dr. V (Vivian) Visser

Biography

Vivian Visser is assistant professor of Governance & Pluralism at the department of Public Administration and Sociology.  

She is currently involved in the Vital Cities and Citizens funded research project "One size doesn't fit all". To reduce social inequalities in participation, this project researches how public professionals can tailor citizen participation approaches by taking into account differences in citizens’ social, economic and cultural capital. The research focusses on two neighbourhoods in Rotterdam that experiment with innovation in neighbourhood participation and governance.  The project combines design-oriented methods with an action research approach, involving in-depth understanding of the perspectives of hard-to-reach groups, fostering innovative, out-of-the-box theorizing, practical applicability and societal impact. Crucially, instead of focusing on how citizens could adapt to extant institutional contexts, the project aims to develop tools for public professionals to tailor participation approaches to citizens.

Vivian's research interests include the changing relation between governments and citizens. She is particularly interested in the role that status differences between citizens play in participation processes. 

For her disseration, she conducted a mixed-method study  on governments’ and citizens’ perspectives on invitational governance; a governance style explicitly aimed at stimulating citizens' initiatives. 

Vivian coordinates the Kenniswerkplaats Leefbare Wijken, Govlab010 and the master Polarisatie, Democratie en Samenleving. 

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Assistant professor | Governance and Pluralism
Email
visser@essb.eur.nl

Work

  • Kjell Noordzij & Vivian Visser (19 December 2023) - Hoe bereik je als onderzoeker ‘moeilijk bereikbare groepen’ en welke afwegingen komen daarbij kijken?
  • V (Vivian) Visser (20 January 2021) - Can everyone participate?
  • V (Vivian) Visser (16 October 2020) - Sluiting Schilderswijk

  • Kjell Noordzij & Vivian Visser (2023) - Burgers betrekken bij besluitvorming (Speaker)
    Activity: Invited talk Professional
  • Vivian Visser (2020) - Kunnen burgers voldoende invloed uitoefenen op hun leefomgeving? (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Professional
  • E (Ellen) Minkman, V (Vivian) Visser, J (Jitske) van Popering - Verkerk & MW (Arwin) van Buuren (2020) - Energietransitie in Rotterdam (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Professional
  • V (Vivian) Visser (2020) - Govlab010: Het benutten van de energie van onderop (Speaker)
    Activity: Invited talk Professional
  • V (Vivian) Visser (2019) - DPAS PhD Day (Organiser)
    Activity: Organising and contributing to an event Academic
  • V (Vivian) Visser (2019) - Wij Maken Nederland Academie (External organisation) (Member)
    Activity: Membership of board Professional
  • Vivian Visser & Jitske Verkerk (2019) - Masterclass participatie in de fysieke leefomgeving (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Professional
  • Vivian Visser, Jitske Verkerk & Arwin Buuren (2019) - Dag van de Participatie (Participant)
    Activity: Attending an event Professional

  • Arwin van Buuren, Jitske van Popering - Verkerk & Vivian Visser (2019) - Erasmus Graduate School Award for PhD Excellence: Best conference paper

3.4 Bachelor project

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-B3050

4.4 Governance

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-BM1040

3.5C Political Philosophy and Democracy

Year
2024
Course Code
FSWB-3051

3.2 Political Philosophy and Democracy

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-C3020

4.2 Democratische vernieuwing

Year
2024
Course Code
ESSB-MS1020

News regarding dr. V (Vivian) Visser

Beyond One Size Fits All: How Rotterdam is Customizing Citizen Participation

Interview with researchers Vivian Visser and Roos Keller on how Rotterdam customizes citizen participation to be more inclusive and equitable for all.
Schoolplein in Kralingen-Crooswijk

How to reach 'hard-to-reach groups' as a researcher?

Researchers may find it challenging to reach specific groups within our society. In this interview two researchers share their experiences.

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