The RC21 conference 2021 is hosted by the Antwerp Urban Studies Institute, organised by the local organising team at the University of Antwerp and supported by its scientific committee.
Research Committee 21
Research Committee 21 (RC21) on Sociology of Urban and Regional Development of the International Sociological Association was established in 1970 to promote theory and research in the sociology of urban and regional development, and – in so doing – create an international community of scholars who will advance the field. RC21 in collaboration with various organizations and institutions have been organizing annual conferences on urban spaces, accessibility, identity, justice in cities such as Berlin, Leeds, Sao Paulo and New Delhi since 2001.
Local organising committee
- Stijn Oosterlynck, Department of Sociology & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute
- Elisabet Van Wymeersch, Antwerp Urban Studies Institute
- Fatima Laoukili, Department of Sociology & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute
- Michiel Van Dam, Department of Sociology
- Karen Boven, Faculty of Social Sciences
Scientific committee
- Stijn Oosterlynck, Department of Sociology & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Manuel Aalbers, Division of Geography and Tourism - KU Leuven
- Luce Beeckmans, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning - University of Ghent (now: Department of Architecture - KU Leuven)
- Pieter Cools, Department of Sociology - University of Antwerp
- Claudio Coletta, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione - University of Bologna
- Greet De Block, Department of History & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Bert De Munck, Department of History & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Els De Vos, Faculty of Design Sciences & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Paolo Favero, Department of Communication Studies & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Pascal Gielen, Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Fatima Laoukili, Department of Sociology & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Luc Pauwels, Department of Communication Studies & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Nick Schuermans, Department of Geography - Free University of Brussels
- Thomas Swerts, Department of Sociology - Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Michiel Van Dam, Department of Sociology - University of Antwerp
- Wouter Van Dooren, Department of Political Science & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Thomas Vanoutrive, Research Group for Urban Development & Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp
- Elisabet Van Wymeersch, Antwerp Urban Studies Institute - University of Antwerp