CROSSPOINT - the new interdisciplinary research program on Cross-Border Metropolitan Regions coordinated by Université de Lille Lille Economie Management - LEM & KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) now has a website! crosspoint-project.eu Check it out to learn more about the research objectives, team members and latest news

All are welcome to the 3rd Annual KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) Lecture on 30 April! Prof. Niki Frantzeskaki (Niki Frantzeskaki Utrecht University) delivers a keynote lecture on 'How to achieve urban sustainability transformations' Irish College Leuven Register now via our website: kuleuven.be/lusi/news-and-…

The KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) January Newsletter is here! Upcoming events, fresh PhDs, research project news, more events, recent publications... It's all in there 📰 mailing.kuleuven.be/r-d63a7c183a7a…

Op 28/3 organiseert KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid een studiedag over het burgemeesterschap anno 2024. Bekijk hieronder het programma met praktijkgetuigenissen (o.a. Mohamed Ridouani Jinnih Beels Gwendolyn Rutten) en academische inzichten (o.a. Ben Derudder Jef De Rop) mailing.kuleuven.be/r-f46fcfe3c4ab…

New edition of the KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) Urban Dialogue Seminars! Today’s focus was on innovation in/of cities, with insights on how Ben Derudder and René Belderbos @FEBkuleuven study inter-city innovation networks

Great PhD opportunity in political science at KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid as part of Doctoral Network SUNSET Doctoral Network on city-university partnerships: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Project will focus on evidence-based decision-making in urban innovation ecosystems More info: contact me or Trui Steen

Great PhD opportunity in Geography as part of the Doctoral Network SUNSET Doctoral Network on city-university partnerships Project will focus on social activity spaces (supervisor Ate Poorthuis; co-supervisor Age Poom 💙💛) kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… & sunsetproject.eu Apply by 15 April '24

The KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) March Newsletter is about: - Jobs, jobs, jobs SUNSET Doctoral Network - Upcoming Annual Lecture with Niki Frantzeskaki (don't miss it!) - Our three shortlisted candidates for the LUSI Dissertation Award - The next networking event of Leuven 2030 Urban Lab mailing.kuleuven.be/r-5f416ab0c35d…

Plenty more PhD opportunities as part of SUNSET Doctoral Network, such as this position Universitetet i Stavanger supervised by Rune Dahl Fitjar and co-supervised by me Project will focus on peripheral cities & regions managing the transition to a green knowledge economy Apply by 15/4! jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

A very special day for KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI): we organized our first Research Day on the central topic 'The real-world impact of urban studies on cities'. A panel debate, discussion tables, lightning talks and later today... the announcing the winner of the LUSI Dissertation Award!

Two exciting PhDs SUNSET Doctoral Network University of Tartu (stellar supervisory team Age Poom 💙💛 Aveliina Helm Kati Orru): 1) focus on city-university interactions in crisis management measures 2) focus on knowledge transfer universities and cities to facilitate green transition sunsetproject.eu

The PhD position 'Sustainable UniverCities in the periphery' is supervised by Rune Dahl Fitjar and co-supervised by Gert-Jan Put, hosted at Universitetet i Stavanger Apply by 15/4 via jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Happy to host the SUNSET Doctoral Network colleagues from Utrecht University University of Tartu Universitetet i Stavanger University of Helsinki Aalto University in Leuven and to present our SUNSET plans to the Associated Partners in the network Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

On Tuesday, Niki Frantzeskaki was keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) Lecture at the Irish College Leuven, titled 'How to achieve urban sustainability transformations'! The intro was provided by @KatrienRycken Leuven 2030 who discussed climate actions & governance in Leuven

Some catching up to do on what KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) has been up to the last few weeks? Look no further and check out our latest Newsletter, including: - recap of our 1st Research Day - Dissertation Award winners - the next upcoming lunch seminar with Ted Veldkamp mailing.kuleuven.be/r-6a99ff249dc6…

Did you miss our latest events? Want an overview of the latest research KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI)? We got you covered with our May Newsletter! Including: 📊 project updates 🏡 Recap of our Annual Lecture 🏆 Award winner 💐A new Vice Director 📚Latest publications mailing.kuleuven.be/r-f9cf2aacaf11…

The second plenary CROSSPOINT meeting took place today ENSAP Lille! The team exchanged updates on the three work packages and made further plans for the next academic year. To find out more about the International Chair Université de Lille + KU Leuven, visit crosspoint-project.eu

This week offered a great start to the following years together in the SUNSET Doctoral Network by meeting the newly recruited PhD candidates and discussing joint research and training plans. Leuven as a university city was such a fitting venue for this! Mobility Lab of University of Tartu