Metropolitan (Trans)formations The theme of Metropolitan (Trans)formations begins with the idea that the city today is defined by the scale of the metropolitan region and is crossed by higher scaled movements and communications which trace out new dynamical contours of urban life and construct contemporary global and metropolitan realities in local places. We research the way patterns of urban activity and centrality form around urban structures which themselves have their origins in practices of making and using the city. We research the way economic and social distributions and patterns become embedded in these orders, and are interested in developing strategies for affecting and steering these states. Projects: Dispo_za_tif: spatial mechanism and the new city PhD candidate: G. Bruyns Supervisors: Prof H.J. Rosemann, Dr S. Read PhD thesis to be completed in 2009 Intervention in the contemporary urban field; pondering planning and emergence to engage contemporary demands PhD candidate: C. Pinilla Castro Supervisors: Prof H.J. Rosemann, Dr A. van Nes PhD thesis to be completed in 2008 Urban [R]evolution: The Correlation Between Metropolitan Evolution and Cultural Revolution PhD candidate: A. Vollebregt Supervisors: Prof H.J. Rosemann, Dr S. Read PhD thesis to be completed in 2009 Reshaping urbanity: Economic rescaling, urban transformation and shift of location of service firms in Amsterdam from 1950’s to present PhD candidate: L. Budiarto Supervisors: Prof H.J. Rosemann, Dr S. Read PhD thesis to be completed in 2009 Changing centralities under urban configurational ‘scale-structure’: investigating the spatial conditions for emerging shopping areas in Beijing PhD candidate: Sheng Qiang Supervisors: Prof H.J. Rosemann, Dr S. Read PhD thesis to be completed in 2009 | 
