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Frank Moulaert is Professor of Spatial
Planning at the Department of Architecture, Urban Design and
Regional Planning at Catholic University of
Leuven. He is also attached with Institute for Urban and
Regional Planning.
Moulaert has initiated a number of research and development
projects on social innovation in territorial
development. He has extensively published on the subjects related
to globalisation, Institutionalism, territorial
innovation, social economy, social polarisation, social
exclusion, integrated area development, regional
development, European governance, and socioeconomic networking.
Other areas of his interest include evolutionary
theory and island economies. He is fluent in 6 European languages and have published a
number of works in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
language.
Most of his recent works reflect a growing focus on urban development as well as the
institutional dynamics of social innovation and social
exclusion implying the need to include the cultural dynamics, artistic activities, and
social economy
organizations and associations into the social policy and
planning arena.
Present
activities
Biography
Moulaert graduated in Business
Administration from the Universitaire Faculteiten
Sint-Ignatius, Antwerp, Belgium in 1971. Subsequently
he studied for Masters in Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit,
Leuven, Belgium (in 1974) and
then in 1977 in Regional Science
from University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Regional Science. In 1979, he received PhD in Regional Science at University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S..
He is married to Greet Debucquoy and has three children Pieter,
Stijn, and Elke. When he is not travelling, he settles at his house
in the small West
Flanders' town of Kortrijk.
Academic
career
From time to time, between 1974 until 1983, Moulaert was engaged
as Research and teaching assistant in regional
economics, Centrum voor Economische Studi‘n at Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven. In between, he also worked as Research and teaching
assistant for Regional Science Department at University of
Pennsylvania, and Peace Science Department. He was Associate
Professor at Limburgse Economische Hogeschool, Diepenbeek.
At University of Lille I
(USTL)
In 1987 he moved to Faculty of Economics and
Sociology, Université des Sciences et Technologies de
Lille, Lille, France as Associate Professor in
Economics and remained
Professor of Economics between 1994-2002. His other
capacities at University of Lille I include:
Positions
held
At Newcastle
University (2002-2007)
Professor of European Planning and Development at the School of
Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He also
led the research themes on
Regeneration, Social Innovation
and Inclusion at Global Urban Research Unit.
Additionally, he held the positions of:
- Chair in European Planning and Development;
- Coordinator of Postgraduate Certificate in European Spatial
Development Planning;
- Coordinator of Departmental ERASMUS exchanges;
European research
networking
Moulaert is an active figure in European Research Networking
in social sciences. He is credited for having conducted 15% of all
research projects in Social-science and Humanities for three European
Commission
Framework Projects (FP4, FP5, and FP6) combined. Among the many other
European social science projects coordinated by Moulaert, some are
as below:
- Urban regeneration and social Polarisation in the City - URSPIC (1997-1999).
- Valorising Linkages between Private Consulting and Public
Research and the Role of Universities - VALICORES (2001-2004)
- Social Innovation, Governance and Community Building – SINGOCOM (2001-2004)
- Development Models and Logics for Socioeconomic Organization in
Space, an FP6 STReP with a consortium of 9
international institutions, DEMOLOGOS, (2004-07).
- Growing Inequality and Social Innovation: Alternative Knowledge
and Practice in Overcoming Social Exclusion in Europe. A
Coordination Action under European Commission Framework-6 (FP6),
KATARSIS (2006-09).
- Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion in the area of urban development and cohesion, under FP7, SOCIALPOLIS
(2008-2010).
Publications
Following is the list of prominent works. For a complete list of
publications see (Personal Website of Frank
Moulaert)
Edited
Books
Special edited issues of
journals
- (with Flavia Martinelli and Erik Swyngedouw) Social innovation
and Governance in European Cities: between path dependency and
radical innovation. Special issue of European Urban and Research
Studies, 2006.
- (with Abdel Hamdouch and Jacques Nussbaumer) Valorizing
Linkages between Research Institutes in Europe. Special issue of
The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2006.
- (with Serena Vicari) Ri-Generare la Citta. Pratiche di
innovazione sociale nelle citta europee. Milano: Il Mulino. 2006.
(in Italian)
- (with Jacques Nussbaumer) La logique sociale du developpement
territorial. Projet soumis aux Presses de l'Universite du Quebec.
2006. (in French)
Articles in refereed
journals
- Institutional Economics and Planning Theory: A Partnership
between Ostriches? Planning Theory, 4(1): 21-32, 2005. see the
abstract/article
- (with Farid Sekia) Territorial Innovation Models: a Critical
Survey. Regional Studies, 37(3):289-302, 2003. see the
abstract/article
- (with Jean Hillier and Jacques Nussbaumer) Three essays on the
nature of social innovation in territorial development,
Geographie, Economie, Societes, 6(2): 129-152, 2004. (in
French). see the abstract/article
- (with Jacques Nussbaumer) The Social region. Beyond the
learning economy. European Urban and Regional Studies, 12(1):
45-64, 2005. see the
abstract/article
- (with Oana Ailenei) Social economy, Third Sector and Solidarity
Relations: A Conceptual Synthesis from History to Present. Urban
Studies, 42(11): 2037-2053, 2005. see the
abstract/article
- (with Jacques Nussbaumer) Defining the Social Economy and its
Governance at the Neighbourhood Level: a Methodological Reflection.
Urban Studies, 42 (11): 2071-2088, 2005. see the
abstract/article
- (with Flavia Martinelli, Erik Swyngedouw and Sara Gonzalez)
Towards Alternative Model(s) of Local Innovation. Urban Studies, 42
(11): 1969-1990, 2005. see the
abstract/article
- (with Kathy Cabaret), Planning, Networks and Power Relations:
is Democratic Planning Under Capitalism Possible? Planning Theory,
5(1), 51-70, 2006. see the
abstract/article
Chapters in
books
- (with J. Nussbaumer), « Die Ökonomie der europäischen
Großstadt », The economy of the large European city. The
social nature of articulated productivity, in Siebel W. (ed.) Die
Europaïsche Stadt. Berlin, Suhrkamp (in German), 2003.
- (with J. Nussbaumer), Regional Production and
Reproduction : The social region, in S. Kesting, (ed.)
Tagungsband der 10. Iiso-Fachtagung, Série « Institutionelle
und Sozial-Ökonomie », Peter Lang Verlag, 2005
- (with J. Nussbaumer) Beyond the learning region: the dialectics
of innovation and culture in territorial development" in: R.
Kloosterman and R. Boschma eds. Learning from Clusters. A Critical
Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective. Dordrecht,
Springer, 2005.
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