Voer voor discussie: 'Expats zijn ook Amsterdammers, die moet je omarmen' De aantrekkingskracht van Amsterdam op expats en studenten is onverminderd groot. De schatting is dat er elk jaar 4000 expats bij zullen komen en dat is goed voor de stad, vindt stadssocioloog Jan Rath van de UvA. Maar de woningmarkt heeft investeringen nodig. 'De […]

Jan Rath was nominated to join the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. In March 2017, he joined the team of world-leading experts engaged by the Forum to help shape the global agenda. In light of increasing complexity, decision-makers face an exponentially growing amount of information while the time they have to respond is shrinking. The […]

How the Netherlands Made Geert Wilders Possible: Many voters may choose his anti-Islam party in a country once famous for its tolerance. The Atlantic, March 13, 2017 https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/518892/

De Nieuws en Co-bus organiseert in aanloop naar de verkiezingen ontmoetingen tussen mensen wier leefwerelden ver uit elkaar liggen. Mensen die bijvoorbeeld in dezelfde wijk wonen maar elkaar nooit in dezelfde cafés zullen tegenkomen. Dat is vooral merkbaar in volkswijken die worden opgeknapt om nieuwe hoogopgeleide bewoners aan te trekken. Dat proces van 'Gentrificatie' is […]

Academisch Nederland, hélp Turkse collega’s Door Erdogans zuiveringsslag dreigt er een generatie academici verloren te gaan in Turkije, waarschuwen Jan Rath en Froukje Santing De academische vrijheid in Turkije staat ernstig onder druk. In het afgelopen jaar zijn duizenden wetenschappers ontslagen, geschorst, gearresteerd, of hun contract werd niet verlengd. De zuiveringsslag werd begin 2016 ingezet […]

In Amsterdam today, specialty coffee bars are mushrooming. Does this mean that Amsterdammers have become coffee gluttons from one day to the next? Fact is that the spread of specialty coffee bars is not confined to Amsterdam, but a phenomenon that can be observed in almost every world city, be it Vancouver, Istanbul, or Kunming. […]

IOM Summer School on Migration Tunis, September 10-15, 2018 Jan Rath Further reading Rath, J. & A. Swagerman (2015) ‘Promoting Ethnic Entrepreneurship in European Cities: Sometimes Ambitious, Mostly Absent, Rarely Addressing Structural Features’, International Migration.Published online: 13 NOV 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12215. Hiebert, D., J. Rath & S. Vertovec (2014) ‘Urban Markets and Diversity: Toward a […]

Promoting Ethnic Entrepreneurship in European Cities: Sometimes Ambitious, Mostly Absent, Rarely Addressing Structural Features by Jan Rath and Anna Swagerman International Migration, 54(1): 152-166 DOI: 10.1111/imig.12215 Abstract An increasing number of immigrants have become entrepreneurial and many governments expect or hope that the ongoing rise of ethnic entrepreneurship will contribute significantly to the integration of […]

Hagemans, I., A. Hendriks, J. Rath and S. Zukin (2015) ‘From greengrocers to cafés. Producing social diversity in Amsterdam’, pp. 90—119 in S. Zukin, Ph. Kasinitz and X. Chen, and research partners. Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai. New York: Routledge.

In this paper we advocate the study of local street markets to explore fundamental issues about the relationship between economy and society. This relationship evolves over time and we believe that it has been recast in an age of increasing cultural diversity and neoliberal state regulatory structures. In street markets we can see how diversity […]