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Urban living is on the rise. Urban environments, like Amsterdam, are characterized by features that make city life not only attractive and exciting, but also more challenging and stressful than rural environments, ...

The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology ICS offers fully funded PhD positions for a variety of projects.

Ethnic discrimination on the labour market is a major concern for societies seeking equality. Unequal treatment of citizens leads to inequality, deficient participation and loss of capacity. Sociologist Bram Lancee ...

Specialist professionals have better job opportunities than highly trained professionals.

Specialistisch opgeleide mbo-vakmensen hebben de beste baankansen en aantrekkelijk werk. Dat is tegen de verwachting in: vaak wordt gedacht dat smal opgeleiden het moeilijker krijgen op de arbeidsmarkt naarmate ze ...

Op vrijdag 8 september organiseerde AMCIS het speciale Herdenkingssymposium 'Onderwijs, Echtscheiding, Elites en de Publieke Zaak' naar aanleiding van de in 2016 overleden socioloog Jaap Dronkers.

On September 8, AMCIS organized a special memorial symposium in the University Library of Amsterdam in memory of Jaap Dronkers, Professor of Sociology, who died in 2016.

In fall 2017, AMCIS will organize a seminar series with international scholars who work on various topics related to inequality. The presenters will talk about a recent (empirical) research project that they are ...

AMCIS affiliate Gijs Schumacher, Assistant Professor at the Political Science department of the University of Amsterdam, has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council.  An ERC Starting Grant, a ...

The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) offers fully funded PhD scholarships for a variety of projects.

On September 28 and 29, the Department of Sociology in collaboration with the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), will organize the conference Ethnic Inequality on the Labour Market: cross-national ...

What is the state of the Dutch voter? Are we seeing a crisis of confidence between people and politics? Are we on the verge of serious problems and will institutional reforms be inevitable if our country is to remain ...

Dr S.L. de Lange (1981) has been named professor by special appointment of the Dr J.M. den Uyl Chair at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The chair was established on ...

Dr T.W.G. van der Meer (1980) has been appointed professor of Political Science, specialising in Legitimacy, Inequality and Citizenship, at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

We are honoured to announce that Thijs Bol has been appointed Academic Coordinator of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS).

De werkgelegenheid aan de boven- en onderkant van de arbeidsmarkt neemt toe, terwijl banen in het middensegment verdwijnen. Er is sprake van toenemende polarisatie in de beroepenstructuur. Dat heeft invloed op de ...

Andrea Forster (sociologie) heeft met haar masterscriptie ‘A vocational decline?’ de SER-Scriptieprijs 2016 gewonnen. Haar scriptie scoort het hoogst op de criteria originaliteit, beleidsrelevantie, analytisch niveau ...

Jaap Dronkers is op 30 maart 2016 overleden aan de gevolgen van een herseninfarct. Hij was van 1990 tot 2001 verbonden aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, eerst als hoogleraar onderwijskunde (1990-1999), daarna als ...

We are honored to announce that Beate Volker has been appointed to become member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMV).

Beate Volker, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, programme director of Institutions, Inequalities and Life Courses, and member of the Centre for Urban Studies and Amsterdam Centre for Inequality ...