Centre for Urban Studies Amsterdam

New Working Paper!
The paper reveals a clear increase in housing unaffordability in the Netherlands and a strong link with poorer mental health. The results show these dynamics to be starkly differentiated by tenure and age, disproportionately affecting renters and younger adults. The results underscore how changes in housing systems have intensified housing precarity, specifically within the rental sector, and reveal how this may contribute to worsening mental health at the population level.
Read the paper here:
https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.57.html

Job opportunity! Do you possess strong organizational skills and are you looking for a support position in which knowledge of urban studies is beneficial? The CUS is looking for a coordinator starting in January 2022. Apply by 21 December, and find the full vacancy, in Dutch, here:

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During his CUS fellowship, Ricardo Fuentealba made a research visit to Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago, Chile, where he critically analysed the spatially heterogenous character of urban-environmental conflicts. Want to know more about the topic and his fellowship experience? Read his new blog here!:

Urban-environmental conflicts and Covid-19 in Chile - Centre for Urban Studies Any attentive observer of cities will see how urban environments are filled with contradictions and power relations. Far from neutral and technical policy instruments and the goodwill of participatory processes, urban spaces are regularly exclusionary and unjust. How else could we, for instance, und...

What trends are driven by Covid19, ranging from office conversions to temporary property uses and suburban development activities? How do local planners, policy makers and real estate industry actors reflect on these trends and devise their respective strategies? And how do (mis)matches ultimately affect our cities? Join us on 3 Dec for the third Connect21 webinar!
https://www.planningproperty.ugovern.eu/events/mis-matches-between-urban-policies-and-real-estate-industry-activities

Are you interested in the multitude of housing trajectories of EU migrants in the Netherlands, upon arrival and in the years thereafter? This new working paper provides new insights into housing trajectories with explicit attention to the role of shared housing.
Read the paper here
https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.56.html

If you live in Amsterdam, chances are you have come across a street sign that features the WhatsApp logo, followed by the word “buurtpreventie” (neighbourhood watch). In cities around the world, WhatsApp groups for security have encouraged neighbours to keep their eyes on the streets, and on each other. "By engaging in such vigilant exchanges, residents constantly stress and negotiate the lines between “good” and “bad” neighbourly behaviour, between insiders and strangers." Read the new blog 'Vigilant Neighbours: City Surveillance and WhatsApp' here:
https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/blog-series/vigilant-neighbours-city-surveillance-and-whatsapp.html?origin=iWAbPonAR1mDq22kqgvbkg

The need for a new economic narrative that ultimately serves us – the people – is no longer implicit. What can we, as policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, and as active agents of change, do to create a Wellbeing Economy? Join us on 26 Oct 17-18CET!
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Urban Dialogue #9: Pathways towards a Wellbeing Economy in European cities - Centre for Urban Studies The panel session will be hosted by the Centre for Urban Studies, on the 26th of October from 16.00-17.00. We aim to bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers from across European cities to exchange knowledge and experiences on redirecting the urban economy towards wellbeing, instea...

CUS Members Amber Howard, Cody Hochstenbach & Richard Ronald explore the drivers and housing outcomes of rental sector liberalization in Amsterdam for young adults. What are the differences between socio-economic and demographic groups, and how do young adults compare to older generations? Find out in this new working paper! https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.55.html?origin=7Lgw0jxTSDypvrJPXlepEA

Through analysis of satellite imagery, UvA researchers found a substantial loss of green space in the cities of Amsterdam and Brussels, 15.7% per capita in Amsterdam and 26.5% in Brussels. This loss can be directly linked to urban densification processes. ‘Additions of green space were insufficient to compensate for the loss of green space through new development projects.’ Read more here:

Urban densification processes put increasing pressure on urban greenspaces - Centre for Urban Studies Through analysis of satellite imagery, researchers of the University of Amsterdam found a substantial loss of green space in the cities of Amsterdam and Brussels, 15.7% per capita in Amsterdam and 26.5% in Brussels.

📣Call for Proposals!
The CUS invites practitioners and urban researchers from the
University of Amsterdam / Universiteit van Amsterdam and beyond to apply for our new round of Seed Funding. Submit your interdisciplinary project proposal by 24 December 2021. Find the call here:
https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/news/2021/10/open-call-cus-seed-grants-and-seed-grants-dec-2021.html
The grants are provided to assist our members in their work, in fostering an inter/transdisciplinary dialogue, and in stimulating original research in the field of Urban Studies. We invite everyone to co-apply along with a CUS member!

Open Call: CUS Seed Grants (4x) and Seed Grants XL (3x) - Centre for Urban Studies The Centre for Urban Studies launches a new round of Seed Grants to be spent in 2022. In this round, four Seed Grants with a maximum of up to €2.500 per grant, and three Seed Grants XL with a maximum of up to €10.000 per grant will be awarded.

/ New Working Paper /
From angry mothers to professional advocacy for play street movement in Taipei: the PFC, a group of female citizens enacted their insurgency to navigate through a technocrat dominated planning system for childrens' right to the city street. Download and read the paper here: https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.54.html

The Connect21 Early Career Seminar 2 application is now open!
Apply before 1 Nov for a unique opportunity to discuss your research and receive feedback from 3 established academic mentors: Em. Prof. Ed Nozeman, Dr. Isil Erol, and Dr. Sina Shahab
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Online Early Career Seminar: Research at the Intersection of Planning and Real Estate Studies - Centre for Urban Studies The real estate industry is fast paced and dynamic – producing complex landscapes of investors and developers within cities globally. Tomorrow’s generation of planners and planning scholars must grapple with this complexity. Nevertheless, planning literature addressing real estate dynamics has b...