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Frank Moulaert
Born (1951-04-05) April 5, 1951 (age 73)
Nationality Belgian
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Known forSocial Innovation and territorial development
Scientific career
FieldsSpatial planning and Social innovation
InstitutionsKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
Doctoral studentsOana Ailenei, Jacques Nussbaumer

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, Flemish, 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.

See also

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