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Our team
The core of our team consists of fixed employees and researchers who regularly work with us on projects. Every semester we strengthen our team with students who do their internship or graduation project with us.












Our team
The core of our team consists of fixed employees and researchers who regularly work with us on projects. Every semester we strengthen our team with students who do their internship or graduation project with us.
Students
Every year, we work with around 200 students from different disciplines to conduct research at Veldacademie. These include architecture, urbanism, public administration, health sciences and sociology. We also offer students the opportunity to intern with us or carry out their graduation project with us. On this page you can find the current graduation projects.













Onderzoeksraad
De Veldacademie streeft naar een verbreding van wetenschappelijke disciplines die betrokken zijn bij opgaves in de stedelijke ontwikkeling. Vandaar ook de brede samenstelling van de onderzoeksraad, met deskundigen op het gebied van stedenbouw, sociologie, stadsgeschiedenis, gezondheids-management, omgevingspsychologie, arbeidspsychologie en bestuurskunde. De onderzoeksraad komt twee keer per jaar bij elkaar.

Hans Hazenak (chairman) started out as a concrete and steel structural engineer and later worked as an urban planner for urban renewal and urban and regional planning projects. He has been retired since 2012.

Arnold Reijndorp is an independent researcher and a former professor by special appointment in social, economic and spatial development of new urban areas at the University of Amsterdam.

Lieke Oldenhof is a university lecturer at the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, with a specialization in Health Care Governance.

Maarten van der Sanden is an associate professor for Communication Design for Innovation at TU Delft.
Onderzoeksraad
De Veldacademie streeft naar een verbreding van wetenschappelijke disciplines die betrokken zijn bij opgaves in de stedelijke ontwikkeling. Vandaar ook de brede samenstelling van de onderzoeksraad, met deskundigen op het gebied van stedenbouw, sociologie, stadsgeschiedenis, gezondheids-management, omgevingspsychologie, arbeidspsychologie en bestuurskunde. De onderzoeksraad komt twee keer per jaar bij elkaar.

Machiel van Dorst is vice-dean at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment in TU Delft and associate professor for Environmental Design at TU Delft.

Paul van de Laar is head of the History Department at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, chair of Cities as Portals of Globalization and Jurriaanse Chair of History of Rotterdam.

Roland Blonk is a professor by special appointment with expertise in Labor and Inclusive Labor Innovation at Tilburg University and a Principal Scientist at TNO.

Wenda Doff is an independent researcher and lecturer focused on urban sociological issues at, amongst others, the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Contact PERSONS
Ruth Höppner
ruth@veldacademie.nl
06 53 32 43 19
Otto Trienekens
otto@veldacademie.nl
06 54 23 06 06
The Veldacademie is a research platform for socio-spatial urban development and was established as a link between the municipality of Rotterdam and educational institutions.
Waalhaven Oostzijde 1
3087 BM Rotterdam
Plan your route on maps.google.nl of 9292.nl (set your destination as ‘Sluisjesdijk 2’). The bicycle tunnel is closed, there is a free ferry service between Sint-Jobshaven and Sint-Janshaven for cyclists and pedestrians. You can find the departure times here.
PARTNERS
Veldacademie works together with different kinds of educational institutions including academic, vocational education and training institutions. We work together with local authorities, cultural organizations, housing corporations, healthcare providers en developers. Next to this pargraph you can view a selection of our current partners.
clients
Veldacademie takes on projects with clients or on our own initiative. On the right you can find some of the clients we have worked with or are working with.