News and stories about Vital Cities and Citizens

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.

Within the Rotterdam Impact Study COVID-19, Vital Cities and Citizens publishes a policy brief advocating innovative Rotterdam policy.

Psychologist Dr. Brian P. Godor and Dr. Ruth van der Hallen are investigating coping and resiliency in young adults during this COVID-19 pandemic.

PhD candidate Karen Klijnhout zooms in on processes and standards of evaluation and legitimation of art. In this blog, she reflects on what the current Corona crisis tells us about this topic.