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Paleis voor Volksvlijt 2016
28 Oct 2015
What is the economic future of Amsterdam? ‘Paleis voor Volksvlijt 2016’ is a public exhibition on the economic future of the Amsterdam region, organised during the Dutch presidency of the European Union spring 2016. ...
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CUS launches Seed Grant Open Call for members
27 Oct 2015
This academic year, the Centre for Urban Studies launches three rounds of seed-grant calls to support and facilitate research initiatives of CUS’ research staff, both permanent and temporary (PhD's, Post Docs). A ...
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Amsterdam ranks second on the European Digital City Index
27 Oct 2015
The European Digital City Index is a list of the most digital entrepreneur-friendly cities in Europe. The index is an attempt to measure capital EU cities against a number of criteria set by 90+ digital ...
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Highlighted CUS publication 'Urban peripheries: reflecting on politics and projects in Amsterdam, Milan, and Paris'
27 Oct 2015
In a recent paper in Environment and Planning C, Federico Savini, Stan Majoor and Willem Salet reflect on and question the political and financial drivers of urban development in the contemporary context of ...
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Urban Cycling Institute in The Guardian: Should Bike Helmets be Compulsory?
27 Oct 2015
In a recent article in The Guardian’s series on ‘Cycling the city’, Dr Marco te Brömmelstroet (member of CUS and director of the Urban Cycling Institute) was asked to comment on the question: should cyclists in ...
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Tenure Track Position in Urban Studies
6 Oct 2015
The Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Urban Studies, starting August 2016. The University of Amsterdam is among the leading ...
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Just and resilient cities
6 Oct 2015
With a current population inflow into cities of 200,000 people per day, it is expected that up to 75% of the global population will live in cities by 2050. Cities and urban life are transforming rapidly, posing new ...
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Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai
2 Oct 2015
Over the past few years, Sharon Zukin (Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College) has regularly visited the Centre for Urban Studies to work with Jan Rath (member of the CUS), Philip Kasinitz, and Xiangming Chen on ...
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Review Urban Movie #12 'Smart City: In search of the Smart Citizen'
28 Sept 2015
On September 10th 2015, as part of the Urban Movies series, the film 'Smart City. In search of the Smart Citizen' was screened at Pakhuis de Zwijger. The documentary is a collaborative product by Sara Blom and Dorien ...
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East meets west: new perspectives on socio-economic segregation in European capital cities
18 Sept 2015
Growing inequalities in Europe are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competiveness of European cities. An overlooked area of research, an international team of researchers ...
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New Director Centre for Urban Studies
7 Sept 2015
After four years, Jan Nijman stepped down as Director of the Centre for Urban Studies and he is succeeded by Luca Bertolini. We spoke with Luca and Jan about the meaning of urban studies, the challenges, and their ...
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Jan Nijman Mellon Visiting Professor at the University of Pretoria
3 Sept 2015
Jan Nijman was Mellon Visiting Professor at the University of Pretoria in the summer of 2015. He gave a public lecture on August 5: "Emergent Urban Formations: The Case of India."
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New Assistant Professor in Governance of Urban Infrastructure to Enhance Adaptive Capacity
3 Sept 2015
The Centre for Urban Studies warmly welcomes Eric Chu as new research member. Chu will be Assistant Professor in a new research project ‘Governance of Urban Infrastructure to Enhance Adaptive Capacity,’ in which he ...
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How to plan a cycling city: short review of the summer school provided by the Urban Cycling Institute
2 Sept 2015
‘How to plan a cycling city?’ is a unique summer course at the University of Amsterdam that seeks to give students insight into the roots and world of the Dutch cycling tradition. The main goal of the course was to ...
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Shanghai Ranking: UvA’s Social Sciences once again best in the Netherlands
31 Aug 2015
The Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam have once again risen in the field ranking conducted by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, advancing from 39th to ...
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NWO-VENI grant for Willem Boterman
30 July 2015
Willem Boterman has received a VENI for his research proposal ‘Placing educational inequalities: Socio-spatial strategies for access to primary education’.
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Start of Summer School ‘Planning the Cycling City’
13 July 2015
Starting this week, the Urban Cycling Institute - an initiative launched by the Centre for Urban Studies - organizes a graduate summer school programme ‘Planning the Cycling City’. Cycling is a simple means of ...
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Highlighted CUS publication 'Welcome to the neighbourhood: The spatial dimensions of legitimacy for voluntary leisure organisations'
2 July 2015
With an understanding that organisations in a city are spatially located and that the geographical distribution of their resources is uneven, this paper examines how neighbourhood characteristics affect the spatial ...
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New publication 'Younger Adults and Homeownership in Europe Through the Global Financial Crisis'
2 July 2015
In the context of poorly performing national economies and sustained employment insecurity since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, various UK and US studies have suggested that the transitions of younger ...
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Who Makes the City? – New online platform for young urban talent
16 June 2015
In cooperation with the research master students in Urban Studies, The Proto City has launched a new online platform titled ‘Who Makes the City’. Aimed at early-career urban researchers and enthusiast, and crossing ...
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