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BRUSSELS STUDIES INSTITUTE

The research platform on Brussels

The BSI is a contact and coordination network for scientific research on Brussels.

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Saturday 9 November

ECOPOLIS 24

Organized by Brussels Academy

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Le buste du Général Emile Storms à Ixelles. // De buste van generaal Emile Storms in Elsene. (c) Iadine Degryse

BSI Publication

From QR code to toppling. Debating the symbols of a controversial past in the public space of Brussels

Joost Vaesen, Serge Jaumain, Iadine Degryse, Dirk Jacobs, Benjamin Wayens

Key information on Brussels

RESEARCHES

The BSI produces research on Brussels

The BSI brings together multi-institutional and multidisciplinary research groups to answer the many questions raised by the societal challenges of the city-region.

DISSEMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION

The BSI develops reference works on Brussels

The BSI's mission is to enable as many people as possible to obtain easy and reliable information about the Brussels-Capital Region.

How do we do it?

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Promoting interuniversity cooperation

THE BSI WANTS TO OVERCOME (INTERNAL) INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES THUS CONNECTING THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IN BRUSSELS

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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach

THE COMPLEXITY OF BRUSSELS NECESSITATES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. AS SUCH, THE BSI BRINGS TOGETHER SCHOLARS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES.

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Crossing linguistic boundaries

CONNECTING RESEARCHERS WITH A DIFFERENT LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND: BY DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES TRANSCENDING THE TWO TRADITIONAL LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES IN BRUSSELS ON THE ONE HAND AND ENGAGING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ON THE OTHER HAND.

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Functioning as an intellectual hub with actors of the Brussels society

CREATING COLLABORATIVE INSTRUMENTS CONNECTING THE ACADEMIC REALM AND THE CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL ACTORS, MEDIA AND CITIZENS.

The BSI leads a research ecosystem in Brussels

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The BSI works hand in hand with its two sister organizations: the electronic journal Brussels Studies and the Brussels Academy, an urban and civic university.

The BSI is the privileged partner of the Brussels urban studies networks: Ebxl (ULB), BCUS (VUB), l'IRIB (USL-B), LUSI (KUL) and Louvain4city (UCLouvain). The BSI also brings together 57 research centres.

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