Research
The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies represents more than twenty research groups that all do research on urban themes from their own disciplinary perspectives, but also believe in the added value of research collaborations between and across research groups. Please scroll down for a list of all ongoing and completed urban studies projects or read more.
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Engineered timber - Appraisal of historical timber roof structures in 19th- and early 20th-century Belgium ›
Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT), 2015 - 2018
Louis Vandenabeele, Inge Bertels, Ine Wouters
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Enhancing the adaptable capacity of urban fragments ›
VITO - Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek, 2011-2015
Pieter Herthogs, Niels De Temmerman
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Ethnic urban geographies in Belgium: Processes of spatial inequity and implications for individual life chances ›
A study about ethnic diversity, the intersection between social and demographical processes and residential ethnic segregation in urban areas in Belgium.
Lena Imeraj, Sylvie Gadeyne
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General contractors (1870-1970). Principal actors within the Belgian construction industry ›
Phd research, 2014-2018
Jelena Dobbels, Inge Bertels, Ine Wouters
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Green and quiet Brussels? Analysis of social inequalities in the health-related outcomes of environmental characteristics in the Brussels Capital Region: a mixed method intersectionality approach ›
Urban areas are growing fast worldwide and there is an increasing concern about the relations between urbanization, environmental threats, the quality of living spaces and human health. A healthy...
Sylvie Gadeyne
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Heritage Depots in Flanders ›
Kunsten en Erfgoed Vlaamse Gemeenschap, January 2015 - June 2015
Inge Bertels, Filip Descamps, Ine Wouters, Dorien Aerts
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Historical Brussels Warehouses ›
Innoviris, 2012
Ine Wouters, Inge Bertels
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Impact of green and blue spaces on specific morbidity and mortality in Belgium ›
Patrick Deboosere
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Occupancy and Activitiy Modelling for Building Energy Demand Simulations, Comparative Feedback and Residential Electricity Demand Characterisation ›
Innoviris, 2010-2015
Dorien Aerts, Filip Descamps, Ine Wouters
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Preserving historical urban warehouses by understanding their architecture and technology ›
FWO, January 2014 - December 2017
Ine Wouters, Inge Bertels, Marianne De Fossé
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Renovation of buildings from 1860-1920 with a metallic framework ›
Ine Wouters, Koen Verswijver, Quentin Collette
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Residential segregation in five European countries. A comparative study using individualized scalable neighbourhoods (JPI Urban Europe) ›
This project employs an innovative technology for urban analysis that addresses a main concern of contemporary urban policy: urban residential segregation and its effects on social inclusion....
Helga de Valk