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Dr. Asya Pisarevskaya, dr. William Voorberg and prof. dr. Peter Scholten of the Erasmus University Rotterdam participate in a newly awarded a European Horizon 2020 project: SPRING. 

Dr. Maria Schiller and prof. dr. Peter Scholten from the Erasmus University Rotterdam participate in a newly awarded Horizon Europe 2020 project WHOLE-COMM

A multidisciplinary research team, including Jurian Edelenbos from the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, has been awarded a ZonMw COVID-19 research grant.

The KnowledgeWorkPlace Organisation in a Smart City conducts research aimed at finding solutions for the smart organisation of metropolitan issues.

Dr. Amanda Alencar was awarded the Stichting Erasmus Trustfonds Grant for her research project "Refugee settlement, place-making and digital technologies in the cities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam".

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 possible.

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

A plea for sustainable just cities and the right to life by dr. Flor Avelino.

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.