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dr. Dekker, K.K.
Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Sociologie, Assistant professor
k.dekker@uu.nl, +31 30 2531948
Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Sociologie, Assistant professor
k.dekker@uu.nl, +31 30 2531948
Introduction
Member of ICS research line: Policy Studies
Karien Dekker works on a research project called 'Neighbourhood Deprivation, Exit, and Voice: Searching for Mechanisms of Decline' funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). In the period from 2010-2013 Karien Dekker will investigate the relation between residential behaviour and neighbourhood development. What do residents do when the situation in the neighbourhood declines? Who leaves, who waits and does nothing, and who takes action to improve the situation? Specific attention is paid to the impact of the ethnic composition of the neighbourhood on the reactions of residents.
Karien is the project manager of a G5 project on dealing with diversity in the student population of the the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Karien coordinates and teaches the following courses: Policy and Evaluation Research, Policy Research and Policy Advice, Bachelor Internship.
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Department of Sociology, UU (Dutch)
Research Center ICS Utrecht
Undergraduate sociology program (BA), UU (Dutch)
Master's Program on Policy Studies, UU
NICIS, Netherlands Institute for City Innovations Studies
RESTATE, Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe
UGIS
CV
• Karien was rewarded with a grant (2010-2011) by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences for a project that aims to reduce the number of drop-outs in the first year of the Bachelor Sociology.
• Karien has followed the Educational Leadership Training at the Centre of Excellence in University Teaching (2009-2010) at Utrecht University.
• Karien has been involved as a researcher in the project 'With or Without the Voluntary Sector? A comparative study into the mobilising and intermediairy role of the local social infrastructure in co production processes' (2006-2008). She cooperated with Dr. Herman Lelieveldt, Dr. René Torenvlied and Dr. Beate Völker in this project. It was funded by the Netherlands Foundation of Research (NWO) and the Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies (NICIS).
• In 2006 Karien Dekker successfully defended her PhD 'Governance as Glue: Social Cohesion and Urban Governance in post WWII neighbourhoods' (Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht). Her supervisors were Prof. Ronald van Kempen and Dr. Gideon Bolt.
• Karien Dekker has been involved in the European 5th-Framework project UGIS (Urban Governance, Social Inclusion and Sustainability) as a researcher (2001-2003), and later in the RESTATE project (Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe) as the programme manager (2002-2005). • After she graduated as a geographer specialised in poverty issues in developing countries (1996), she worked for the local administration in the city of Utrecht. As a project manager she was responsible for several projects in urban areas. Later she specialised in liveability issues in distressed neighbourhoods, employed by a commercial company as a project manager.
Publications
You can also look up publications directly in METIS.
| Dekker, K., Völker, B.G.M., Lelieveldt, H.T. & Torenvlied, R. (2010). Civic engagement in urban neighborhoods: Does the network of civic organizations influence participation in neighborhood governance? Journal of Urban Affairs, 32(5), 609-632.
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| Dekker, K., Torenvlied, R., Lelieveldt, H.T. & Völker, B.G.M. (2010). Coproductie. Samenwerking van de lokale overheid met maatschappelijke organisaties in de buurt. Den Haag: NICIS Institute.
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| Dekker, K. (2010). De kunst van het stijgen. MO/Samenlevingsopbouw, 29, 46-47.
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| Dekker, K. & Kleinhans, R. (2010). Forced Relocation: Reason for Dissatisfaction With the Dwelling and the Neighbourhood? Paper presented at the Conference on Neighbourhood Restructuring & Resident Relocation: Delft, the Netherlands (2010, November 4 - 2010, November 5).
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| Havekes, E.A., Dekker, K. & Coenders, M.T.A. (2010). Interethnic Attitudes in Ethnically Diverse Neighbourhoods. Paper presented at the Dag van de Sociologie: University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (2010, June 10 - 2010, June 10).
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| Havekes, E.A., Dekker, K. & Coenders, M.T.A. (2010). Interethnic Attitudes in Ethnically Diverse Neighbourhoods: A Multigroup Approach. Paper presented at the XVII World Congress of Sociology: Gothenburg, Sweden (2010, July 11 - 2010, July 17).
