Dr. R.I.M. (Rowan) Arundel
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO: Political and Economic Geographies
Area of expertise: urban geography, planning and housing studies, housing inequality
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15629
1001 NC Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Rowan Arundel is Assistant Professor in Geographic Information Science (GIS) in the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development at the University of Amsterdam. Within the research institute AISSR, he is a member of the research group Political and Economic Geographies.
He is also the director of the GIS Lab, a state-of-the-art centre for Geographical Information Systems expertise and resources for research and education in the social sciences, embedded within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science.
Research expertise
His interests cover many areas of urban geography, planning and housing studies with a focus on dynamics of housing inequalities and interactions between housing, labour and welfare, as well as more broadly spatial analysis and macro and micro quantitative methods.
Education
- 2017 – PhD – University of Amsterdam
- 2011 – M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning - University of Amsterdam
- 2009 – B.A. in Geography - University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
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Research
Honours and grants
He is the recipient of an NWO Veni fellowship from 2021-2025 for his project WEALTHSCAPES: the spatial inequality of housing wealth accumulation. Looking at the Netherlands, UK and Spain - varying across salient housing, labour, and policy contexts – the project confronts the crucial role of both housing market spatial polarization and divided housing access in driving growing wealth inequalities. The research will combine detailed spatial and quantitative analyses of cadastral, full-population registers, census and national datasets to map, sequence and explain dynamics of unequal housing wealth accumulation.
PhD
His PhD, entitled “The End of Mass Homeownership? Housing Career Diversification and Inequality in Europe” and completed in 2017, focused on how contemporary housing careers are increasingly structured by growing diversification, complexity and inequality. The work exposes both the role of varied socio-cultural and institutional contexts in shaping housing career realignment as well as common trajectories in the face of global forces of labour, housing and state transformations. The research underscores how realignments in housing careers fundamentally undermine promises of mass homeownership and the democratic nature of housing wealth.
Following his PhD, he held a postdoctoral position at KU Leuven under a mare-curie fellowship, where he continued research on housing market inequalitlies with a particular attention to the impacts of increasing housing market financialization on diverging housing outcomes.
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Publications
- refereed (25)
- academic (1)
- professional (2)
- popular scientific (3)
- recognitions (17)
- doctoral thesis (1)
- working papers / preprints (8)
2024
Arundel, R., Li, A., Baker, E., & Bentley, R. (2024). Housing unaffordability and mental health: dynamics across age and tenure. International Journal of Housing Policy, 24(1), 44-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2106541 [details]
2023
- Ronald, R., & Arundel, R. (2023). What about families, housing and property wealth in a neoliberal world? Editors'response to reviewers . International Journal of Housing Policy, 23(4), 847-854. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2023.2275403
- Ronald, R., & Arundel, R. (2023). Why Families, Housing and Property Wealth? In R. Ronald, & R. Arundel (Eds.), Families, Housing and Property Wealth in a Neoliberal World (pp. 1-29). (Explorations in Housing Studies). Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092117-1 [details]
- Ronald, R., & Arundel, R. (Eds.) (2023). Families, Housing and Property Wealth in a Neoliberal World. (Explorations in Housing Studies). Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092117 [details]
2022
- Balikçi, S., Giezen, M., & Arundel, R. (2022). The paradox of planning the compact and green city: analyzing land-use change in Amsterdam and Brussels. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 65(13), 2387-2411. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1971069 [details]
- Doling, J., & Arundel, R. (2022). The Home as Workplace: A Challenge for Housing Research. Housing, Theory and Society, 39(1), 1-20. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2020.1846611 [details]
2021
- Arundel, R. I. M. (2021). A Review of ‘The asset economy’, By Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings. International Journal of Housing Policy, 21(2), 311-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2021.1920186
- Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2021). The false promise of homeownership: Homeowner societies in an era of declining access and rising inequality. Urban Studies, 58(6), 1120-1140. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019895227 [details]
- Hochstenbach, C., & Arundel, R. (2021). The unequal geography of declining young adult homeownership: Divides across age, class, and space. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 46(4), 973-994. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12466 [details]
- Hochstenbach, C., Wind, B., & Arundel, R. (2021). Resurgent landlordism in a student city: urban dynamics of private rental growth. Urban Geography, 42(6), 769-791. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1741974 [details]
- Zhou, J., Arundel, R., Zhang, S., He, Q., & Yang, Y. (2021). Intra-national citizenship and dual-hukou strategies among migrant families in China. Habitat International, 108, Article 102311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102311 [details]
2020
- Arundel, R. I. M. (2020). Mapping the City: Geographic Information Systems and science in urban research. In N. Verloo, & L. Bertolini (Eds.), Seeing the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Urban Amsterdam University Press.
