About the project
Urban Agency brings together urban studies institutes to discuss the different reasons why they were established and funded, explore the differences and similarities in the way they operate and of their institutional context and the urban research they conduct.
Newsletter
The Urban Agency network is led by the University of Antwerp’s Urban Studies Institute. Its news is distributed through the Institute’s newsletter.
Updates
Research at the Institute for Urban Research (IUR)
The Institute for Urban Research (IUR) seeks to consolidate and widen the urban research environment at Malmö University. Based at the Faculty of Culture, IUR exposes contemporary challenges emanating from urbanization processes. IUR brings together knowledge from various disciplines to propose possible solutions to urban societal challenges. IUR engages with citizens, civil society, private actors […]
07/08/2023
Research at the KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute
The KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) is an interdisciplinary research platform which encourages KU Leuven researchers to collaborate across scientific disciplines with the city as the focal point. LUSI-members include professors, postdocs and PhD researchers from – among other disciplines – geography, architecture, anthropology, economics, biomedical sciences, engineering, history, sociology, environmental sciences. LUSI coordinates […]
03/08/2023
Research at Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation (CRIT)
The research group on Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation (CRIT) promotes interdisciplinary research in urban studies and is formed by sociologists, economists, fine arts researchers, and anthropologists. It promotes research in three main areas: a) urban governance and involvement of citizens in policy-making and urban development; b) local welfare and inequalities, including research on education, […]
31/07/2023
Our partners
Brussels Studies Institute
The City Institute
Center for Urban Economic Development
Metropolitan Research Institute
Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation
The Challenges of Urban Futures research platform
Institute for Urban Research
URBEUR Urban Studies PhD Programme
Cities are Back in Town
Georg-Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies
UCL Urban Laboratory
Manchester Urban Institute
Tolerant Migrant Cities project
Centre for Urban Studies
EBxl
Stadsacademie/Urban Academy
Leuven Urban Studies Institute
Brussels Centre for Urban Studies
