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academic year 2007-2008

  1. Ambler, Mhairi (2008). Time and Tide: Urban Beaches and the Temporary Construction of Public Space. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 73 p.
  2. Bonami, Deborah (2008). Planning for safety in public parks: analysis of two original projects in Helsinki and Manchester. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 147 p.
  3. Braun, Hugo (2008). Cultural Quarters as a playground for Conscious Consumption? A comparative research on Camden (London) and the Westergasfabriek (Amsterdam). Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 76 p.
  4. Geyzen, Anneke (2008). Mix And The City. Social mix policy in Helsinki,Manchester and Brussels. A comparative analysis. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 76 p.
  5. Grisakov, Kristi (2008). Border Boulevards and Transnational Avenues. Border-Crossings as Fixed Links in the process of establishing Transnational Border-Crossing Cities. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 96 p.
  6. Jorg, Jesse (2008). Make Use. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 126p.
  7. Kritharelli, Eva (2008). TITLE. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), PAGES p. (THESIS POSTPONED)
  8. Lorand, Corentin (2008). Staging children. The potential of art companies in (urban) civic education. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 107 p.
  9. Nielsen, Thomas (2008). Architecture For The Public Realm. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 73 p.
  10. Oosterlynck, Celine (2008). The legacy of the European Capital of Culture. A research into the cultural policies of Antwerp and Lille. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 90 p.
  11. Pezzuti, Veronica (2008). Practices to unravel: social media and its performances. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 85 p.
  12. Sfakianaki, Georgia (2008). “G” Spaces. Gay Villages and Gentrification: Past, Present and Future. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 52 p.
  13. Stratigaki, Iro (2008). TITLE. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), PAGES p.
  14. Van De Velde, Valerie (2008). Mind The Map. Alternative mapping as a tool for urban planning. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 97p.
  15. Van Ostaijen, Mark (2008). DiverCity and ThirdSpace: between freezones and heterotopias. A comparative research on urban youth centers as nodes of diversity, difference and inclusion in contemporary urbanity. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 154p.
academic year 2006-2007
  1. Blauwers, Gregory (2007). Public Libraries and Urban Regeneration: ‘From reading place to public space’. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 101p.
  2. de Bot, Ilse (2007). Branding the Cosmopolitan City. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 50p.
  3. Garcia Martin, Cristina (2007). Encounters in Urban Space. A study of Sociable Space in Urban Neighbourhoods. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 102p + appendices.
  4. Kurnik, Anze (2007). Urban and Social regeneration of the city through mega sport events. Barcelona Olympic Games 1992 and Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 87p.
  5. Liebrand, Freek (2007). Beyond Authenticity. Making sense of touristic-historic inner cities. Conceptualising the strategies of Tapis Plein (Bruges) and Urban Laboratory (Tallinn). Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 52p.
  6. Nüser, Carolin (2007). Making the past part of the future – industrial heritage in the Ruhr Region, Germany. History and Outlook - Approached from a Cultural Perspective. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 70p.
  7. Pekelsma, Simone (2007). Istanbul - European Capital of Culture 2010. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 70p.
  8. Sampson, Anna (2007). New Spaces in Urban Places: Regeneration of Two Industrial Districts in Copenhagen and Helsinki. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 84p.
  9. Saritas, Ezgi (2007). Video in the City: Possibilities for the Emergence of Differential Space. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 106p.
  10. Swenden, Tom (2007). Between art and commerce_, _cultural or creative intermediary?. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 54p.
  11. van Boom, Nienke (2007). Bridging Interests. How do Public-Private Coalitions influence the Cultural Atmosphere of Urban Areas?. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 85p.
  12. Varga, Judit (2007). Squatting throughout time and space. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 100p
    13. Almpanoudis, Ioannis (did not finish yet)
academic year 2005-2006
  1. Baas, Ellen (2006). The representation of a city. A comparative case study about the representation of a city by Use-it and the traditional tourist information office. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 82p.
