Professor of Urban Sociology in the Department of Sociology of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), researcher at the Center for Urban Studies and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) in the same university. He is also Research Fellow at the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University, Istanbul, Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study (NIAS) and and also a Professor by Special Appointment at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (see below).

He is, moreover, the European Chair of Metropolis International, an associate of the World Economic Forum, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) within the University of Oxford. He has been an advisor of a wide array of local, national and supranational governmental organizations and civic society institutions, including the European Commission (notably DG Enterprise and Industry), the OECD, the OSCE, and the United Nations (notably the IOM, UNHCR, UNCTAD, and the Population Division).

Here, he has collected all of his works, mainly academic, but also other works of interest. You are welcome to browse the website. If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions, please feel free to contact him by email.

Jan Rath is currently on sabbatical leave for the next academic years, in plural, completing a book on migrant entrepreneurship and conducting research on the proliferation of middle-class amenities, cultural consumption and new urban forms. During this period, he is not teaching any classes at UvA or holding office hours.

During his sabbatical, Rath is continuing his collaboration with the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University, Istanbul. He is also associated with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname in Paramaribo to teach and to provide other services, and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam.