Handbook on Migration and Cities by Els de Graauw, Jan Rath, and Ceren Kulkul Akyunak Cheltenham: Edward Elgar The publication is Open Access and can therefore be downloaded free of charge. Coming out soon (January 2027) Notify me when the book is available Cities and migration shape one another in profound ways, yet migration studies [...]

Substack 'Futures of Difference'Why Social Categories Resist Prediction Short Jan Rath on the limits of prediction, the reality of assimilation, and the primacy of class 10 september 2026 What if social scientists simply cannot predict the future of social difference? Sociologist Jan Rath offers a bracing corrective to academic future-gazing, arguing that societies are far [...]

Artikel Voor het eerst in de praktijk: Deelraadsverkiezingen in Rotterdam en Amsterdam door Jan Rath In: A. Fermin, Z. Arslan and P. Zwaga (red). (2026) Veertig jaar lokaal kiesrecht voor migranten: Ervaringen, inzichten en uitdagingen. Amsterdam/Utrecht: Platform Sociale Binding/ Fermin Onderzoek & Advies, pp. 23-30. Nadat de nieuwe Grondwet in 1983 van kracht werd, moest [...]

Ter gelegenheid van zijn emeritaat gaf Prof. Dr. Jan Rath -- hoogleraar 'Sociologie, in het bijzonder de studie der stad en haar etnische en culturele verscheidenheid' -- op donderdag 13 april 2023 zijn afscheidscollege, getiteld Terug naar Zuid. Een video van het volledige afscheidscollege en van de toespraken erna is hier te bekijken en te beluisteren. [...]

Verheffing van de volkse winkelstraat: commerciële gentrificering? Jan Rath Tijdschrift Sociale Vraagstukken April 13, 2023 Hoogleraar Jan Rath laat in zijn afscheidsrede op 13 april zijn licht schijnen op gentrificering van volkswijken, met name in Rotterdam Zuid. Ruim baan voor middenklassen? Voor volkse ondernemers? Volgens Rath is de werkelijkheid niet zwart of wit. Een van [...]

Regulation of Migrant Entrepreneurship Giacomo Solano, Monder Ram & Jan Rath (Eds) International Migration April 2023, 61(2): 1-122 We are struck by a curious paradox: the flourishing discourse on migrant entrepreneurship is replete with references to the regulatory environment; yet the precise ways in which regulations exert influence is rarely spelt out. This task is [...]

Stigmatizing Street Vendors and Market Traders: The Case of Amsterdam from a Historical Perspective Emil van Eck and Jan Rath Journal of Urban History Early view, December 10, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1177/009614422211408 This article contributes to the debate on the stigmatization of street vendors and market traders by illuminating the moralizing and disciplinary state interventions that city [...]

Understanding Migration: Metropolis Project Jan Rath. Paul Spoonley and Mihaela Vieru IQ Konkret. Journal on Migration and Labour Market, 2: 40-43. The aim of Metropolis International is to enhance policy through empirical research and to support societies and organizations that are managing the many effects of migration and diversity > Reprinted as ‘Migration verstehen’,  IQ [...]

Riots Erupt in Sweden After Planned Quran Burning Violent clashes erupted in Sweden after anti-Muslim activists held rallies that planned to include burning Islam's holy book, the Quran. Counter protests broke out against the far-right rallies, which eventually turned violent. Dozens were injured in scuffles as cars were set on fire. Condemnation against the planned [...]

'Born and raised in the southern part of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in a poor and deprivileged neighbourhood Jan Rath studied anthropology and urban studies and eventually became a professor of urban sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He still holds this position today, while he is also affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam and Koç University [...]