Vacancy: Project manager urban studiesThe Urban Studies Institute is looking for a full-time project manager for the coordination of two International (doctoral) Training Networks. The project manager will assist the academic coordinators Greet De Block and Stijn Oosterlynck in managing two Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions International Training Networks (MSCA-ITN). The ITNs are concerned with ‘Transit Oriented Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural-Urban Regions’ and ‘Solidarity in Diversity’. Apply now | |  |
What is our actual 'right to the city'?We will be claiming the right to the city in the next lecture in our 'Maak de stad' series with Stadsform. On 18 December, Esther van Zimmeren (founder of the Metropolitan Legal Lab, University of Antwerp) will focus on the urbanization of law and highlight some cases of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ related to
participation in urban development, wheelchair users, smart city data and more. Steven Gibens (co-founder of the NGO Helder Recht) will be uncovering how his practice works on helping urbanites (re)claim their rights, including their right to the city. Reserve a free ticket for the livestream | |  |
Mercator-Ortelius prize winners 2020The Department of Transport and Regional Economics (TPR) awarded Arnaud Adam and Joris Beckers with the Mercator-Ortelius prize 2020. Beckers won for his dissertation on the logistics sector in a consumer driven society, while Adam wrote about exploring new geographies of interactions in and around the metropolitan area of Brussels. Arnaud Adam and Joris Beckers talk about winning the prize | |  |
Equality: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesOne for your Christmas list: the new edited volume ‘Equality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives’ by François Levrau and Noel Clycq, tackling the subject of (in)equality from a range of disciplines. Providing and discussing insights from philosophy and sociology, to history, welfare and cultural studies, the different state of the art chapters provide the
reader with tools to find his/her way in the ever-growing library of equality studies. Read more about the book | |  |
Inequality and the City in the Low CountriesAnd a second book recommendation: 'Inequality and the City
in the Low Countries (1200-2020)', edited by the Centre for Urban History. This book includes essays and case-studies on cultural inequalities, the relationship between social and consumption inequality, the politics of (in)equality, the impact of shocks and crises, as well as the complex social relationships across the urban network and between town and countryside. Order the book here | |  |
PhD positions in urban studiesThe KU Leuven Public Governance Institute is looking for three full-time PhD students to join Ben Derudder's research team. These urban policy projects are titled: ‘Making temporary uses of urban space sustainable’, 'Cross-border metropolitan regions' and 'Neighbourhood boundaries'. You can apply until Thursday 17 December 2020. Find
the vacancies with the search term "urban studies" | |  |
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