  2. Breuer, Susan (2006). Harbouring creative industries – Creative milieus as a catalyst for harbour regeneration. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 48p.
  3. Deflem, Michiel (2006). Creative industries in regenerated areas. An explorative research into the local policy development. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 58p.
  4. Seven, Sibel (2006). The changing face of Istanbul: from Santral Istanbul – High Volume to Europe. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 43p.
  5. Stefanska, Joanna (2006). Analyses of sustainability dimension in urban cultural policies. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 56p.
  6. Vandenberg, Heleen (2006). ‘It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing’. Representation of popular places of pleasure. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 57p.
  7. Vloeberghs, Eefje (2006). Creative re-inventions of the Urban. About playful, utopian and serious politics in new Artistic Urban Movements. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 63p.
  8. Vouimta, Elpiniki (2006). High-standard cultural institutions in peripheral deprived neighbourhoods: Interaction, implications and problems. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 43p.
  9. Dikker, Tessa (2006). City marketing. I “am”sterdam. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 43p.
  10. Oner, Oguz (2007). Participative Cultural Policy and the European Capitals of Culture with reference to the Cases: Istanbul 2010 and Liverpool 2008. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 71p.
  11. Chikuhi, Koichi (2008). Urban Space for Participatory Art Installations. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 63p.
academic year 2004-2005
  1. Chang, Virginia (2005). Locating social capital through culture: the role of culture in creating social capital in the contemporary city. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 220p.
  2. Freudenberg, Tim (2005). Cultural coalitions as driving regimes in the regeneration process of steel and coalmining cities. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 72p.
  3. Gamboa, Laura (2005). Contemporary culture in Monterrey in reused spaces, in comparison with European Cases. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 75p.
  4. Heirman, Tim (2005). Socio-cultural strategies and tactics and their influence on participation in urban planning processes. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 60p.
  5. Koycheva, Rumy (2005). Public library as a metaphor of the postmodern culture. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 109p.
  6. Moltmann, Marie-Luise (2005). The writer’s city. A different vision on urban space. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 69p + annex
  7. Rommel, An (2005). Refashioning the heritage of everyday life. A research to the position of museums, representing the culture of the daily life, in the modern city. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 89p.
  8. Sato, Yuko (2005). Night in a city. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 88p. + annex.
  9. van Kekem, Annekéke (2005). The art of the encounter. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 128p.
academic year 2003-2004
  1. Bakker, Annemarie (2004). The Urban Culture of Outside Theatre. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 52p.
  2. Bello, Maffe (2004). RIPped places: cemeteries as cultural landscapes & heterotopias. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 80p.
  3. Hellgrenn, Jonne (2004). Comparative study of cultural cluster developments in the European context and the potential development of the Pasila Konepaja cluster. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 70p.
  4. Serroen, Frederik (2004). Glocal Urban Interventions: Brussels, Barcelona & London. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 85p.
  5. Smith, Charlotte (2005). The ‘Godmother Guggenheim’. Reflections on culture-led regeneration….From Bilbao to Salford. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 46p.
  6. Thaens, Karen (2004). Fashion and Postmodernism. Changes in the fashion scenes of Antwerp and Manchester. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 76p.
  7. Turner, Sarah (2004). Guaranteeing Creativity in Urban Agenda Setting. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 42p.
  8. Van Empel, Noud (2004). European Capitals of Culture and Europe. How is Europe represented in the goals of the European Capitals of Culture. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 107p.
  9. Van Roon, Gerben (2004). The New Urbanism. American traditional neighbourhood development and its impact in the Netherlands. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 52p.
academic year 2002-2003
  1. Bastiaanssen, Maartje (2003). An investigation into Climates of Support for Visual Artists in three European Cities: Manchester, Rotterdam & Helsinki, Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 134p.
  2. Gu, Xin (2003). When commerce meets community? A case study of public spaces in Manchester and Helsinki, Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 45p. + annex.
