About
Frank Moulaert is an eminent scholar in Social Innovation, Territorial Development and Regional Innovation Systems. He is Emeritus Professor of Spatial Planning, Faculty of Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium. He has been the Head of the Planning and Development Unit ASRO, and Chairman of the Leuven Research Centre on Space and Society, He was the Academic Coordinator of the Policy Centre ‘Spatial Planning and Housing’ of the Flemish Region. His research covers urban and regional development, social science theories and methods, but especially social innovation.
Frank Moulaert has coordinated six European Framework projects (SOCIALPOLIS, KATARSIS, DEMOLOGOS, SINGOCOM, VALICORES, URSPIC) and has worked on numerous regional, national and international research platforms in the course of his academic career. He continues his passion for societal change through research and community work. He is interested in issues around the governance of socio-ecological systems (role of social innovation); and, operationalizing sustainable lifestyles through social innovation. He has written various policy reports. He published books, chapters, journal articles, besides editing special issues of peer-reviewed journals. His works have been translated and published around the world in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
