Social and Economic Inequality

Various forms of social and economic inequality are the focus in this cluster. Some address categorical/durable inequality, which can reinforce other forms of inequality, in relation to coerced labour relations. For instance the role of categorisation in enslavement, the exclusion of immigrants from the city and its labour market and unequal access to education. Other projects address unequal regional demographics and economic and infrastructural developments. 

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Completed projects

Educational Endeavors. Children of immigrants in education in the Netherlands, 1980-2020

PhD Project  by Eva van der Heijden: Educational Endeavors. Children of immigrants in education in the Netherlands, 1980-2020   Her PhD project examined the educational attainment of children immigrants between 1980 and 2020 in the Netherlands as well as the academic debate and perspectives on this. 

Education immigrant children

Resilient diversity

The governance of racial and religious plurality in the Dutch empire, 1600-1800

Resilient diversity