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Elsa Gallez

  • category
    junior researcher
  • research groups
    Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies
    Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research
  • keywords
    children & youth
    ecology & environment
    education
    sustainability & nature-based solutions
    spatial studies & geographic information systems

Elsa Gallez is a PhD researcher in Interdisciplinary Studies (Urban Studies) and member of three research groups : Cartography and GIS, BRISPO, and Cosmopolis at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Her PhD focuses on assessing inequities of access and exposure to nature-based solutions and green and blue infrastructures within and around primary schools in the Brussels-Capital Region.

She holds a MSc degree in urban environmental management (land use planning track) from Wageningen University and Research (2020) and a BSc degree in Geographical Sciences from University of Namur (2018). Her main research interest lies in the study of socio-environmental inequities in cities. Aware of the complexity and paradoxes of urban environmental justice issues, she dedicates her research to the exploration of effective levers, in the fields of land policy and green infrastructures, aimed at providing a more equitable access to green amenities. Her research projects combine both quantitative and qualitative research methods including geospatial and statistical analyses, semi-structured interviews, surveys, and participatory mapping approaches.