Crafting Resilience

The politics and practice of social resilience

Social resilience is often presented as a panacea for problems from inequality to polarisation. But what is social resilience and how do you build a resilient society?

Over five years, the research project will examine social interventions that seek to create social resilience in eight Dutch cities.

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News & events

Wethouder (on)gelijkwaardig samenwerken gezocht

In deze blog pleiten Femke Kaulingfreks, Janne Heederik, Judith de Jong, Bart van den Bergh, Kelly Matthijsen en Yannick Drijfhout voor een nieuwe wethouderspost: de wethouder ‘(On)gelijkwaardig Samenwerken’.
12 05

Decolonization and the European Welfare State by Dr. Emil Wolff

On May 12, Dr. Wolff’s Welfare Future Seminar explores decolonization within the European welfare state. Focusing on the postwar decades, the lecture examines the striking overlap between welfare expansion and large-scale migration from former colonies—challenging the common belief that immigration undermines welfare systems.
21 04

Imagining Welfare State Futures - Seminar by Prof. John Clarke on 21 april

Prof. Clarke explores how welfare states are shaped by competing social imaginaries rather than fixed institutional designs. He argues that this perspective challenges the narrow empiricism that has long dominated welfare state research. The seminar takes place on the 21st of april and is part of the Welfare Futures Seminar Series.