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Place and Date of birth

Amsterdam - Netherland, January 10, 1948 

Actual position

 

Addresses

Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130 1018 VZ Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Tel

(31) 205254081

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(31) 205254051

E-mail:

W.J.M.Ostendorf@uva.nl


Education

1970 

 Masters degree in Social Geography (cum laude), at the University of Amsterdam

1974 

Doctoral degree in Social Geography, (subsidiary subjects: Sociology and Methods in Social Research, cum laude), at the University of Amsterdam

1988 

 Ph.D.: The Social Profile of the Municipality (on the development of the daily urban region of Amsterdam and the impact of the policies of the municipalities) Promotor: prof. dr. R. van Engelsdorp Gastelaars


Academic Career

 1971-1974 

Research assistant, Department of Geography, Universiteit van Amsterdam

1974-1981 

Lecturer at the Department of Geography, Universiteit van Amsterdam

1981-1988

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography Universiteit van Amsterdam

1988-

Associate Professor at the Department of Geography Universiteit van Amsterdam Lectures involved research methodology, urban geography, geography of the Netherlands, research-courses, several specific courses on problems of metropolitan regions with respect to population, segregation and housing, specific Ph.D. courses.and supervision of Ph.D. students.


Research activities

1984-

Member of  IGU-Commission "Urban Development and Urban Life"

1988-

Member of  NETHUR 

1996-

Participant in COST (Cooperation europeenne dans le domaine de la recherche scientifique et technique) Action A9, DG XII 

1990-1991

Researcher in ‘Urban Networks’-programme

1996- 2000 

Delegate of "COST Action A9", working group 1 "What has and what has not changed in urban systems."

1998- 2001

Participant in URBEX: The Spatial Dimensions of Urban Social Exclusion and Integration: A European Comparison.

2002-2003

Participant in Measuring Neighbourhood Trajectories in Understanding Processes of Social Exclusion

2002

Participant in RESTATE: Restructuring Large-scale Housing Estates in European Cities: Good Practices and New Visions for Sustainable Neighbourhoods and Cities

2003

Participant in RTN Urban Europe


Main Publications

1996

Urban Change and the Welfare State. In: John O'Loughlin and Jürgen Friedrichs (Eds.), Social Polarization in Post-Industrial Metropolises, Walter de Gruyter Berlin / New York, pp. 71-95, with Sako Musterd. 

1996

Ethnicity and the Dutch Welfare State: The Case of Amsterdam. In: C. Roseman, H.D. Laux and  G. Thieme (Eds.), EthniCity, Geographic Perspectives on Ethnic Change in Modern Cities, Rowman & Littlefield,  Lanham, Maryland/ London, pp. 121- 140, with Sako Musterd.

1996

Entwicklung und Raumplanung in der Randstad - Amsterdam und Den Haag zwischen Staat und Markt. In: Geographische Rundschau, Vol. 48, Nr. 7-8, pp. 406-412, with Sako Musterd

1996

Urban Planning in The Netherlands: decreasing success? In: R. J. Davies (Ed.) Contemporary City Structuring,  International Geographical Insights,  IGU Commission on Urban Development and Urban Life,  Society of South African Geographers,  pp.  418-428, with Sako Musterd

1996

Boekbespreking van H. Kruythoff Residential Environments and Households in the Randstad. In: Delftse Universitaire Pers. Urban Studies, Vol.33, n. 3, pp. 594-595.

1997

Segregation in European Cities: Patterns and Policies. In: TESG Outlook on Europe, Vol 88, n.2, pp. 182-187, with S. Musterd and M. Breebaart. 

1997

Urban Development and Urban Life in International Perspective. In: Geographia Polonica (Eds. with, Piotr Korcelli and  Robert Sinclaireds), Vol. 69.   

1997

Urban Systems and the Diversity of Urban Development. Special issue of GeoJournal  (Eds. with Larry Bourne and Denise Pumain), Vol.  43, n. 4.

1997

Muster und Wahrnehmung ethnischer Segregation in Westeuropa. In: Hartmut Haüßermann and Ingrid Oswald (Eds.) Zuwanderung und Stadtentwicklung, Leviathan Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft, Sonderheft, n. 17, Opladen/Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 293-307, with S. Musterd and  M. Breebaart. 

1998

Multi-Ethnic Metropolis: Patterns and Policies,  Kluwer, Dordrecht, Boston, London, with S. Musterd and M. Breebaart.