  3. Hsiao, Hui-Yu (2003). The Landmarks of Nostalgia. The redevelopment of Historical Monuments in Glocalising Cities, Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 68p.
  4. Lemmens, Stephanie (2003). Towards the sustainable regeneration of Multiethnic Neighbourhoods: a comparative analysis of how deprived communities link up with the dynamics of the city. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 86p. + annexes.
  5. Sas, Adrian (2003). Boomtown UK. An exploration into themes of post-disaster urban recovery as evidenced in the Manchester case. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 39p.
  6. Veljkovic, Ana (2003). Museums and their role in urban dynamics. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 59p.
academic year 2001-2002
  1. Bodamer, Alexa (2002). Urban Attractor – scope and scales of spatial transformation. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS).
  2. Cochez, Geert (2002). [Urban Space (Art) & (Religion)]. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 137p.
  3. Groth, Jacqueline (2002). Reclaiming Urbanity? Indeterminate cultural spaces and the city (a case study in Helsinki, Brussels, Berlin). Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 84p. + annex.
  4. Mingot, Ana (2002). Art in Urban Public Space. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 71p.
  5. van Leeuwen, Nicole (2002). Processing Complexity. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 60p.
  6. Wilson, Dorrie A. (2002). The space of place & “Le Flow”: French Hip Hop cultural practice, policy, and the city. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 45p.
  7. Zegers, Kristel (2002). A comparative research at the stimulation of the coming into being of new cultural production spaces in Amsterdam and Budapest. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 63p.+ appendix.
  8. Ainscough, Nathalie (2003). The Effect of Urban Regeneration on the Music Industry & Music Scene in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS).
academic year 2000-2001
  1. Flower, Steven (2001). What role is there for the cultural industries in facilitating participation in urban regeneration?. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 79p.
  2. Grimm, Robert (2001). Paris, Three Spaces. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 74p.
  3. Sommer, Lin (2001). The changing position of pop music in the contemporary city (based on case studies in Manchester, Tilburg & Oslo). Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 46p. + figures & graphs.
  4. Van Rooijen, Esther (2001). The Sense of Urban Atmosphere (Luctor et Emergo) Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 67p. + interactive CD.
  5. Rodrigues Caldeira, Rute Margarida (2001) MISSING
  6. Olguin, Olga (2001) MISSING
academic year 1999-2000
  1. Daems, Gwendoline (2000). Does Gentrification occur in the urban cores of Manchester, Brussels and Barcelona? Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 77p.
  2. Diaz, Ander (2000). Towards a cultural project in San Sebastian: “The Global Project”. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 66p.
  3. James, Kathy (2000). Creative Uses of Post-Industrial Space: an analyses using three case studies. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 73p.
  4. Maika, Almelia (2000). Creating cultural quarter: an analyses on Palembang project, Indonesia; based on Veemarktkwartier and Northern Quarter, 57p.
  5. Puttonen, Hanne M. (2000). The Töölönlathi Cultural Milieu Project. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 62p. + appendices.
  6. Sluiter, Floor (2000). Towards a new approach of cultural regeneration projects: the convergence model. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), 43p.
  7. Kerchmar, Carl (2000). Reflexive regeneration. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), ??p
  8. Andreen, Isabel (missing)
  9. Ntaras, Kostas (missing)
  10. Delalex, Giles (2000). The Transcale Dimension of Cultural Infrastructures. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), …p.
academic year 1998-1999
  1. Postelmans, Patricia (1999) MISSING
  2. Theuws, Patricia (1999) MISSING
  3. van Bon, Saskia (1999). The Cultural Industries - fostering the local in the network economy: a case study of the Northern Quarter in Manchester. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures, (POLIS), ??p.
academic year 1997-1998
  1. Karachalis, Nicholas (1998). New Urban Cultural Strategies and Post-industrial Space: 4 case studies in 4 countries. Master Thesis European Urban Cultures (POLIS), ?? p.

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