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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Development of contextual feedback mechanisms to reduce residential energy consumption ›
Sophie Chamart, Filip Descamps
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Discrimination Barometer ›
2013-2014. Research on the public housing sector. Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities funding.
Michael Ryckewaert, Kristien Van den Houte
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Diversity of Work in the Creative and Cultural Industries ›
Making it work for Brussels. Innoviris Anticipate funding
Bas van Heur, Eva Swyngedouw, Walter Ysebaert
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Drought related vulnerability and risk assessment of ground water resources in Belgium (GroWaDRISK) ›
Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development, Belgian Science Policy | 2012–2016
Frank Canters
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Dynamics of Virtual Work ›
COST Action, 2012-
Shenja van der Graaf
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Early towns in the southern North Sea region – the formation and lifecycle of (pre-)urban soils from an archaeological and micromorphological perspective, AD 400-1000 ›
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ECIM: European Cloud Marketplace for Intelligent Mobility ›
EU funding, 2014-
Wim Vanobberghen, Jonas Breuer, Gorazd Marinic
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Ecosystem services for the sustainable development of the Brussels Capital Region ›
2014-2018. Towards an ecological approach for urban design and planning. Innoviris Prospective Research for Brussels funding
Philip Stessens, Frank Canters, Marijke Huysmans
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End of line ›
Combining housing, facilities and transport infrastructure in Brussels
Michael Ryckewaert, Stefan De Corte, Jens Aerts
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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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Entrepreneurial strategies of building contractors ›
The case of Antwerp, 1490-1670. Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, 2013-2016
Heidi Deneweth