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Persoonlijk profiel
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Matthijs Degraeve is a postdoctoral researcher at the Departments of History (SHOC - Social History of Capitalism) and Architectural Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has a PhD in History and a master’s degree in the Conservation of Monuments and Sites.
As of October 2022, he works as an FWO postdoctoral researcher within the project ‘Plumbing The City’, studying the historical development of urban sanitary governance, domestic water use and the plumbing trade in Brussels, London and Paris (1850-1940). In 2021, he obtained a PhD within the interdisciplinary research project ‘Building Brussels’, where he performed an urban- and business-historical study on construction enterprises and their relationship with the transforming urban space of Brussels (1830-1970). It was awarded the Best Dissertation Prize (2019-2021) at the 23rd Annual Congress of the European Business History Association.
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FWOTM1101: Loodgieters in de stad. De regulering van sanitaire installateurs in stedelijk Europa (1850-1940)
Degraeve, M., Ryckbosch, W. & Wouters, I.
1/10/22 → 17/10/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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IRP7_b: Brussel heropbouwen (1695-2025): de bouwsector als motor voor sociale inclusie en circulariteit
Wouters, I., Van de Voorde, S., De Temmerman, N., Deneweth, H., Ryckbosch, W., Ryckewaert, M., Bassens, D., da Silva Rodrigues, K., Baumgartner, J., Huba, L., Reyniers, L. & Degraeve, M.
1/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Fundamenteel
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IRP7_a: Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015
Wouters, I., Wouters, I., Bertels, I., Bertels, I., Deneweth, H., Ryckewaert, M., Scholliers, P., Sosnowska, P., Van de Voorde, S., van Heur, B., Verdonck, A. & Degraeve, M.
1/07/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Fundamenteel
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SRP27: SRP (Groeiers): De bakermat van de moderniteit? Sociale dynamiek in de steden Brabant en Vlaanderen in een comparatief en langetermijnperspectief, 1350-1914
Winter, A., Buylaert, F., Baguet, J., De Koster, M., Ryckbosch, W., Van den Broeck, N., Verbeke, A., Feys, T., Deneweth, H., Horemans, B., Plettinck, G., Adriaens, M., Wauters, R., Vermeesch, G., Vanruysseveldt, V., Vervaeke, A. A., Everaert, J., Erkul, A., Volkov, V., Coppens, A., Debackere, E., Verbruggen, T., Loockx, K., Beeckaert, E., Saelens, W., Leloup, W., Degraeve, M. & Schepers, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Fundamenteel
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Artisans’ chase for urban space. Clusters of construction entrepreneurs in Brussels, c. 1830–1930
Degraeve, M., Deneweth, H. & Van de Voorde, S., aug. 2024, In: Urban History. 51, 3, blz. 581-599 19 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Liquid innovators. Company advertisements of sanitary installers in Paris, London, and Brussels (1850–1940)
Degraeve, M., 24 jun. 2024, Construction Matters: Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Construction History. Holzer, S., Langenberg, S., Knobling, C. & Kasap, O. (redactie). Zurich: vdf Hochschulverlag, blz. 423-430 8 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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The business of city-building. Long-term change and continuity in the construction sector (Brussels, 1830–1970)
Degraeve, M., 25 apr. 2024, In: Enterprise and Society. blz. 1-32 32 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Water
Degraeve, M. (redactie), nov. 2024, In: Tijd-Schrift. Heemkunde en lokaal-erfgoedpraktijk in Vlaanderen. 13, 2, 113 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Special issue
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Who built Brussels? The profile of artisans and entrepreneurs in the Brussels construction sector around 1865
Degraeve, M., 18 mrt. 2024, In: Brussels Studies. 2024, 20 blz.Vertaalde titel van de bijdrage :Wie bouwde Brussel? Het profiel van vaklui en ondernemers in de Brusselse bouwsector rond 1865 Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Prijzen
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European Business History Association (EBHA) Best Dissertation Prize
Degraeve, Matthijs (Recipient), 23 jun. 2022
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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EUTOPIA Researcher Mobility Grant
Degraeve, Matthijs (Recipient), 7 mrt. 2023
Prijs: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activiteiten
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Rain, Risk, and Responsibility. Water Leaks and Sewer Floods in London, Paris, and Brussels (c. 1850-1914)
Matthijs Degraeve (Speaker)
9 mei 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Working with water. Plumbers as agents of public health and modernity (Brussels, Paris, and London, 1850-1940)
Matthijs Degraeve (Speaker)
27 mrt. 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Regen, risico’s en rioleringen. Omgaan met overstromingen binnenshuis in Brussel en Parijs (1850-1914)
Matthijs Degraeve (Speaker)
7 feb. 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Crisis and resilience in urban settings, 19th-20th centuries
Matthijs Degraeve (Chair), Leon Joshua K. (Participant), Daniel Oviedo Silva (Participant), Henrik Forsberg (Participant), Magnus Bohman (Participant) & Jiří Hlaváček (Participant)
29 mrt. 2025Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Op zoek naar de kinderen van de Zenne in 1867
Matthijs Degraeve (Speaker)
22 mrt. 2025Activiteit: Talk at a school event
Knipsels
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Comment Bruxelles est-elle devenue la grande ville que l'on connaît aujourd'hui ?
18/03/24
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
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Verhalen van Brussel, verhalen met inspraak
Matthijs Degraeve, Joost Vaesen, Serge Jaumain, Iadine Degryse, Claire Billen, Frédéric Boquet, Stéphane Demeter, Heidi Deneweth, Michel Hubert, Dirk Jacobs & Benjamin Wayens
2/03/23
2 Mediabijdrages
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Tentoonstelling toont hoe bouwsector onder druk staat in Brussel
11/02/22
1 item van Media-aandacht
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Bouwsector vertrekt uit de stad, en dat is slecht nieuws voor u
Matthijs Degraeve, Frederik Marc Vandyck & Sarah De Boeck
27/10/20
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Research
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Les entreprises de construction manquent d'espace de travail à Bruxelles
Matthijs Degraeve, Frederik Marc Vandyck & Sarah De Boeck
15/10/20
1 item van Media-aandacht
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Scriptie
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Building Brussels: Construction Entrepreneurs in a Transforming Urban Space (1830-1970)
Auteur: Degraeve, M., 19 aug. 2021Begeleider: Deneweth, H. (Promotor), Van de Voorde, S. (Promotor) & Bertels, I. (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis