The Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research is a research centre within the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is dedicated to research and teaching in geography, spatial planning and urban design. Committed to pursuing both academic and practice relevant research, Cosmopolis actively engages policy makers, governments, citizen networks and other urban partners to transform knowledge into action.

 

Cosmopolis is a leading member of the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies – a university-wide network for urban research that brings together researchers from more than 25 research groups at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel – and is coordinator of two international MSc in Urban Studies programmes.

 

Our group currently consists of approximately 45 members of staff (professors, researchers, support staff) and is one of the leading urban studies groups in Europe with strong local and international visibility with staff involved in various locally, European or internationally funded research networks and projects. Our expertise covers most areas relevant to urban studies, ranging from research on housing, urban design, mobility, transport and spatial planning to financial geography, urban culture, migration and diversity, urban policy and local economic development.

 

We are eager to support strong applications of postdoctoral researchers in any of the above areas of research. Please check our websites for more information: