SWIFFT Collective, jointly hosted by VUB and ULB.

Adriano La Gioia is a PhD Researcher in international political economy within the Finance and Decarbonization chair of the SWIFFT collective,…

Mario Matthys is an architect and spatial planner (Sint-Lucas Gent) with 35 years of experience in his capacity as an urban designer and (urban)…

Yuxin Pu is a junior researcher in urban greening and urban planning, currently PhD student working with the research groups Cartography and GIS,…

Joren Sansen has a Master’s degree in Geography (Ghent University) and Spatial Planning (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Laura Shllaku is a junior researcher at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. In August 2024, Laura started a joint PhD at Ghent University (AMRP…

Ward Van Hemeledonck is a PhD researcher in spatial planning and mobility. He holds a master degree (MSc) in architectural engineering (KU Leuven,…

Jozef Vandermeulen is a PhD researcher in urban geography at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research. He obtained his Master’s degree in Conflict…

Jakob Vandevoorde is a PhD researcher at Cosmopolis and an urban and spatial planner at Endeavour, a cooperative for user-centered research and co-…

Paul Blondeel is a volunteer researcher at Cosmopolis VUB where he taught urban and spatial planners for many years (the STeR* training). His…

Jens Brandt is a PhD researcher at the School of Architecture, Tampere University, member of the research unit Cosmopolis.

Els Silvrants-Barclay is senior researcher at the Chair of Affective Architectures in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich, where she co-…

Thomas Moens teaches in the MSc in Urban Design and Spatial Planning (STeR*) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and in the BA Landscape Architecture…

Aïcha is Management Assistant for the MSc in Urban Desgin and Spatial Planning (STeR*) and for the Geography Department at the Vrije Universiteit…

Stefan De Corte is administrative coordinator of the VUB-ULB MSc in Urban Studies and the Erasmus Mundus MSc 4Cities.

Elena Solonina holds an MA degree in Linguistics and Communication Sciences. She is the first point of contact for students of the International…

Jessica van de Ven is coordinator of the urban citizens university “Brussels Academy”, in which researchers and urban experts share their knowledge…