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Dorien Manting holds a special appointment as a professor in Spatial Demography at the University of Amsterdam since 2013. She is also a senior scientific researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) in The Hague. Between 2008 and 2020, she served as the head of the Department of Urbanization and Transport at PBL, which is an autonomous national research policy institute focused on environmental and spatial planning issues. Manting studied Urban Planning and Demography at the University of Amsterdam, completing her dissertation on marriage and cohabitation. Her research expertise lies in spatial demography, particularly in understanding demographic spatial behavior from a life course perspective. Current projects include studying residential mobility and housing trajectories among migrant groups, and she coordinates a research program funded by Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid. Collaborating with various institutions, including HvA and PBL, her research seeks to illuminate the housing market dynamics in the Metropolitan area of Amsterdam, with a particular focus on key workers. Manting engages in projects analyzing the interplay between life course changes and housing trajectories of migrants, reflecting on changes from their arrival in the Netherlands.
University of Amsterdam • Amsterdam
Special appointment in Spatial Demography.
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency • Hague
Conducting research in demographic and spatial behaviors.
Department of Urbanization and Transport, PBL • Hague
Oversaw research concerning urbanization and transport.
Includes departments like Economics, Business Administration, Finance, and Marketing.