Cities and inequality

KNAW-Webinars

Onrust op straat (turmoil on the streets)

The measures taken to combat the corona pandemic are provoking strong reactions. They led to heated debates but also violent riots. These expressions of discontent have previously been interpreted as indications of a long-standing societal cleavage.

Website Impact Corona

Mapping the social impact of COVID-19 in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam and throughout the Netherlands.

The establishment of a Knowledge Workshop Liveable Neighbourhoods

The Knowledge Workshop Liveable Neighbourhoods is a partnership between the municipality of Rotterdam, the Erasmus University.

Public publication "Maasstad aan de monitor"

"Maasstad on the monitor". Providing a new image of the city of Rotterdam: 'the other lists of Rotterdam'.

Newspapers

To restore trust, it is not only politics that must take action. Growing tensions in poor neighbourhoods reinforce mutual distrust, write NRC Handelsblad:

1. Voor herstel van vertrouwen is niet alleen politiek aan zet (opinie)

2. Als de burger het zelf moet doen, blijven arme buurten achter (11 juni 2015)

Mini-lecture

Lecture on the changing demography and class relations in Rotterdam.

Science lecture

Public lecture on the benefits and drawbacks of basic income.

Webarticle 

Inequality in civic participation reduced in Rotterdam during crisis.

Best PhD Article 2019

This article examines how the 2008-2009 recession affected civic participation in deprived and affluent neighbourhoods in the city of Rotterdam.