About the Author

Eric Corijn is a cultural philosopher and is professor of social and cultural (urban) geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He is the founder of the interdisciplinary research team COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society (VUB), vice president of the Brussels Studies Institute and initiator of the Brussels for Europe Masterclasses and the Brussels Academy. He is the author of more than 250 publications.

Jessica van de Ven works on the COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society (VUB) research team, the Urban Studies Network (VUB and the Erasmushogeschool Brussel) and the Brussels Studies Institute (VUB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Saint Louis). She is a member of the editorial committee of the series Urban Notebooks.