1998

International Migration and Ethnic Segregation: Impacts on Urban Areas. Special issue of Urban Studies (Eds. with Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos, and  Sako Musterd), Vol. 35, n.3.

1998

Urban Segregation and the Welfare State. Inequality and exclusion in western cities,  (Editor with Sako  Musterd), Routledge, London and New York.

1998

Segregation, polarisation and exclusion in metropolitan areas. In: Urban Segregation and the Welfare State. Inequality and exclusion in western cities,  (Editor with Sako  Musterd), Routledge, London and New York, pp. 1-14.

1998

Segregation and social participation in a welfare state: the case of Amsterdam. In: Urban Segregation and the Welfare State. Inequality and exclusion in western cities,  (Editor with Sako  Musterd), Routledge, London and New York, pp. 191-205. 

1998

The changing distribution of incomes in Dutch cities: myth and reality. In: GeoJournal, pp. 29-38, wit S. Musterd.

1998

Raumpolitik und Segregation in niederländischen Städten. In: J. van de Ven and J. van der Weiden, Berlin und Amsterdam: Struktur, Bild, Großstadtprobleme. Beiträge zur 5. Konferenz Amsterdam - Berlin. AME, Universiteit van Amsterdam, pp. 140-156.

1998

Segregation, Polarization and Urban Policies in Amsterdam: An International Perspective. In: Cees Gorter, Peter Nijkamp and  Jacques Poot (Eds.) Crossing borders. Regional and urban perspectives on international migration,  Ashgate, Aldershot, pp.  225-245, with Sako Musterd and Matthijs Breebaart.

 

Musterd, Sako & Wim Ostendorf (1999), Amsterdam – Hauptstadt eines sozialen Wohlfahrtsstaates. In: Geographische Rundschau “Europaeische Metropolen”, Oktober 10, p 523-8.

 

Musterd, S. , Kesteloot, C., Murie, A. & W. Ostendorf (1999), Urban social exclusion and modes of integration. Literature Review, Amsterdam, Urbex serie no. 1, 26 pp.

 

Musterd, Sako, Wim Ostendorf & Sjoerd de Vos (1999) ‘Armutskonzentration und das Funktionieren des Wohnungsmarktes in Amsterdam’. In: Marlies Schulz & Oliver Gewand (Hrsg.), Maerkte und Strukturen im Wandel. Beitraege zur 6. Konferenz Amsterdam-Berlin. Berlin: Geographishes Institut der Humboldt-Universitaet, pp 74-88.

 

Blok, H., S. Botman, R. van Kempen, M. Langemeijer, S. Musterd & W. Ostendorf (2000), Comparative statistical analysis at national, metropolitan, local and neighbourhood level. The Netherlands: Amsterdam and Rotterdam, URBEX serie no 6, Amsterdam: AME, 121 pp.

 

Kapphan A., W. Ostendorf, H. Blok & S. Musterd (2001), Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung in drei Dimensionen. Ein Stadtvergleich von Berlin und Amsterdam. In: L. Deben & J. van de Ven (Hrsg) Berlin und Amsterdam. Globalisierung und Segregation. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis, pp 258-272.

 

Andersson, H., G. Jorgensen, D. Joye & W. Ostendorf (eds) (2001), Change and stability in Urban Europe. Form, quality and governance. Aldershot: Ashgate.

 

Andersson, H., G. Jorgensen, D. Joye & W. Ostendorf  (2001), Introduction. In: Andersson, H., G. Jorgensen, D. Joye & W. Ostendorf (eds), Change and stability in Europe. Form, quality and governance. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 1-12.

 

Ostendorf, W. (2001), New Towns and Compact Cities: Urban Planning in The Netherlands between State and Market. In: Andersson, H., G. Jorgensen, D. Joye & W. Ostendorf (eds), Change and stability in Europe. Form, quality and governance. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 177-192.

 

Ellefsen, K.O. & W. Ostendorf (2001), Nomadic Man. In: Andersson, H., G. Jorgensen, D. Joye & W. Ostendorf (eds), Change and stability in Europe. Form, quality and governance. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp 93-94.

 

Ostendorf, W., S. Musterd & S. de Vos (2001), Social Mix and the Neighbourhood Effect. Policy Ambitions and Empirical Evidence. In: Housing Studies, Policy Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 371-380.

