Dr. Maarten van Ham MSc, PhD, FHEA

Maarten is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, and Deputy Director at the Centre for Housing Research (CHR) at St Andrews. Maarten is a population geographer with a background in economic geography; is a Research Fellow at IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor); a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University; and affiliated with the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC).
 

School of Geography & Geosciences
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E-mail: maarten.vanhamst-andrews.ac.uk

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Research Interests
Population/Urban/Economic Geography: residential mobility and migration; population and household change; union formation and divorce; geography of labour markets; spatial mismatch of workers and employment opportunities; spatial distribution of jobs; spatial disparities of labour market achievement; neighbourhood effects; urban and neighbourhood change; housing market behaviour and housing choice.

Selected publications

  • Stillwell J. and Van Ham M. (eds) (2010) Ethnicity and Integration. Understanding Population Trends and Processes: volume 3. Springer: Dordrecht.
  • Permentier M., Bolt G. and Van Ham M. (forthcoming) Determinants of neighbourhood satisfaction and perception of neighbourhood reputation. Urban Studies.
  • Niedomysl T., Östh J. and Van Ham M. (2010) The Globalisation of Marriage Fields: The Swedish Case. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(7), 1119-1138.
  • Feijten P. and Van Ham M. (2010) The impact of splitting up and divorce on housing careers in the UK . Housing Studies 25, 483-507.
  • Van Ham M. and Manley D. (2010) The effect of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects. Journal of Economic Geography 10, 257-282.
  • Van Ham M. and Manley D. (2009) Social Housing Allocation, Choice and Neighbourhood Ethnic Mix in England. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.
  • Van Ham M. and Hooimeijer P. (2009) Regional differences in spatial flexibility: long commutes and job related migration intentions in the Netherlands. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 2, 129–146
  • De Meester E. and Van Ham M. (2009) Symmetry and asymmetry in working and commuting arrangements between partners in the Netherlands: does the residential context matter? Environment and Planning A 41, 2181-2200.
  • Permentier M., Van Ham M. and Bolt G. (2009) Neighbourhood reputation and the intention to leave the neighbourhood. Environment and Planning A 41, 2162-2180.
  • Feijten P. and Van Ham M. (2009) Neighbourhood change… reason to leave? Urban Studies 46, 2103-2122.
  • Van Ham M. and Clark W.A.V (2009) Neighbourhood mobility in context: household moves and changing neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Environment and Planning A 41, 1442-1459.
  • Van Ham M. and Feijten P.M. (2008) Who wants to leave the neighbourhood? The effect of being different from the neighbourhood population on wishes to move. Environment and Planning A 40(5), 1151-1170.
Selected research grants
  • Reuschke, D., Van Ham M. (PI) (2010) Labour market behaviour and migration: a cross-national comparison of the relationship between occupational and geographical mobility in late-modern societies. EU grant (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF MOBILITY). €87,702.

  • Van Ham M. (PI), Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L., Maclennan D., and Jivraj S. (2009) ESRC Seminar Series: Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really matter where you live and what are the implications for policy? ESRC grant (RES-451-26-0704). £18,000.
  • Boyle P. (PI), Van Ham M., Cassidy S. (2008) ESRC CASE(+3) PhD Studentship: Quality of Life and Travel Complexity in the Changing Urban Environment. Cash value of £52,845.
  • Boyle P., Van Ham M. (PI) & others (2008) Non-labour market implications of family migration. Project within the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) (RES-625-28-0001). £175,000.
  • Van Ham M. (PI), Boyle P., Feijten P.M. and Doherty J. (2007) Right to Buy… time to move? ESRC grant (RES-000-22-2460). FEC £99,862.
  • Feng Z. (PI), Boyle P., Van Ham M. and Raab G. (2007) Neighbourhoods and the creation, stability and success of mixed-ethnic unions. ESRC grant (RES-163-25-0045). FEC £99,987.


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