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Implications for the human life course in societies around the world
A group of international researchers draw on their collective expertise on how the Covid-19 pandemic changes assumptions on the human life course.
"Equality is not only about noble intentions, we should also act effectively."
Sociologist Illias El Hadioui argues that schools should compose their summerschool programmes based on scientific insights.
"Vulnerable people are hit much harder, which is also what we’re seeing during the current coronavirus crisis"
Disasters don’t just happen completely out of the blue, and they are never equally distributed, either, according to Professor Thea Hilhorst.
Integration is elusive and difficult for governments to control
Integration of migrants is an elusive process that does not allow linear planning or influencing. This is the idea put forward by Warda Belabas in her thesis.
“In Rotterdam, migration may be the main challenge to be addressed, other than climate change.”
Prof Peter Scholten, in association with eight colleagues, founded the new Centre on the Governance of Migration and Diversity.
“Which forms of policy contribute to the participation of refugees?”
Dr Meta van der Linden is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences who is conducting a study on recently arrived refugees living in Rotterdam.
Paradise lost
How do you effect a positive influence the mindset of travellers? For her PhD, Shirley Nieuwland (28) has been researching sustainable and responsible models of urban tourism.
Claartje ter Hoeven appointed as professor of Organisational Dynamics in the Digital Society
This multidisciplinary endowed chair lies within the ESSB's strategy established for 2019-2022.
Listening to Music in Black and White
To what extent and how are ethnoracial divisions constructed and dismantled in music reception? This is what Julian Schaap researches in his dissertation, which he defends on 11 October.
In the Netherlands, the middle class doesn't disappear!
Prof. Dr. Godfried Engbersen (ESSB) at BNR Radio on the differences in income groups and social classes.