Presidency

Tom Bauler

Faculty of Sciences

BSI (Brussels Studies Institute)
SONYA (Socio-environmental dynamics research group)
IGEAT (Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning)

I investigate - and worry about - socio-ecological transformations, especially in their link with governance issues. I am interested in alternatives - in terms of public action instruments, governance tools, public policy formulation - and I also question the (relative) mainstreaming of notions such as transition, discourses on change, or post/decroissance. With SONYA researchers, I question and develop concepts such as exnovation, the emotional side of discourses and policies, and the usefulness of foresight.

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Marek Hudon

Marek Hudon

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

CERMI (Centre for European Research in Microfinance) ;
CEESE (Centre for Environmental Economic and Social Studies)

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Board

Catherine Bouland

School of Public Health

CR4 (Environmental and occupational health)
EBxl (The ULB Brussels Studies Network)

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Geoffrey Grulois

Faculty of Architecture

LoUIsE (Urbanism, Infrastructure, Ecologies and Landscape Laboratory)

 

I am interested in the relationship between urbanisation, urban production and socio-ecological transformation. What impact do the new climate regime and the transition paradigms have on urbanisation and urban production regimes? What transformations in public policies on urban planning, public space planning, industry, mobility and social infrastructure are developing in the light of the transition to sustainability? I explore these questions in the context of Brussels in relation to other metropolises of Europe and of the global South.


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Samia Ben Rajeb

Brussels Polytechnic School

BATir (Building, Architecture and Town Planning)

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Nicolas Schroeder

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

sociAMM (History, arts, cultures of ancient, medieval and modern societies)

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Members

Chiara Armeni

Faculty of Law and Criminology
Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

IEE. (Institute of European Studies)
CDE (Center of European Studies)

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Wouter Achten

Faculty of Sciences

SONYA (Socio-environmental dynamics research group)
IGEAT (Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning)

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Philippe Bouillard

Brussels Polytechnic School

BATir (Building, Architecture and Town Planning)

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Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

Faculty of Sciences

SERM (System Ecology and Resource Management)

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Jean-Michel Decroly

Faculty of Sciences

BSI (Brussels Studies Institute)
IGEAT (Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning)

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Ann Desmet

Faculty of Psychological Sciences and Education

CPO (Psycho-Oncology Centre)

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François Gemenne

Faculty of Sciences

IGEAT (Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning)

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Catherine Janssen

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

CEBRIG (Emile Bernheim Centre for Interdisciplinary Management Research)

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Luisa Moretto

Faculty of Architecture

LoUIsE (Urbanism, Infrastructure, Ecologies and Landscape Laboratory)


 

My research on socio-ecological transformations concerns the various ways in which both citizens and institutions face social, environmental, and territorial inequalities in accessing services. I focus on service co-production practices, which are collaborative actions in which citizens and actors from other organisations aim to improve service production and delivery. A particular attention is given to water services, including drinking water, sanitation, wastewater, drainage, etc.

By relying on sustainability and transition frameworks, service co-production is investigated through three different dimensions:
- first, a socio-managerial one, mainly pertaining to socio-political disciplines, including public administration and governance studies ;
- second, a techno-environmental one, relying on socio-technical approaches ;
- third, a spatial dimension, more connected with geography disciplines and urban studies.

Ultimately, this approach aims to understand how co-production and co-creation help improving services in terms of efficacy/efficiency, ecological integrity, socio-spatial cohesion, and equity.

This research is mainly conducted in the cities of the Global South, but also in Brussels.


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Dirk Jacobs

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

GERME (Group for Research on ethnic relations, migration & equality)
EBxl (The ULB Brussels Studies Network)

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Ahmed Khan

Brussels Polytechnic School

BATir (Building, Architecture and Town Planning)

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Tom Lenaerts

Faculty of Sciences

Machine Learning Group
IB2 (Interuniveristy Institute of Bio Informatic in Brussels)

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Maria Mancilla Garcia

Faculty of Sciences

SONYA (Socio-environmental dynamics research group)

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Sabine Pohl

Faculty of Psychological Sciences and Education

PsyTC (Research centre of work and consumption psychology)

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Laurence Roudart

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

CECID (Centre for International Development Studies and Cooperation)

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Benoit Timmermans

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

PHI (Centre for Philosophical Research)
 

Philosopher by training, I am interested in methods of measurement, evaluation and decision-making in the environmental sciences.

In particular, how can economic systems better consider negative externalities? What tools and processes can be used to take them into account?


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Ilan Tojerow

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

DULBEA (ULB Department of Applied Economics)
BSI (Brussels Studies Institute)

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Charline Urbain

Faculty of Psychological Sciences and Education

CRCN (Centre for Research in Cognition and NeuroScience)
UNI (NeuroScience Institute)

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Marjolein Visser

Interfaculty School of Bioengineering

AgroEcology Lab

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Edwin Zaccai

Faculty of Sciences

SONYA (Socio-environmental dynamics research group)
IGEAT (Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning)
 

I am interested in the following research topics: 

- the hiatus between climate goals and actual actions. This hiatus generates a series of profound difficulties: inconsistent discourse, a lack of confidence in decision-makers, and confusion about the actions to accomplish;

- the weakness of the means granted to the necessary transformations, the real delays to achieve changes while the injunctions demand speed;

- the very difficult challenge of including disadvantaged social categories in low-carbon transitions, when they are not equipped for it;

- the political resistance in which these subjects crystallise, or on the contrary the initiatives that contribute to them. This is the case in Belgium, but also abroad.


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Research coordination and logistics

Fanny Vrydagh

Research Department

Scientific collaborator at Cevipol