Lena Imeraj

Contact details:
email Lena.Imeraj@vub.be
location_on Pleinlaan 2, Room F.4.70

Biography:

Lena Imeraj is the postdoctoral research coordinator of the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies. In addition to her role at the Centre, she holds positions as a part-time professor in Sociology at Interface Demography and professor in Urban Studies at Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, both at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Lena’s research interests are diverse, covering various topics within population studies and the fields of urban and human geography. Her work primarily focuses on neighbourhood population changes and segregation, life course perspectives on residential change and segregation, residential mobility and residential decision making, ethnic inequalities, and migrant settlement and integration. She possesses expertise in quantitative methodologies and advanced statistical techniques.

Over the years, Lena has actively participated in a range of international and interdisciplinary projects, which include ResSegr (JPI Urban Europe), Cities and Newcomers (VUB Interdisciplinary Research Programme), Bruxodus (INNOVIRIS), BRUTUS (VUB-Foundation), and AirBRU (INNOVIRIS).

Related projects:
Air-BRU – Inequalities of Shared Short-Term Rentals in Brussels

Publications:
ResearchGate
Pure VUB