Swifft Collective

Promoters

Cathy Macharis

Full professor at Department Business technology and Operations, VUB

Director Mobilise research group.

Coordinator House of Sustainable Transitions.

Alessandro Parente

Professor, Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department, ULB

Vice-Dean for transition, Societal Impact and Business Relations.

Chair, Brussels Institute for thermal-fluid systems and clean energy.

Co-Promoters

Bas van Heur

Associate Professor, Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, VUB

Tom Bauler

Associate Professor, Socio-Environmental Dynamics Research Group, ULB

Marek Hudon

Full Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, ULB

David Bassens

Full Professor at Department of Geography, Cosmopolis: Centre for Urban Research, VUB

Wouter Achten

Associate Professor at Department Geoscience, Environment and Society (DGES), ULB

AurĂ©lie Bellemans 

Assistant Professor in the Engineering FacultyFLOW Research Group, VUB

Principal Investigators

Kimberley Vandenhole

Chair in Sustainable Transformations and Wellbeing

Alberto Procacci

Chair in Sustainable Engineering

Aurore Fransolet

Chair in Decarbonisation and Justice

Laura Deruytter

Chair in Decarbonisation and Finance

PhD Researchers

Emil Rousseau

PhD in Sustainable Transformations and Wellbeing

Rosa Hofgärtner

PhD in Sustainable Transformations and Wellbeing

Maxime Jongen

PhD in Sustainable Engineering

Dimitri Hanssens

PhD in Sustainable Engineering

Aidan Geel

PhD in Decarbonisation and Justice

Marguerite Culot

PhD in Decarbonisation and Justice

Emilie Jacquart

PhD in Decarbonisation and Finance

Adriano La Gioia

PhD in Decarbonisation and Finance

Support Team

Juliana Betancur Arenas

Research Support and Project Coordinator

Lucie Bergouhnioux

Project Engagement and Communications Officer

Usquare Coordinators

Dirk Lefeber

Full Professor & Head of BruBotics (The Brussels Human Centered Robotic research center), VUB

Alain Delchambre

Full Professor & Head of BEAMS (Bio, Electro and Mechanical Systems) department, ULB