Research Projects

Research Projects

This section presents the different research projects carried out by the VESPA research laboratory and the Canada Research Chair in Urbanity, Insecurity, and Political Action. In this section we present our recent, ongoing and forthcoming research projects.


Research Program

The work produced by the research laboratory is organized around four major topics, which attempt to find answers…

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Ongoing Projects

VESPA’s four major research topics are: mobility, informality, urbanization, and governance…

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Epistemological Reflections

Reading suggestions and methodological notes taken from our experiences in the field…

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VESPA en 360 Nouveautés

02.2011 | Activités

Séminaire-midi

« Cross Bronx Express » : Mais ù est South Bronx. Frontière morale et construction d'une légende - Martin Lamotte, INRS-UCS

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11.2010 | Reportage

CNN México

Caminata por la orilla: 51 días de expedición por el Valle de México - Feike de Jong

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10.2010 | Publications

Nouvel article

Sacco, Muriel. 2010. « Cureghem : de la démolition à la revitalisation ». Brussels Studies, numéro 43.

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