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

Samenwerken in de wijk: Inclusie en wantrouwen
University of Amsterdam: the new official home for the Crafting Resilience Project    

The Crafting Resilience project will make the University of Amsterdam its new home. After nearly two years at Leiden University, the project will officially make the move on 1 June 2024.    
Vacancy: Postdoc for research into the practice of community-based social policy in Amsterdam North

Do you have experience and expertise in researching government-citizen relations and intersectional social inequalities? Are you familiar with ethnographic research? Do you work effectively in teams and are enthusiastic about working with community partners? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study the practice of community-based social policy in Amsterdam Noord.