Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

prof.dr. PWA (Peter) Scholten

Biography

Peter Scholten is full professor in the Governance of Migration and Diversity in the team Policy, Politics and Society. Peter is scientific director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research centre on the Governance of Migration and Diversity, team lead of the team Policy, Politics and Society, and editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Migration Studies. In addition, he is Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) double professor at Leiden University (department of global affairs), and Malmo city visiting professor at the Institute for Migration, Integration and Welfare at Malmo University. His main research interests involve the dynamics of migration and diversity policies, cities of migration, science-politics relations on migration and diversity, and complexity governance. 

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Full professor | Policy, Politics and Society
Email
p.scholten@essb.eur.nl

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News regarding prof.dr. PWA (Peter) Scholten

Tool to support migrant integration practitioners

Researchers wrote a handbook to help policymakers, service providers, and advocates who work with migrants make their policies and practices more evidence-based.
  • Wednesday 25 Jan 2023
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Scientific evidence on migrant integration closer to practitioners

The SprINg evidence repository helps policymakers, service providers and advocates who work with migrants make their policies and practices more evidence based.
  • Thursday 20 Oct 2022
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‘All you can do is follow the facts as best you can’

As a researcher, some subjects appear like they don't seem to have solutions. However, maybe it's better to find out what's behind the problems instead.
  • Monday 5 Jul 2021
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