News and stories about Vital Cities and Citizens

In order to transform cities into more sustainable and just environments, we need actionable knowledge that is relevant and accessible to as many people as…

In an informal settlement in Nairobi, called Mathare, community-led organisations joined hands to develop a people-driven urban planning project: the Mathare

When people are dying, from a global pandemic, poverty and/or racist brutality, what is the point of big and abstract words like ‘sustainability’, ‘justice’,

Pandemic, poverty and power: Perspectives on in/exclusivity in cities

Covid-19 demands a paradigm shift in the way Rotterdam is managed. This policy paper outlines an adaptive, bottom-up and resilient alternative.

Within the Rotterdam Impact Study COVID-19, Vital Cities and Citizens publishes a policy brief advocating innovative Rotterdam policy.

Psychologist Dr. Brian P. Godor and Dr. Ruth van der Hallen are investigating coping and resiliency in young adults during this COVID-19 pandemic.

PhD candidate Karen Klijnhout zooms in on processes and standards of evaluation and legitimation of art. In this blog, she reflects on what the current Corona…

How can Rotterdam effectively recover from the corona crisis? And how can the resilience and future resilience of the city be increased? The COVID-19 impact…

Vital Cities and Citizens publishes second policy brief: Research design for case studies