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| Dekker, K. (2010). Testing the Racial Proxy Hypothesis: What is it That Residents Don’t Like About Their Neighbourhood? Paper presented at the European Network for Housing Research Conference: Istanbul, Turkey (2010, July 3 - 2010, July 7).
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| Dekker, K., Torenvlied, R., Lelieveldt, H.T. & Völker, B.G.M. (2009, June 11). "We're involved" "No, you're not" Explanations for different perceptions on involvement of civic organizations in neighborhood governance. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Paper presented at the Dag van de Sociologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
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| Dekker, K., Torenvlied, R. & Völker, B.G.M. (2009, March 7). "We're involved" "No, you're not" Explanations for different perceptions on involvement of civic organizations in neighborhood governance. Chicago, IL, USA, Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Book review [Book review Landscapes of the Ethnic Economy]. Journal of urban affairs, 31(3), 371.
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| Lelieveldt, H.T., Dekker, K., Völker, B.G.M. & Torenvlied, R. (2009). Civic organizations as political actors. Mapping and predicting the involvement of civic organizations in neighbourhood problem-solving and co-production. Urban Affairs Review, 45(1), 3-24.
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| Dekker, K. (2009, May 13). Doelen en Maatregelen in de Herstructurering. Utrecht, the Netherlands, Debat: Location, location, location: Bewoners, Herstructurering en Succes. Aorta.
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| Dekker, K. & Oosterwaal, A. (2009, November 25). Evaluatie in een multi-culturele context. Utrecht, the Netherlands, FORUM instituut voor Multi-culturele ontwikkeling.
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| Dekker, K., Torenvlied, R., Völker, B.G.M. & Lelieveldt, H.T. (2009). Explaining the role of civic organizations in neighbourhood coproduction. In J.W. Duyvendak, F. Hendriks & M van Niekerk (Eds.), City in Sight (pp. 223-248). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
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| Kempen, R. van & Dekker, K. (2009). Explanations for the development of large housing estates in North-western European cities. In K. de Boyser, C. Dewilde, D. Diercks & J. Friedrichs (Eds.), Between the Social and the Spatial: Exploring Multiple Dimensions of Poverty and Social Exclusion (pp. 197-216). Ashgate: Aldershot.
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| Dekker, K. & Lelieveldt, H.T. (2009, October 16). Met of Zonder Middenveld? Maatschappelijke organisaties als brug tussen burger en overheid bij de aanpak van buurtproblemen. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Poster presentation at the STIP conference, NICIS institute.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Neighbourhood Deprivation, Exit, and Voice: Searching for Mechanisms of Decline. VENI Grant. Fte’s: 0.8. Budget: 250.000: (2010, March 1 - 2013, February 28).
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| Filipovic, M. & Dekker, K. (2009). Old habits die hard? Neighborhood participation in post-WWII neighborhoods in Slovenia and the Netherland. Cities, 26(3), 148-157.
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| Dekker, K. & Kempen, R. van (2009). Participation, social cohesion and the challenges of the governance process. An analysis of a post-WWII neighbourhood in the Netherlands. European planning studies, 17(1), 109-130.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Policy measures to tackle urban regeneration in early post-war neighbourhoods: A reflection from the Netherlands. In D. Czischke (Ed.), Urban Regeneration in Europe: The place of social housing in integrated urban policies, current perspectives (pp. 25-34). Brussels: CECODHAS European Social Housing Observator.
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| Dekker, K. & Varady, D. (2009, July 1). Public and Social Housing Regeneration in the US and the Netherlands Compared. Prague, Czech Republic, Paper presented at the European Network for Housing Research Conference, The Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
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| Dekker, K. & Kempen, R. van (2009). Resident satisfaction in post-WWII housing estates. In R Rowlands, R van Kempen & S. Musterd (Eds.), Mass Housing in Europe: Multiple Faces of Development, Change & Response (pp. 53-76). Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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| Dekker, K. & Kempen, R. van (2009). Resident satisfaction in post-WWII housing estates. In S. Rowlands, S. Musterd & R. van Kempen (Eds.), Mass Housing in Europe: Multiple Faces of Development, Change and Response (pp. 191-212). Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMilland.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Reviewer for Housing Studies.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Reviewer for Journal of Urban Affairs.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Reviewer for Urban Studies.
