GMD Meets - Interviews

Lieke and Kay pictured

'It's important to look at other forms of diversity as well, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do race/ethnicity work. We should not forget that all forms of diversity overlap and are linked together'.

Mirjam Twigt

'As academics, we must engage with migration as a multifaceted phenomenon, because if we only focus on parts, I think we fail to get the fuller picture'

Cas in front of a white wall (background)

'The DIDI project is quite successful in approaching a host of identities when discussing diversity in modern society. There isn't an isolation of just one identity but simply a consideration of all, including their different intersections'

Suzan Abozyid

'There is this tendency in public debate to avoid anything that makes us feel uncomfortable when discussing diversity. I hope we can fill in this conversation with our project.'

Mandy Koenraads

'The DHZW Initiative allows students to go further and immerses them within a community and neighbourhood they not only research but can also learn from'

Eduard Suari-Andreu

'Though multidisciplinary spaces are a challenge, they are necessary. They force me to think out of the box and see things from a different perspective'

"If you want to have a meaningful impact on your study, it is the perfect place to enact that change"

Nelson Mota

"In cities, we still see a tendency to place efficiency over community, numbers above people"

Zac Taylor pictured in the fore, wearing glasses and with a moustache. Black background.

'Finance has come to have an incredible influence over how climate change is being governed, how climate challenges are defined, and how we respond to them'

Stamatis Melissourgos

'I think that there is so much more that I can take up and learn in the field of migration and in the study of asylum seekers'

Tirza Pulleman

'I have always wanted to do something a bit more practical'

Nanneke Winters

'Migrants are far more than their migration. People are multifaceted and should be treated as such'

Amanda Paz Alencar

'I cannot see the ways in which we can study migration without reflecting on the impact of media technologies'

Andrew Dj Shield

'Issues of diversity and race in Europe today are not always issues of migration'

Zeynep Kasli

'State and people are not always contained within clear boundaries'

Warda Belabas

'Identity and identification are not these simple things we can put in boxes'

Nadia Bouras

'Be more proactive to make changes within our institutions.'

Elina Jonitz

GMD student Elina Jonitz graduates summa cum laude

Lilly Brouwer

GMD student Lilly Brouwer graduates cum laude

Simona Vezzoli

'By working together, Leiden, Delft and Erasmus researchers can generate innovative research'

Reinout Kleinhans

'Migration and diversity related issues within the urban housing and planning context are a core interest in our research programme'

Marlou Schrover

'Migration and integration policies for the future only work with knowledge of the past.'

Peter Scholten

'If you really want to understand migration, you need multiple disciplines'