Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the University of Amsterdam (UvA). 

Prof. Dr. Jan Rath has served as director and researcher at the Center for Urban Studies (CUS) and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) in the University of Amsterdam. 

He was full Professor of Sociology ('especially the Study of Cities and their Ethnic and Cultural Diversity') at the University of Amsterdam, holder of the Prof. J.A.A. van Doorn Chair at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), a Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), a Research Fellow at Massey University in Auckland, a Research Fellow at the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University, Istanbul, an Associate of the World Economic Forum, the Chair of Metropolis International, an Editor of International Migration, a Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) within the University of Oxford, and 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 UN Population Division).  He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Quadraam, a consortium of highschools

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.

Please note that Jan Rath's previous email account has been deactivated. Use the following address for all future correspondence: j.c.rath2@contact.uva.nl. 

In April 2023, Jan Rath gave his valedictory speech.

Since then, he has co-edited a Handbook on Migration and Cities, written columns for the Rotterdam glossy Gers!, offered his services as a consultant, delivered guest lectures and master classes, and undertaken various other professional and non-professional activities.