 

Blok, H., S. Musterd & W. Ostendorf (2001), Spatial Dimensions of Urban Social Exclusion and Integratrion. The case of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. URBEX series no. 9, 4th Framework Segregatie-boek. Program, TSER. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, AME.

 

Thissen, F.,  J. Droogleever Fortuijn & W. Ostendorf (2001), Poverty and young people in rural Flanders. Belgeo, 1 (3), pp. 263-276.

 

Schnell, I. & W. Ostendorf (eds) (2002), Studies in Segregation and Desegregation. Aldershot: Ashgate.

 

Schnell, I. & W. Ostendorf (2002), Introduction. In: Schnell, I. & W. Ostendorf (eds), Studies in Segregation and Desegregation. Aldershot: Ashgate, p 1-7.

 

Ostendorf, W. (2002), Segregation and Urban Policies in the Netherlands. In: Schnell, I. & W. Ostendorf (eds), Studies in Segregation and Desegregation. Aldershot: Ashgate, p 159-177.

 

Ostendorf, W. (2002), Poverty in Three Dimensions: The Social Ecology of Poverty in Amsterdam. In: I. Kim, Y.W. Nam & J.H. Choi, Diversity of Urban Development and Urban Life. Seoul: Seoul National University Press, p 253-266.

 

Musterd, Sako & Wim Ostendorf (2002) Ségrégation et politique urbaine aux Pays-Bas. In: Quartiers sensibles ici et ailleurs. Entre voluntarisme étatique et initiatives communautaires. Les cahiers de la Sécurité intérieure, Ministere de l’interieur, no: 49. Parijs: Institut des Hautes Études de la Sécurité interieure, p 9-34.

 

Ostendorf, Wim (2002), Social Exclusion in Amsterdam: Opportunity-Structures and Coping Strategies of the Unemployed. In: Davies, Wayne K. D. & Ivan J. Townshend (red.) Monitoring Cities: International Perspectives. Calgary: Department of Geography, University of Calgary, p 479-500.

2003

with Musterd, S., Understanding Segregation in the Metropolitan Area of Amsterdam. In: Musterd, Sako & Willem Salet (red.) Amsterdam Human Capital.Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p 181-197.

2003

with Musterd, S. & Sjoerd de Vos, Neighbourhood Effects and Social Mobility: A Longitudinal Analysis. In: Housing Studies, Vol. 18, No. 6, p 877 – 892.

2003

with Aalbers, M., E. van Beckhoven, R. van Kempen, S. Musterd, Large Housing Estates in the Netherlands. Overview of developments and problems in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Restate report 2e. Utrecht: Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University.

2004

wirth S. Musterd & Sjoerd de Vos, Impact of the residential environment on social mobility in The Netherlands: differences in vulnerability. In: André Horn and Ingrid Booysen (eds.), CD International Geographical Union, Commission Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow, Proceedings of the “Perspective on Urban Spheres” Conference, Pretoria, South Africa (2002), 17 pp.

2004

Managing Large-Scale Housing Estates in Amsterdam. In M. Pacione (ed.), Changing Cities. International Perspectives. Glasgow: Strathclyde University Publishing, p 127-136.

2004

with Musterd, S. (eds), Creative Cultural Knowledge Cities. Built Environment, Volume 30, Number 3.

2004

with Musterd, S., Creative Cultural Knowledge Cities: Perspectives and Planning Strategies. In: Musterd, Sako & Wim Ostendorf (eds), Built Environment, Volume 30, Number 3, p 189-193.

2004

The neighbourhood as a context of responsibility. In: Mirko Pak (ed) Cities in transition. Dela no 21. Ljubljana: Department of Geography, University of Ljubljana, p 319-329.

2004

with Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos, Andre Horn (eds) Gendered Spaces in Urban and Rural Contexts. GeoJournal, Volume 61, Number 3.

2004

with Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos, Andre Horn “Gendered Spaces in Urban and Rural Contexts: an Introduction”. GeoJournal, Volume 61, Number 3, p 215-217.

2004

with Droogleever Fortuijn, Joos, Andre Horn “Gender and urban poverty: Single mothers in Amsterdam”. GeoJournal, Volume 61, Number 3, p 239-246. 

2005

with Musterd, S., Social Exclusion, Segregation, and Neighbourhood Effects. In: Kazepov, Y. (ed) Cities of Europe: Changing Contexts, Local Arrangements, and the Challenge to Urban Cohesion. Oxford: Blackwell, p 170-190.

 

 

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