Elise Schillebeeckx

Elise Schillebeeckx holds a Master degree in Urban Sociology (University of Antwerp, 2008) and an M.Sc. degree in Urban Management (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, 2009). In 2019, she finished her PhD on arrival neighbourhoods for migrants in Flanders in which she focused on localized resources for the arrival and transition process of migrants. She was the research coordinator for the Innoviris Anticipate project ‘B-REL’ (Residential Environments and Life Perspectives in Brussels) and currently works as a post-doctoral researcher on various projects on superdiversity in small towns and on the related tensions between the established and the outsiders in the urban periphery of Brussels.

Research:

(sub)urban policies
Arrival neighbourhoods
Immigration
New migration patterns & destinations
Residential dynamics & housing aspirations

Key Publications:

Schillebeeckx, E. & De Decker, P. (2020). Brussels: A hate-love affair? Woondromen en woonaspiraties met betrekking tot Brussel als woonomgeving vervat in 10 ideaaltypische bewonersprofielen. Brussel: KU Leuven, B-REL onderzoeksrapport in het kader van het Innoviris Anticipate Programma.

Schillebeeckx, E. (2019). Aankomstwijken in Vlaanderen: een onderzoek naar gelokaliseerde bronnen voor het aankomst- en transitieproces van migranten. (PhD in Sociology & PhD in Architecture), University of Antwerp & KU Leuven.

Schillebeeckx, E., Oosterlynck, S. & De Decker, P. (2019). Migration and the resourceful neighbourhood: Exploring localized resources in the urban zones of transition. In: MEEUS, B., ARNAUT, K. & VAN HEUR, B. (eds.) Arrival Infrastructures. Migration and Urban Social Mobility. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.

De Decker, P., Meeus, B., Pannecoucke, I., Schillebeeckx, E., Verstraete, J., & Volckaert, E. (2015). Woonnood in Vlaanderen. Feiten / Mythen / Voorstellen. Antwerpen: Garant.