Ongoing Projects

SUSTAINLUX

Against the backdrop of the recent economic and demographic development dynamics and the strong pressure on land resources and provision of infrastructure, the study of sustainable development in Luxembourg is an evaluation of existing planning policy instruments and governance patterns with respect to urban and regional social spatial transformation in the Grand Duchy in general, and of housing policy and transport in particular. Rather than examining sets of indicators or inquiring how to best fill the sustainability gap, this project intends to illuminate problems and conceptual issues concerning urban regions and urban space, and to take a critical look behind governance, and normative orientations in policy making such as sustainable development.

This research is generously supported by the CORE program of the Fonds National de la Researche Luxembourg, and was conceived in cooperation with the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, in Leipzig. The project also collaborates with both the Conseil Supérieur pour un Développement Durable (CSDD) as well as  the Conseil Supérieur de l’Aménagement du Territoire (CSAT), who signalled their strong interest and offered practical support. The project will be carried out over a duration of three years (2010-2013).

Documents to download: English project summary , German project summary , English working paper .

Coordination: Constance Carr , Markus Hesse , Christian Schulz
Funding: FNR Core
Duration: 2010-2013

ESPON Database and Data Development

At the European level several initiatives have been carried out to improve data comparability and data quality. Against this background, the ESPON Database project plays a crucial role to maintain, update and expand the previous database resulting from the ESPON 2006 Programme. Hence it will include data from ESPON applied research projects as well as relevant regional data in the field of European territorial development and cohesion. This has significant gains for the policy debate as it provides input for analysis based on territorial indicators and indices. The database will be accessible to the general public and dissemination is envisaged through the ESPON website. [ more ]

Coordination: Geoffrey Caruso , Nuno Madeira
Funding: ESPON 2013 Programme
Duration: 2009-2011

Negotiating Border Regions: Spatial Planning Processes in Luxembourg and the Greater Region (NEBOR)

NEBOR investigates cross-border spatial development in the Greater Region focusing on the roles of multiple actors and spatial levels in decision-making processes using case studies from Luxembourg and the Greater Region. Conceptually, it draws on governance and institutional approaches to emphasize the importance of informal, non-regulatory and non-economic forces that inform, supplement, override or even replace formal decision-making. [ more ]

Coordination: Julia Affolderbach
Funding: FNR AFR postdoc grant
Duration: 2009-2011

ESPON Project Metroborder

How can cross-border metropolitan regions be defined and mapped? What are their potentials with regard to an economically successful and sustainable development? These are the questions addressed by the research project METRBORDER. The research team brings together 8 institutions from 5 countries. [ more ]

Coordination: Christian Schulz , Estelle Evrard , Tobias Chilla
Funding: EU Programme ESPON
Duration: 2008-2009

IDENT – Identités socio-culturelles et politiques identitaires au Luxembourg

IIDENT is an interdisciplinary project of the IPSE Research Unit and focus on identity construction processes in Luxembourg. On a general level, we wish to deepen the understanding of identity-forming processes and their respective functioning and effects. On a more concrete level, we hope to reveal the interdependencies and inconsistencies between collective and individual identities that are actually ‘lived’ by the Luxembourgish population (appropriated identities) and those that are politically desired and communicated by the media (attributed identities). [ more ]

Coordination: Christian Schulz, Rachel Reckinger , Christian Wille
Funding: University of Luxembourg
Duration: 2007-2010

Luxemburg Atlas / Atlas du Luxembourg

De la ville au pays, le Luxembourg vu par ses cartes – L’ouvrage de référence pour le Grand-Duché.

Luxembourg, à la fois Ville-Etat et Grand-Duché, pays fondateur de l’Union Européenne et centre financier international, présente une histoire et une géographie à la fois riche et originale. À travers une centaine de contributions émanant de plus de 70 auteurs en provenance du monde académique, d’administrations publiques, d’entreprises privées et de la société civile, une large palette de thèmes sont présentés sous la forme de cartes et de photographies, accompagnées de textes en français ou en allemand. Privilégiant un regard original sur l’histoire, l’urbanisme, l’environnement, l’économie, la mobilité, la société et la culture, l’atlas offre un panorama cartographique et thématique inédit du Luxembourg.

Publié par Patrick Bousch, Tobias Chilla, Philippe Gerber, Olivier Klein, Christian Schulz, Christophe Sohn und Dorothea Wiktorin
Avec des photographies de Andrés Lejona
Cartographie : Udo Beha, Marie-Line Glaesener, Olivier Klein
EMONS Verlag Köln

Atlas digital multidisciplinaire, interactif et dynamique du Luxembourg et de la Grande Région

Coordination: Michel Pauly
Financement: Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)
Durée: 2007-2009

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