Superdiversity & Discrimination
The municipality of Rotterdam has announced an intensification in implementing the 'Rotterdam Against Racism' policy to fight discrimination and racism. Below you find studies that help guide how policies are developed in Rotterdam.
From report to insight: Discrimination in Rotterdam’s (semi-)public spaces (dutch version)
These findings indicate the need to understand which specific experiences lie behind them...
Discrimination in Rotterdam (infographic)
Insights from the 2024 Omnibus Survey
Omnibus 2024 – executive summary (dutch version)
Discrimination, responses to it, and attitudes toward diversity in Rotterdam...
Patterns of discrimination in Rotterdam (infographic)
Infographic with new research findings from the Rotterdam Inclusivity Project 2023/2024
Report 2024 (dutch version)
An analysis of patterns of discrimination at the city, neighborhood and individual level in Rotterdam - Peter Scholten, Asya Pisarevskaya, Maria Schiller, Tessi Nobbe, Huub Beijers, Eline Teunissen
Discrimination as a societal issue (dutch version)
Summary Report 2024 - Prof. Dr. Peter Scholten et. al.
From “integration” to coexistence as an institutional issue in Rotterdam (dutch version)
An initial response to the Action Plan Living Together in One City (dutch version) - Prof. Dr. Peter Scholten
Report year 1 (2021 – 2022): Rotterdam Inclusivity Project (dutch version)
Towards a scientification of the Rotterdam approach to migration and inclusivity (dutch version) - Peter Scholten, Asya Pisarevskaya, Maurice Korf, Angelique van Dam, Maria Schiller, Petra de Jong
The municipality of Rotterdam has commissioned 4 in-depth studies to analyze its policy efforts against discrimination as well as some of the most pressing themes nowadays to EUR and RADAR. Below you can find brief descriptions of each, and each complete in-depth study
How can we bridge the gap between discrimination reports and discrimination experiences?
A large proportion of Rotterdam's Muslims experience discrimination. It is estimated that around one in five Rotterdam residents has an Islamic background (estimated based on country of origin). Research shows that between half and three-quarters of Muslims in the Netherlands report experiencing discrimination on a regular basis (FRA 2024, Andriessen 2020)...
Superdiversity & Discrimination
Rotterdam is a superdiverse city (Van de Laar and Scholten, 2023). How could it be otherwise for a 'world port city' whose population is more than half made up of Rotterdammers with a migration background, with almost as many nationalities as New York, and with a constant coming and going of new Rotterdammers...
The Rotterdam approach to discrimination (part 2) (dutch version)
Over the past ten years, Rotterdam's anti-discrimination policy has increasingly developed into a form of social cohesion policy. The successive policy papers Relax: Dit Is Rotterdam (2018), Rotterdam Tegen Racisme (2020), and Samenleven in Een Stad (2023) show how anti-discrimination has gained increasing urgency and has also increasingly become an independent policy framework...
Rotterdam and superdiversity
Superdiversity is a feature of the city of Rotterdam. This superdiversity does not solely refer to origin, but also socio-economic status, education, income level, living circumstances and more.
Rotterdam against Muslim discrimination
This in-depth study addresses one of the most pressing discriminatory issues in Dutch and Rotterdam landscape at the moment: Islam-hatred, which refers to discrimination towards individuals who are Muslim or are perceived to be.
Analysis of Rotterdam policies against discrimination
This study addresses and analyses the latest two policy efforts from the Rotterdam Municipality: ‘Rotterdam tegen Racisme’ and ‘Samenleven in Een Stad’....
Master's students from the Governance of Migration and Diversity program at the Erasmus University yearly participate in the Rotterdam Inclusivity Project by writing theses. They contribute to improving policy measures regarding discrimination, inclusion and diversity.
Knowledge and Networks: Lessons from the Key-Person Approach for Polish and Bulgarian Labor Migrants in Rotterdam (dutch version)
This policy brief offers a number of recommendations for increasing knowledge about labor rights among Polish and Bulgarian labor migrants in Rotterdam...
Strengthening the Agniesebuurt community from the ground up (dutch version)
In the Agniesebuurt, a small but highly diverse neighborhood in Rotterdam North, inclusive, resident-managed community spaces are lacking...
Balancing Inclusion and Club Identity in Rotterdam’s Nightlife (dutch version)
Balancing Inclusion and Club Identity in Rotterdam’s Nightlife Discrimination in Rotterdam’s nightlife remains a persistent problem. It is less evident in formal rules and more visible in practices that impact the public....
Limiting the health effects of discrimination among Muslims (dutch version)
Discrimination against Muslims in the Netherlands remains widespread: 55% of Muslims report unfair treatment. How does this discrimination affect health...
The Class Ceiling: How Social Class Still Shapes Careers in the Netherlands (dutch version)
The first Dutch study on the class ceiling, based on LISS panel data, shows that people from less privileged backgrounds are significantly underrepresented in top professions....
Dealing with inequality? (dutch version)
The role of integration professionals in the discrimination of status holders - Anne Kiewiet
Ommoord Towards Inclusion (dutch version)
Exploration of Current Initiatives and Future Opportunities in the Rotterdam Neighborhood
Refining Shelters (dutch version)
Enhancing Safetyand Security for Male IrregularMigrants in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. About interrelationships between irregular stay, victimization risks and shelter...
Are we on the same page? (dutch version)
Implementation of the Rotterdam Against Racism Plan by Primary Schools - Marcela Renderos (2022)