Institute for Societal Resilience
“A wave of solidarity,” was how the great rise of new initiatives that emerged since 2015 in the Netherlands and in many other European countries around the reception and inclusion of refugees in society was described. While media reports were … Continue reading
On March 10, 2022, the City of Amsterdam and the five Amsterdam universities and colleges signed a covenant on the access of young undocumented migrants to higher education. What problem should this covenant solve and how will it do so? … Continue reading
For a couple of years, we (Syrian Volunteers NL and Refugee Academy) have been working together around the importance of refugee perspectives in policy making and the challenges connected. Some refugee advocates and refugee-led initiatives have already been connected with us in this … Continue reading
On May 31, the Institute for Societal Resilience hosted a faculty meeting called Arranging Impact @FSW. Researchers and staff in attendance were able to give their input on the FSW impact strategy. Our Dean Gregor Halff opened the meeting with … Continue reading
Undocumented youth are allowed to attend education in the Netherlands until they are eighteen years old. Those who apply for further study after that are not given a chance. Amsterdam has now laid down in the covenant ‘Access to higher … Continue reading
Companies in various sectors are eager for talent because of the tight labour market, but meanwhile, many young people are completely sidelined because they do not have the right papers. Several thousand undocumented workers are therefore denied access to higher … Continue reading
On the day many school students hear whether they have passed, Dutch “dreamers” call attention to their situation. After their schooling, it is almost impossible for undocumented youth to get a job. For KRO-NCRV radio program Spraakmakers, Tara Fiorito and … Continue reading
What is the value of civic initiatives for refugees and how do we make that value visible when it often cannot be captured in numbers and directly measurable results? To answer these questions, we delved deeper into the stories within … Continue reading
On Monday June 27th, the LIMBO exhibition at VU Views at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will be opened to the public. LIMBO is an exhibition created as an accumulation of content made during a workshop series for and by queer/refugee/migrant community … Continue reading
The Institute for Societal Resilience is very pleased to invite you to our faculty meeting Arranging Impact @FSS on May 31, 2022 in the AURORA room. The meeting will be opened by our new dean Gregor Halff with an introduction … Continue reading