- Arundel, R., & Hochstenbach, C. (2020). Divided access and the spatial polarization of housing wealth. Urban Geography, 41(4), 497-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2019.1681722 [details]
- Arundel, R., & Lennartz, C. (2020). Housing market dualization: linking insider–outsider divides in employment and housing outcomes. Housing Studies, 35(8), 1390-1414. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2019.1667960 [details]
- Hochstenbach, C., & Arundel, R. (2020). Spatial housing market polarisation: National and urban dynamics of diverging house values. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 45(2), 464-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12346 [details]
2019
- Fuster, N., Arundel, R., & Susino, J. (2019). From a culture of homeownership to generation rent: housing discourses of young adults in Spain. Journal of Youth Studies, 22(5), 585-603. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2018.1523540 [details]
2018
- Giezen, M., Balikci, S., & Arundel, R. (2018). Using Remote Sensing to Analyse Net Land-Use Change from Conflicting Sustainability Policies: The Case of Amsterdam. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information , 7(9), Article 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi7090381 [details]
2017
- Arundel, R. (2017). Equity Inequity: Housing Wealth Inequality, Inter and Intra-generational Divergences, and the Rise of Private Landlordism. Housing, Theory and Society, 34(2), 176-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2017.1284154 [details]
- Arundel, R. I. M. (2017). A Review of" Planning Canada: a case study approach", Edited by Ren Thomas. International Journal of Housing Policy. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19491247.2017.1309117
- Arundel, R. I. M. (2017). Brian J. McCabe 2016: No Place Like Home: Wealth, Community and the Politics of Homeownership. New York: Oxford University Press. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-2427.12505
- Arundel, R., & Doling, J. (2017). The end of mass homeownership? Changes in labour markets and housing tenure opportunities across Europe. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 32(4), 649–672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-017-9551-8 [details]
- Arundel, R., & Lennartz, C. (2017). Returning to the parental home: Boomerang moves of younger adults and the welfare regime context. Journal of European Social Policy, 27(3), 276–294. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716684315 [details]
- Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2017). The role of urban form in sustainability of community: the case of Amsterdam. Environment & Planning B : Planning & Design, 44(1), 33-53. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813515608640 [details]
2016
- Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2016). Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: Semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts. Journal of Youth Studies, 19(7), 885–905. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1112884 [details]
- Lennartz, C., Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2016). Younger adults and homeownership in Europe through the global financial crisis. Population Space and Place, 22(8), 823-835. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1961 [details]
2023
- Ronald, R., & Arundel, R. (2023). Preface. In R. Ronald, & R. Arundel (Eds.), Families, Housing and Property Wealth in a Neoliberal World (pp. xiv-xv). (Explorations in Housing Studies). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003092117 [details]
2020
- Wind, B., Hochstenbach, C., & Arundel, R. I. M. (2020). Beleggers op de Groningse woningmarkt. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. https://gemeenteraad.groningen.nl/Documenten/Bijlage-6-Woonvisie-rapport-beleggers-Groningse-woningmarkt-1.pdf
2017
- Arundel, R. (Author), & Druță, O. (Author). (2017). Jonge Europeanen op de huizenmarkt: ongelijkheid neemt toe. Web publication or website, Geografie.nl. https://geografie.nl/artikel/jonge-europeanen-op-de-huizenmarkt-ongelijkheid-neemt-toe [details]
2018
- Hochstenbach, C. (Author), & Arundel, R. I. M. (Author). (2018). Hoe de ruimtelijke ongelijkheid op de woningmarkt is toegenomen. Web publication or website, Stuk Rood Vlees. http://stukroodvlees.nl/hoe-de-ruimtelijke-ongelijkheid-op-de-woningmarkt-is-toegenomen/