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| Dekker, K. (2009). Studiekeuzegesprekken, wat werkt? Rood, oranje, GROEN! Fte’s: 0.5. Budget: € 57.175 subsidy + € 16.500 matching: (2010, February 1 - 2011, January 31).
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| Dekker, K. & Filipovic, M. (2009). The influence of physical measures on social cohesion in large housing estates: Case studies in the Netherlands and Slovenia compared. In R. Rowlands, R van Kempen & S. Musterd (Eds.), Mass Housing in Europe: Multiple Faces of Development, Change & Response (pp. 157-190). Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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| Dekker, K., Völker, B.G.M., Lelieveldt, H.T. & Torenvlied, R. (). Does the network of civic organizations influence participation in neighbourhood governance? Dublin, Ireland, July, Paper presented at the ENHR conference.
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| Dekker, K. & Lelieveldt, H.T. (2008). Het middenveld in de buurt: acht stadswijken nader bekeken. Den Haag: Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies, 31 pp.
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| Lelieveldt, H.T., Dekker, K., Völker, B.G.M. & Torenvlied, R. (2008). How civic organizations contribute to community capacity. Resources, engagement and recruitment as predictors of the involvement of organizations in neighbourhood problem-solving and co-production. Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association: Baltimore, MD, USA, April 23-26.
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| Lippe, T. van der, Dekker, K. & Gärtner, R. (2008). Imago en identiteit van de G4: een verkennend onderzoek naar de behoefte aan branding van de G4. Utrecht: Universiteit Utrecht.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Organizer of a national NICIS study meeting Coproduction in the neighbourhood. Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 6: .
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| Dekker, K. & Kempen, R. van (2008). Places and participation: comparing resident participation in post-WWII neighborhoods in Northwest, Central and Southern Europe. Journal of Urban Affairs, 30(1), 63-86.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Review of Neighbourhood Renewal & Housing Markets: Community Engagement in the US & UK [Book review Neighbourhood Renewal & Housing Markets: Community Engagement in the US & UK]. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 23(3), 249-251.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Cities'.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Housing Studies'.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Journal of Housing and the Built Environment'.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Journal of Urban Affairs'.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Urban Affairs Review'.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). Reviewer for 'Urban Studies'.
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| Lelieveldt, H.T., Dekker, K., Völker, B.G.M. & Torenvlied, R. (2008). The proof of the pudding is in the third sector. How civic organizations use governance to tackle neighbourhood problems. Paper prepared for the Cinefogo Meeting, WP 31 ‘New Forms of Local Governance and Civil Society‘: Trento, Italy, June 20-21.
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| Dekker, K. (2008). [Book review Neighbourhood Renewal & Housing Markets: Community Engagement in the US & UK]. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 23(3), 249-251.
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| Dekker, K. & Bolt, G. (2007). Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Residents' Responses to Neighbourhood Decline. Paper presented at the EURA conference: Glasgow, Scotland (2007, September 12 - 2007, September 14).
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| Dekker, K., Musterd, S. & Kempen, R. van (2007). Explaining Differentials in Housing and Neighbourhood Satisfaction in Post-WWII Large Housing Estates in European Cities. Paper presented at the ENHR conference: Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2007, June 25 - 2007, June 28).
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| Filipovic, M. & Dekker, K. (2007). Old habits die hard? Neighbourhood participation in Slovenia and The Netherlands. Paper presented at the ENHR conference: Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2007, June 25 - 2007, June 28).
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| Dekker, K. (2007). Social capital, neighbourhood attachment and participation in distressed urban areas: a case study in The Hague and Utrecht, the Netherlands. Housing Studies, 22(3), 335-380.
