Caroline Claus is a Brussels-based urban sound and planning researcher.

Her research focuses on urban landscapes as contexts for contemporary listening and the creation of new urban space. Her interests include the analysis of urban sonic environments – both as materiality and physical form, as experience, in sound machines and technologies – to understand the role of sonic affect (acoustic comfort & beyond) in the dynamics of territoriality, as well as linking these affective tendencies to strategies for transitory urban space.

Her research materializes in three main areas: sonic ethnography and AI-driven urban planning and design research; art residencies, studio collaborations, and consulting services; and conference participation and publications as feedback to action.

Caroline studied Sociology (Ugent) and Urbanism, Spatial Planning & Design (EhB & VUB ∣ Cum Laude). She holds a PhD in Architecture from KU Leuven.

contact[at]clauscaroline.be