2016
- Druta, O. (Author), Ronald, R. (Author), Lennartz, C. (Author), Arundel, R. I. M. (Author), & Brailsford, L. (Author). (2016). Does help for homeownership bring families together?. Digital or Visual Products, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ML2Rh7bTg
- Ronald, R. (Author), Lennartz, C. (Author), Druta, O. (Author), Arundel, R. (Author), & Brailsford, L. (Author). (2016). Why worry about house prices & homeownership?. Digital or Visual Products, HOUWEL Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLOvhsnO3-s
Prize / grant
- Arundel, R. (2020). NWO Veni "WEALTHSCAPES: the spatial inequality of housing wealth accumulation". https://www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogrammes/nwo-talent-programme/projects-veni/2020
- Arundel, R. I. M. (2016). Bengt Turner Award for paper ‘Equity Inequity: Housing Wealth Inequalities, Inter and Intra-generational Divergences, and the Rise of Private Landlordism’. http://www.enhr.net/bengturneraward.php
Media appearance
- Ronald, R. & Arundel, R. (22-02-2023). Waarom familie, huisvesting en ongelijkheid zo met elkaar samenhangen [Web] UvA Nieuws. Waarom familie, huisvesting en ongelijkheid zo met elkaar samenhangen. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-maatschappij-en-gedragswetenschappen/nieuws/2023/02/waarom-familie-huisvestin…
- Arundel, R. (21-02-2023). Home ownership | Navigating Inequality| Universiteit van Amsterdam [Other] UvA YouTube Channel. Home ownership | Navigating Inequality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KizCFfzsOzI&t=1s
- Arundel, R. (16-12-2022). What can we learn from other countries about affordable housing? [Web] RTÉ News. What can we learn from other countries about affordable housing?. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=35228dce-8a72-4a24-8abb-5988583f344f&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Hochstenbach, C. & Arundel, R. (28-05-2021). Jonge koper stort in woonkloof; De woonkloof Jongeren missen de boot: het koophuis wordt weer een luxeproduct voor 40-plussers [Print] NRC. Jonge koper stort in woonkloof. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=94406806-6cd1-4de1-a197-c98f8925f97c&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Arundel, R. I. M. (01-03-2017). De Valse Belofte van het Eigen Woningbezit [Print] Huurpeil. De Valse Belofte van het Eigen Woningbezit. http://houwel.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/subsites/houwel/de-valse-belofte-van-het-eigenwoningbezit---interview-rowan-arundel.pdf?1490865664684
- Arundel, R. I. M. (23-01-2017). Woningbezit vergroot sociale ongelijkheid [Web] De Volkskrant. Woningbezit vergroot sociale ongelijkheid. https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/sociaal-geograaf-woningbezit-vergroot-sociale-ongelijkheid~a4451954/
- Arundel, R. I. M. (23-01-2017). Sociaal geograaf: 'Woningbezit vergroot sociale ongelijkheid' [Print] Volkskrant. Sociaal geograaf: 'Woningbezit vergroot sociale ongelijkheid' (Volkskrant). https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/sociaal-geograaf-woningbezit-vergroot-sociale-ongelijkheid~a4451954/
- Arundel, R. (17-07-2013). Le téléjournal [Television] Radio-Canada / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Le téléjournal. http://www.radio-canada.ca/widgets/mediaconsole/medianet/6764013
Talk / presentation
- Arundel, R. (invited speaker) & Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) (13-7-2014). Housing and the crisis: Changing housing positions of younger households in Europe?, International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
- Arundel, R. I. M. (invited speaker) & Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) (1-7-2014). Shared housing strategies among young people and the economic recession in Europe, European Network of Housing Researchers (ENHR) Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
- Ronald, R. (invited speaker), Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) & Arundel, R. I. M. (invited speaker) (24-6-2014). How housing markets are reshaping welfare states, Internationale Lunchlezing, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of The Netherlands.
