6 Universities

Brussels

1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
COSMOPOLIS. City, Culture & Society
The VUB research-unit COSMOPOLIS is responsible for the contents of the Brussels block (in close cooperation with the ULB). COSMOPOLIS - a transdisciplinary research centre in urban studies – focuses on the relationship between city, culture and society. COSMOPOLIS is linked to the Department of Geography and is responsible for a number of activities at the levels of academic education, academic networking and extra muros projects.
More info: www.cosmopolis.be

Lecturers:
- Eric Corijn - COSMOPOLIS
- Stefan De Corte - COSMOPOLIS

2. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Centre for Urban Research (CRU)
The Centre for Urban Research, which is part of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the ULB, focuses mainly on urban spaces. The sociology of spaces implies that spaces should not be considered as passive elements onto which social organisation is projected but as elements that have its own social effects: firstly a capacity to organise networks of interactions and secondly a capacity to produce meaning.
More info: www.ulb.ac.be/socio/cru/

Institut de Gestion de l’Environnement et d’Amenagement du Territoire (IGEAT)
IGEAT is an interdisciplinary institute of planning and environment studies, uniting about 50 researchers from several disciplines (geography, sociology, political sciences and economics).
More info: www.ulb.ac.be/igeat/

Lecturers:
- Jean-Michel Decroly – IGEAT
- Françoise Noël – C.R.U
- Mathieu Van Criekingen - IGEAT

Vienna

3. Universität Wien
Institute for Geography and Regional Research
One of the strongholds of the institute is urban geography and demography, with a long tradition and international repute. Today the institute is making comparative studies of the structures and political regulations of the housing markets in Europe, the differing approaches to a revaluation of shabby housing areas in European metropolises and the measures taken for integrating immigrants.
More info: www.univie.ac.at/geographie

Lecturers:
- Heinz Fassmann - Institute for Geography and Regional Research
- Gerhard Hatz - Institute for Geography and Regional Research
- Walter Matznetter - Institute for Geography and Regional Research
- Yvonne Franz - Institute for Geography and Regional Research

Copenhagen

4. KØbenhavns Universitet
Department of Studies in Culture and the Arts (Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab)
This department comprises sections of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture, of Art History and Visual Culture, of Theatre and Dance Studies and of Musicology. The 4Cities courses will be taught by professors from the section devoted to studies of Modern Culture. The section of Modern Culture employs specialists in cultural history, urban theory, painting, sculpture, photography, cultural policies, and, avant-garde movements et al. Thanks to the Center for Urbanity and Aesthetics, founded in the early 1990s, there are close connections between the professors of Modern Culture and, notably, the Danish Schools of Architecture. Lecturers from other relevant disciplines and cultural institutions may be invited for some of the sessions.
More info: http://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/

Lecturers:
Henrik Reeh – Studies in Culture and the Arts (Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab)
Martin Zerlang – Studies in Culture and the Arts (Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab)

Madrid

5. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Department of Sociology
The size and the location of this Faculty of Sociology makes it a good choice for Erasmus students . There the wide field of the Sociology is divided in 5 sections or departments where the Department of Sociology II is devoted to demographic and territorial studies from a sociological perspective. The department has a long tradition in urban, rural and regional research and their members are often advisors of the public institutions in applied urban policies. There are close connections with Latin America Universities.
More information: www.ucm.es/info/socio2/

Lecturers:
- Jesus Leal GISMAT
- Miguel Martinez GISMAT

6. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Department of Geography

Lecturers:
- Manuel Valenzuela