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| Bolt, G.S. & Dekker, K. (2007). Sociale cohesie in de buurt: verschillen naar etniciteit en sociaal-econimische status. In R. van Kempen & S. Musterd (Eds.), De stadsbuurt ontwikkeling en betekenis (pp. 83-94). Assen: Van Gorcum.
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| Dekker, K. & Bolt, G. (2007). Sociale cohesie in de buurt: verschillen naar etniciteit en sociaal-economische status. In S. Musterd & R. van Kempen (Eds.), De stadsbuurt: ontwikkeling en betekenis (pp. 83-94). Assen: Van Gorkum.
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| Kempen, R. van & Dekker, K.K. (2006). De Bijlmer is misschien wel een beetje Berlijn. In Van polderen naar verbinden: De collectieve winst van vernieuwend ruimtegebruik (pp. 76-77). Gouda: Habiforum.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2006, June 1). Governance as glue. Urban governance and social cohesion in post-WWII neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. UU Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht: URU). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr. R. van Kempen & dr. G.S. Bolt.
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| Rowlands, R. & Dekker, K.K. (2006). Improving social cohesion. In R. van Kempen, A. Murie, T. Knorr-Siedow & I. Tosics (Eds.), Regenerating large housing estates in Europe: A guide to better practice (pp. 131-138). Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht.
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| Lelieveldt, H.T. & Dekker, K.K. (2006). Interactieve wijkaanpak zonder middenveld. City Journal. Wetenschappelijk tijdschrift voor steden, 1, 20-25.
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| Kempen, R. van & Dekker, K.K. (2006). Involving minority ethnic groups. In R. van Kempen, A. Murie, T. Knorr-Siedow & I. Tosics (Eds.), Regenerating large housing estates in Europe: A guide to better practice (pp. 83-92). Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht.
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| Kempen, R. van & Dekker, K.K. (2006). Involving minority ethnic groups. In R. van Kempen, A. Murie, T. Knorr-Siedow & I. Tosics (Eds.), Regenerating Large Housing Estates in Europe: A Guide to Better Practice (pp. 83-92). Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Lelieveldt, H.T. (2006). Maatschappelijk middenveld, co-productie en de spanning tussen representativiteit en effectiviteit bij de aanpak van buurtproblemen. Paper presented at the Sociologische dagen: (2006, June 1).
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2006). Neighbourhood differences in participation: Comparing post-WWII neighbourhoods in Eastern, Western and Southern Europe.
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| Dekker, K.K., Kempen, R. van & Knorr-Siedow, T. (2006). Qualities and Problems. In R. van Kempen, A. Murie, T. Knorr-Siedow & I. Tosics (Eds.), Regenarating Large Housing Estates in Europe: A Guide to Better Practice (pp. 19-28). Utrecht: Urban and Regional Research Centre, Faculty of Geosciences.
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| Dekker, K.K., Kempen, R. van & Knorr-Siedow, T. (2006). Qualities and problems. In R. van Kempen, A. Murie, T. Knorr-Siedow & I. Tosics (Eds.), Regenerating large housing estates in Europe: A guide to better practice (pp. 19-28). Utrecht: Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kleinhans, R. (2006). Social cohesion and social capital in urban neighbourhoods. Nethur school 'Social cohesion and social capital in urban neighbourhoods': Utrecht (2005, March 16 - 2005, March 16).
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| Hall, S., Kempen, R. van, Tosics, I. & Dekker, K.K. (2005). Conclusions. In R. van Kempen, K.K. Dekker, S. Hall & I. Tosics (Eds.), Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe. Bristol: The Policy Press.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2005). Gemengde wijken, tevreden bewoners. Ruimte in Debat, 5, 20-21.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2005). Large housing estates in Europe: A contemporary overview. In R. van Kempen, K.K. Dekker, S. Hall & I. Tosics (Eds.), Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe (pp. 19-46). Bristol: The Policy Press.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2005, November 17). RESTATE: Restructuring large housing estates in Europe: lessen voor de ontwikkeling van na-oorlogse wijken. Amsterdam, Poseidon conference "Vooruitgang in Achterstand".
