Louis Volont

Louis Volont (1989) is a Belgian sociologist, active at the crossroads between urban and theoretical sociology. He was a member of the CCQO between 2016 and 2021. During those years he wrote a PhD concerning the architectural production and (post-)politicization of ‘common spaces’ in Antwerp, Rotterdam and London (Shapeshifting: The Cultural Production of Common Space, Antwerp University Press). Subsequently, he was a Fulbright post-doctoral fellow at MIT’s Program in Art, Culture & Technology, where he co-taught the course Arts & The Public Sphere. Currently, Louis holds a postdoc position at the HafenCity University Hamburg, where he is a member of the ‘Urban Future-Making’ research group. He now performs a three-year inquiry into social imaginaries of energy production in London and Helsinki. Louis’ work has been featured in journals such as City & Community, Antipode, Space & Culture and Social Inclusion. He lives in Hamburg and loves dogs.