The Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research is a research centre within the Department of Geography of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dedicated to research and teaching in geography, spatial planning and urban design, Cosmopolis is committed to pursuing both academic and practice-relevant research. We actively engage policy makers, governments, citizen networks, and other urban partners to transform knowledge into action.
Cosmopolis is also a leading research unit within the university-wide Brussels Centre for Urban Studies and it is there that you will find more elaborate information on our research group and members, research projects and publications, educational programmes, and events: https://urbanstudies.brussels.