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Overview

Maarten van Ham is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on urban studies, sociology, and transportation. The scientist's work covers various subfields, including sociology and political science, transportation, urban studies, economics and econometrics, and health.

The main research topics explored by Maarten van Ham include:

  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Urbanization and City Planning
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Maarten van Ham has published extensively, including recent papers such as:

  • "Spatial Underpinnings of Social Inequalities: A Vicious Circles of Segregation Approach" (2021, Social Inclusion)
  • "Changing occupational structures and residential segregation in New York, London and Tokyo" (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Where Do Neighborhood Effects End? Moving to Multiscale Spatial Contextual Effects" (2021, Annals of the American Association of Geographers)
  • "The Role of Exposure to Neighborhood and School Poverty in Understanding Educational Attainment" (2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • "Residential relocation as a key event in commuting mode shift" (2023, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment)

Frequent co-authors of Maarten van Ham include:

  • Tiit Tammaru (13 collaborations)
  • David Manley (11 collaborations)
  • Ana Petrović (10 collaborations)
  • Heleen J. Janssen (8 collaborations)
  • Rūta Ubarevičienė (7 collaborations)

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Cities (4 publications)
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers (3 publications)
  • Urban Studies (3 publications)
  • Social Inclusion (2 publications)

Maarten van Ham has authored at least one book, published by Springer International Publishing titled Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality (2021), which has received citations in the field.

Best Publications

  • Neighbourhood effects research : new perspectives

    Maarten van Ham;David Manley;Nick Bailey;Ludi Simpson

  • Socioeconomic segregation in European capital cities. Increasing separation between poor and rich

    Sako Musterd;Szymon Marcińczak;Maarten van Ham;Tiit Tammaru

  • Re-thinking residential mobility: Linking lives through time and space

    Rory Coulter;Maarten Van Ham;Allan MacKay Findlay

  • Socio-Economic Segregation in European Capital Cities: East Meets West

    Maarten van Ham;Szymon Marcińczak;Tiit Tammaru;Sako Musterd

  • Minority ethnic groups in the Dutch housing market : spatial segregation, relocation dynamics and housing policy

    Gideon Bolt;Ronald van Kempen;Maarten van Ham

  • Overeducation, regional labor markets, and spatial flexibility

    Felix Büchel;Maarten van Ham

  • Does migration make you happy? A longitudinal study of internal migration and subjective well-being

    Beata Nowok;Maarten Van Ham;Allan MacKay Findlay;Vernon Gayle

  • Who Wants to Leave the Neighbourhood? The Effect of Being Different from the Neighbourhood Population on Wishes to Move

    Maarten van Ham;Peteke Feijten

  • Determinants of neighbourhood satisfaction and perception of neighbourhood reputation.

    Matthieu Permentier;Gideon Bolt;Maarten van Ham

  • The effect of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects

    Maarten Van Ham;David John Manley

  • Neighbourhood Mobility in Context: Household Moves and Changing Neighbourhoods in the Netherlands

    Maarten van Ham;William A V Clark

  • Following People Through Time: An Analysis of Individual Residential Mobility Biographies

    Rory Christopher Coulter;Maarten Van Ham

  • Using Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Engagement and Self-Organization in Participatory Urban Planning and Neighbourhood Governance

    Reinout Kleinhans;Maarten Van Ham;Jennifer Evans-Cowley

  • Intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood poverty: an analysis of neighbourhood histories of individuals

    Maarten van Ham;Maarten van Ham;Lina Hedman;David Manley;Rory Coulter

  • Neighbourhood Change... Reason to Leave

    Petra Maria Feijten;Maarten Van Ham

  • A longitudinal analysis of moving desires, expectations and actual moving behaviour

    Rory Christopher Coulter;Maarten Van Ham;Peteke Feijten

  • Neighbourhood Effects Research at a Crossroads: Ten Challenges for Future Research

    Maarten van Ham;David Manley

  • Residential mobility and migration of the separated

    Peteke Feijten;Maarten van Ham

  • Neighbourhood choice and neighbourhood reproduction

    Lina Hedman;Maarten Van Ham;David John Manley

  • Cumulative exposure to disadvantage and the intergenerational transmission of neighbourhood effects

    Lina Hedman;David John Manley;Maarten Van Ham;Maarten Van Ham;John Östh;John Östh

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan Findlay
Allan Findlay University of St Andrews
Sako Musterd
Sako Musterd University of Amsterdam
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Ronald van Kempen
Ronald van Kempen Utrecht University
Clara H. Mulder
Clara H. Mulder University of Groningen
Paul Boyle
Paul Boyle Swansea University
Susan Branje
Susan Branje Utrecht University
William A. V. Clark
William A. V. Clark University of California, Los Angeles
Frank Witlox
Frank Witlox Ghent University

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