Frank MOULAERT (° , 1951), Professor of at the KU , Belgium, Ph.D. in Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania, . M.A. in Econometrics University of Leuven. From 2002 till 2008, Professor of European Planning and Development, Newcastle University. presently visiting Professor and Research co-ordinator at APL/ GURU, Newcastle University and CNRS- MESHS, , .

Frank Moulaert has coordinated 7 EU sponsored research projects on and urban redevelopment – most which under FP4, 5 and 6. He received three Marie Curie Fellowships (Reggio Calabria, Lesbos, Naples) and was holder of a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (2006-7). His recent publications address regional and urban development models in connection to issues of social innovation.

[Recent and forthcoming publications – selection relevant to topic] :

(with Jean-Cédric Delvainquière and Christophe Demazière et al.) and Integrated Area Development in European Cities . Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

(edited with Erik Swyngedouw Erik and Arantxa Rodriguez) Urban Restructuring and Social Polarisation in the City . Oxford University Press, 2003.

(with Farid Sekia) Territorial Innovation Models: a Critical Survey. Regional Studies , Vol. 37-3, p. 289-302, 2003.

(with Jacques Nussbaumer) The Social region. Beyond the learning economy. European Urban and Regional Studies , 12(1): 45-64, 2005.

(with Jacques Nussbaumer) La logique sociale du développement territorial. Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2008.

(with Diana MacCallum, Jean Hillier, Serena Vicari) Social Innovation and Territorial Development (Ashgate. 2009)

(with Serena Vicari) Ri-Generare la Città. Pratiche di innovazione sociale nelle città europee. Milano: Il Mulino, 2009.

Frank Moulaert Professor of Spatial Planning ASRO - Faculty of Engineering KU Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 51 - Bus 2429 B-3001 Heverlee Belgium Visiting Professor Newcastle University tel: +32 16 320380 fax: +32 16 3219 81 [email protected] personal website: http://users.skynet.be/frank.moulaert/frank/