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| Kempen, R. van, Dekker, K.K., Hall, S. & Tosics, I. (2005). Restructuring large housing estates in Europe. Bristol: The Policy Press.
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| Cernic Mali, B., Kempen, R. van, Dekker, K.K. & Verweij, W. (2005). Restructuring large housing estates in Europe: Policies, practices and perspectives. RESTATE conference ‘Restructuring large housing estates in Europe: Policies, practices and perspectives’: Ljubljana (2005, May 19 - 2005, May 21).
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| Dekker, K.K., Hall, S., Kempen, R. van & Tosics, I. (2005). Restructuring large housing estates in European cities: An introduction. In R. van Kempen, K.K. Dekker, S. Hall & I. Tosics (Eds.), Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe (pp. 1-18). Bristol: The Policy Press.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Bolt, G.S. (2005). Social cohesion in post-war estates in the Netherlands: differences between socioeconomic and ethnic groups. Urban studies, 42(13), 2447-2470.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Rowlands, R. (2005). Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates. In R. van Kempen, K.K. Dekker, S. Hall & I. Tosics (Eds.), Restructuring Large Housing Estates in Europe (pp. 105-126). Bristol: The Policy Press.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2005). The impact of urban governance arrangements on social cohesion: participation as intermediary factor. ERSA conference: Amsterdam (2005, August 23 - 2005, August 27).
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| Dekker, K.K. (2004). Herstructurering leidt niet tot sociale cohesie. Mitros Forum, maart(2).
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2004). Large housing estates in Europe: current situation and developments. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 95(5), 570-577.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Bolt, G.S. (2004). Social cohesion in heterogeneous neighbourhoods in the Netherlands: the cases of Bouwlust and Hoograven. Cities Futures conference: Chicago (2004, July 8 - 2004, July 10).
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2004). Urban governance within the Big Cities Policy: ideals and practice in Den Haag. Cities, 21(2), 109-117.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2003). Beteiligung an Enscheidungsprozessen in den Niederlanden: "Big Cities Policy". Soziale Stadt, 12-13.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2003). De hoogste dichtheid van buurtcentra in Europa. Agora, 19(1), 39-42.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2003). Governance arrangements focusing on social cohesion - The Big Cities Policies in The Hague, The Netherlands. EURA-EUROCITIES conference, August 2003: Budapest.
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| Dekker, K.K. (2003). Participation in decision-making in the Netherlands: the big cities policy in The Hague. Soziale Stadt, 14-15.
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| Beaumont, J.R., Burgers, J., Dekker, K.K., Dukes, T., Musterd, S., Staring, R. & Kempen, R. van (2003). Urban Policies in the Netherlands. In P. de Decker, J. Vranken, J. Beaumont & I. van Nieuwenhuyze (Eds.), On the Origin of urban development programmes in nine European countries (pp. 119-136). Antwerpen-Apeldoorn: Garant.
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| Dekker, K.K. & Kempen, R. van (2002). Urban Governance within the Big Cities Policy. ENHR conference, June 2002: Vienna.
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| Dekker, K.K., Beaumont, J.R. & Kempen, R. van (2002). Urban development programmes in The Hague; a preliminary assessment. Utrecht: Urban research centre Utrecht, University Utrecht.
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| Beaumont, J.R., Burgers, J., Dekker, K.K., Dukes, T., Hoedt, S. den & Staring, R. (2002). Urban governance, social inclusion and sustainability, the cross evaluation report on the Netherlands. Antwerpen: UGIS Publications.
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Introduction
I regard teaching as a challenging and inherent part of working at a research university. Transferring the interest that I have for the world in all its social aspects onto undergraduate and graduate students is a great way of sharing my curiousity.
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| Name | dr. Dekker, K.K. |
| E-mailaddress | k.dekker@uu.nl |
| Phonenumber | +31 30 2531948 |
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| Visitingaddress | Heidelberglaan 2 3584 CS Utrecht |
| Building | Willem C. Van Unnikgebouw |
| Roomnumber | 14.14 |
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