Rows of multi-story residential apartment buildings with balconies beneath a heavy gray overcast sky, muted white and dark facades, calm urban residential mood.

Consortium

The researchers and advisory members behind the comparative analysis of neighbourhood-related policies in Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Vienna.

Project Teams

Amsterdam

Amsterdam Team

University of Amsterdam

Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development

Roeterseiland — Building N, Plantage Muidergracht 14, 1018 TV Amsterdam

Stockholm

Stockholm Team

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Department of Urban Planning and Environment

Drottning Kristinas väg 30, 100 44 Stockholm

Vienna

Vienna Team

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Institute for Urban and Regional Research

Postgasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board supports the ICEC consortium across the project’s research, methods, and policy engagement activities. The board accompanies the work carried out by the three city teams throughout the project timeline.

For enquiries about the consortium or the lead partner, please use the contact details on the Contact page.

Lead partner: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Postgasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria.

Behind the comparative study of neighbourhood-related policies is a transnational consortium of researchers and advisors who bring together expertise in urban geography, planning, and social research. The collaboration spans several European institutions, each contributing local knowledge about how diverse communities live alongside one another in dense city districts. By working across borders, the team aims to translate urban policy experience into shared lessons that can inform inclusive, neighbourhood-scale approaches in cities beyond the case studies themselves.

The Amsterdam group operates within a university setting known for its long tradition of human geography and international development studies. Their work focuses on how policy tools shape everyday encounters in mixed neighbourhoods, paying attention to questions of belonging, access to public space, and the ways local authorities respond to demographic change. The team contributes comparative case material drawn from Dutch urban contexts, situating local observations within wider European debates about integration and cohesion.

Based at a royal technical institute, the Stockholm researchers draw on backgrounds in urban planning and environmental studies. Their contribution highlights the role of housing policy, public investment, and area-based programmes in shaping residential life in multicultural districts. Through fieldwork and policy analysis, the team examines how planning decisions can either support or constrain opportunities for meaningful contact between different groups, offering insights that complement the perspectives developed in the other partner cities.

The Vienna team is housed within an institute dedicated to urban and regional research, combining social-science methods with applied policy analysis. Their work pays particular attention to local governance, district-level interventions, and the everyday experiences of residents in neighbourhoods shaped by migration and social diversity. By anchoring the project in three different urban contexts, the consortium builds a layered understanding of how cities can foster interethnic coexistence through carefully designed, neighbourhood-focused measures.

Project link: The project is connected to JPI – Urban Europe.

Neighbourhoods Studied

Amsterdam

Van der Pekbuurt (Volewijck)
H-buurt (Bijlmer Centrum)
Slotermeer-Noordoost

Stockholm

Rinkeby
Rågsved
Skärholmen

Vienna

Breitensee
Gumpendorf
Hippviertel (Ottakring)