- Arundel, R. (invited speaker) (20-5-2014). Equity Inequity: Housing wealth concentration, trends in inter/intragenerational inequalities and the rise of private landlordism in the UK, ENHR Workshop on Home Ownership and Globalization, University of Bucharest, Romania.
- Arundel, R. (invited speaker) & Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) (11-7-2013). The role of intergenerational wealth transfers and family support in shaping housing positions, International Sociological Association Research Committee 43 on Housing and the Built Environment, Amsterdam, NL.
- Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) & Arundel, R. (invited speaker) (10-7-2013). Changing housing positions of younger households in Europe?, International Sociological Association Research Committee 43 on Housing and the Built Environment, Amsterdam, NL.
- Arundel, R. (invited speaker) & Lennartz, C. (invited speaker) (1-4-2013). Intergenerational wealth transfers and family support in shaping household housing positions within different welfare regime contexts, Housing Studies Association Conference 2013, University of York, UK.
2021
- Arundel, R. I. M., Li, A., Baker, E., & Bentley, R. (2021). Linking housing affordability stress and mental health across tenure and age cohorts: The case of the Netherlands. (CUS Working Paper Series – WP No. 57). Centre for Urban Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.57.html
2020
- Doling, J., & Arundel, R. I. M. (2020). The Home as Workplace. Centre for Urban Studies Working Paper Series. https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.43.html?origin=%2Bq1hThT4TCOhbrnggQ2NMA&cb
- Hochstenbach, C., & Arundel, R. I. M. (2020). Unravelling the unequal geography of declining young adult homeownership in the Netherlands. Centre for Urban Studies Working Paper Series. https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.44.html?origin=%2Bq1hThT4TCOhbrnggQ2NMA
2019
- Hochstenbach, C., & Arundel, R. I. M. (2019). Spatial housing-market polarization: diverging house values in the Netherlands. Centre for Urban Studies Working Paper Series. https://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.36.html
2018
- Arundel, R., & Hochstenbach, C. (2018). The spatial polarization of housing markets and wealth accumulation. (CUS Working Paper Series; No. 32). Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam. http://urbanstudies.uva.nl/content/working-paper-series/working-paper-series-no.32.html?origin=%2Bq1hThT4TCOhbrnggQ2NMA [details]
- Arundel, R., & Lennartz, C. (2018). Dualization in labour markets and housing outcomes: Insiders versus outsiders. (HOUWEL Working Paper Series; No. 12). Centre for Urban Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam. http://houwel.uva.nl/content/working-papers/wp12.html?origin=zIKd88h4S628aGLFszVgsA [details]
2015
- Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2015). Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts. (HOUWEL working paper; No. 5). Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdma. http://houwel.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/subsites/houwel/outputs/arundel--ronald---houwel-working-paper-series---shared-living-across-europe.pdf?2848931822641 [details]
2014
- Lennartz, C., Arundel, R., & Ronald, R. (2014). Young people and homeownership in Europe through the global financial crisis. (CUS Working paper series; No. 03). Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam. http://urbanstudies.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/subsites/centre-for-urban-studies/working-paper-series/wps-no.03-christian-lennartz-rowan-arundel-and-richard-ronald.pdf?1393515607275 [details]
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Arundel, R., Li, A., Baker, E., & Bentley, R. (2024). Housing unaffordability and mental health: dynamics across age and tenure. International Journal of Housing Policy, 24(1), 44-74.