Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Netherlands
fellow
Floris Vermeulen
2023-2024
Home institution
University of Amsterdam
Country of origin (home institution)
Netherlands
Discipline(s)
Geography
Political Sciences
Sociology
Urban and architectural studies
Theme(s)
Cities & States
Inequalities, inclusion & Social Innovation
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Floris is a NIAS-Lorentz Theme Group Fellow (The Spatial Segregation of Neighborhood Organizations and Entrepreneurs: Connecting Urban Inequality to the Built Environment) during 2023-2024.
Dr. Floris Vermeulen is associate professor (universitair hoofddocent) at the department of political science at the University of Amsterdam and Honorary Professor of Urban Political Inequality, Infrastructure, and the Social Capital of Marginalized Communities (0.2 fte, one day a week) at the University of Twente (Faculty BMS, Public Administration). He has been chair of the department of Political Science (2015-1017) and co-director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) (2011-2014) and co-programme group leader of Challenges to Democratic Representation of the Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR) (2011-2014). He studied Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation (Cum Laude) was published in the IMISCOE-AUP publication programme, entitled The immigrant organising process. Turkish organisations in Amsterdam and Berlin and Surinamese organisations in Amsterdam 1960-2000.
Floris Vermeulen's 2016 article with Debra Minkoff and Tom van der Meer “The Local Embedding of Community-Based Organizations” received the 2016 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly Best Article Award.
Research Project
The Spatial Segregation of Neighborhood Organizations and Entrepreneurs: Connecting Urban Inequality to the Built Environment
Local organizations and entrepreneurs play a crucial role in urban neighborhoods, connecting and empowering residents by providing resources and access to various aspects of urban life. Integrating the built environment into our understanding of organizations/entrepreneurs in the geo-social landscape is an underexplored area, despite its potential to directly influence social connectivity.
Through an integrated interdisciplinary approach, the NIAS-Lorenz theme group aims to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship between the built environment, social processes, and neighborhood organizations/entrepreneurs. Amsterdam provides the ideal setting for this research, considering its demographic context and data availability.
As the coordinator of the group, Floris Vermeulen will further develop a conceptual framework for understanding community-based organizational action in deprived urban areas. He focuses on multiple aspects, such as minority perspectives, competitive ecological organizational processes, spatial dimensions, and the impact of the built environment on community-based organizational vitality.
Research Interests:
Community organizations in urban areas; built environment and social connectivity; minority organizational action; organizational ecology
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