Professor dr. Maarten van Ham
MSc, PhD, FHEA

Maarten is Professor of Urban Renewal and head of the department of Neighbourhood Change and Housing at the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology. Maarten is a population geographer with a background in economic and urban geography; is a Research Fellow at IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor); a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University; and an Honorary Professor at the School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews.


Delft University of Technology
OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

P.O. Box 5030, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
  Phone: 0031(0)15 2782782
E-mail: m.vanhamtudelft.nl

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If you are interested in doing a PhD in the field of neighbourhood renewal, neighbourhood change,
or housing, or any of the subjects below (see my research interests) please contact me.Self-funded
students or students who bring their own grant are especially encouraged to apply. For more information
see the website of the Graduate School for Architecture and the Built Environment (A+BE).

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

Selected publications (Click HERE to see my most recent working papers at www.IZA.org):

  • Tammaru T., van Ham M., Leetmaa K. & Kährik A. (forthcoming) Ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation in Estonia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
  • Coulter R, van Ham M. & Feijten P. (2012) Partner (dis)agreement on moving desires and the subsequent moving behaviour of couples. Population, Space and Place 18(1), 16-30.
  • van Ham M., Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L. & Maclennan D. (eds) (2011) Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives. Springer: Dordrecht.
  • Coulter R, van Ham M. & Feijten P. (2011) A longitudinal analysis of moving desires, expectations and actual moving behaviour. Environment and Planning A 43(11), 2742 – 2760.
  • van Ham M. and Tammaru T. (2011) Ethnic minority-majority unions in Estonia. European Journal of Population 27(3), 313-335.
  • Manley D. & van Ham M. (2011) Choice-based letting, ethnicity and segregation in England. Urban Studies 48(14), 3125-3143.
  • Hedman L., van Ham M. and Manley D. (2011) Neighbourhood choice and neighbourhood reproduction. Environment and Planning A 43, 1381-1399.
  • Permentier M., Bolt G. and Van Ham M. (2011) Determinants of neighbourhood satisfaction and perception of neighbourhood reputation. Urban Studies 48(5), 977-996.
  • Stillwell J. and van Ham M. (eds) (2010) Ethnicity and Integration. Understanding Population Trends and Processes: volume 3. Springer: Dordrecht.
  • 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.
Selected research grants:
  • van Ham M. (PI) (2012) NBHCHOICE—Neighbourhood choice, neighbourhood sorting, and neighbourhood effects. FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG EU Marie Curie Actions Career Integration Grant (project nr 303728). €100,000.
  • van Ham M. (PI), Kleinhans R., Duyvendak J.W., Veldboer L., Kearns A. (in collaboration with Borough of Hoogvliet, Vestia Hoogvliet, Woonbron Hoogvliet, Platform Corpovenista) (2012) “Please do it yourself”. On social support, professional counselling and long-term upward social mobility in a neighbourhood-based approach. NICIS Knowledge for Strong Cities. €270,000.
  • Searle B. (PI), van Ham M., Maclennan D., McKee K., Rowlingson K. and Fox O’Mahony, L. (2011) Mind the (Housing) Wealth Gap: Intergenerational justice and family welfare. The Leverhulme Trust ((RP2011-IJ-024). £732,417.
  • 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.

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