NIAS - Urban Citizen Fellowships
Together with the Municipality of Amsterdam the Urban Citizen Fellowship is set up by the Netherlands Institute of Advance Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) to stimulate the use of advanced research in political deliberation and public policy making for the city of Amsterdam. From 2022 onwards, the programme focusses on the topic of digital urban citizenship.
This unique fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to carry out research projects on issues with regards to living in a city and feeling like a citizen. It combines the benefits of working in the interdisciplinary environment of an Institute for Advanced Study with the advantages of doing a project with high societal impact and concrete results.
Based on the research findings, an important aspect of the Urban Citizen Fellowship is to provide insights and advice for policy-making for the Municipality of Amsterdam. Each fellow teams up with a relevant contact person at the municipality in order to stimulate intellectual exchange and practical collaboration. The urban citizen fellows also work together, with each fellow building upon the work of previous fellows. The fellowship is concluded with an essay written for a general audience, as well as a lecture or presentation to the Municipality.
In collaboration with Municipality of Amsterdam, initiated by wethouder Groot-Wassink & prof.dr. Jan-Willem Duyvendak, director of NIAS.
Advisor: prof.dr. Caroline Nevejan, CSO Amsterdam
Project management: Dindy van Manen, NIAS partners
NIAS Urban Citizen Fellowship selection committee: prof.dr. Jan-Willem Duyvendak (NIAS), Hettie Politiek (Gemeente, programma Democratisering), Khadija Bentaher (Gemeente, programma Diversiteit) en Hessel Jongsma (Gemeente, afdeling Onderwijs en Burgerschap), prof.dr. Caroline Nevejan (CSO gemeente Amsterdam
NIAS fellowship on Digital Urban Citizenship selection committee: Ger Baron (CTO en directeur Digitaliseing en Innovatie), May Britt Janssen (gemeentelijk programma Open Overheid), prof.dr. Caroline Nevejan (CSO gemeente Amsterdam
