René Kreichauf

Dr. René Kreichauf is Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, FWO postdoc fellow, and lecturer in the Erasmus Mundus MSc 4CITIES and the MSc Urban Studies master’s degree programs at the Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He researches and teaches on topics such as displacement, urban migration regimes, migrant activism and protest, state violence, and racial capitalism. His article “From Forced Migration to Forced Arrival: the Campization of Asylum Accommodation in European Cities” (Comparative Migration Studies) received the Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award. He co-edited the book Displacement, Asylum and the City. Understanding Migration Processes through Urban Studies Approaches (Routledge, 2023).