Curriculum Vitae - Maarten van Ham

2010 Invited participant Scottish Government - Fresh Thinking, New Ideas Event with Academics (7
September 2010, Edinburgh). Discussion with the Scottish Minister for Housing and
Communities.
2010 Organiser of 2-day seminar (8 & 9 September 2010, Manchester) on neighbourhood dynamics
with policy makers and academics (see conference organisation). Participants included
representatives of the Scottish Government and Communities and Local Government (CLG). A
summary of the seminars was published as an internal Department for Communities of Local
Government (DCLG) report.
2010 Interview with The Observer (17-09-2010) on 30 years of Right to Buy.
2011 Invited participant Scottish Government Regeneration Discussion: Meeting with Academic
Experts (9 March 2011, Edinburgh).
2011 Organiser of 2-day seminar (7 & 8 April 2011, Glasgow) on neighbourhood based problems and
international policy solutions. Participants included representatives of the Scottish Government
and Communities and Local Government (CLG).
2011 Neighbourhood sorting and social housing research project (press release based on paper
published in Urban Studies): Article in ‘Inside Housing’ lead journal for social housing provision in
UK; information request by Department of Communities and Local Government.
2011 Organiser of a 2-day seminar (18 & 19 April 2011, St Andrews) on the new demographics and the
housing system. Participants included representatives of the Scottish Government and various
other non-academic stakeholders.
2011 Interview Aedes Magazine for article “Kooprecht: een ramp in Groot-Brittannië” (Right to Buy, a
disaster in the UK), 17 August 2011.
2011 Interview with NRC Handelsblad on the Right to Buy in the UK and RTB plans in the Netherlands,
27 December 2011 (Huurhuis te koop, maar voor wie?; Kabinetsplan voor verkoop 1,8 miljoen
huurwoningen krijgt weinig steun. Oscar Vermeer).
2012 Interview with Brabants Dagblad on the introduction of the Right to Buy (kooprecht) in the
Netherlands, 6 January 2012 (Corporaties vrezen verpaupering door kabinetsplan kooprecht).
2012 Presentation on Community Enterprises [Wijkondernemingen of Bewonersbedrijven] for
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, Directoraat-generaal Wonen, Wijken
en Integratie, Directie Wijken, 24 January 2012, The Hague.
2012 Interview with Nederlands Dagblad on the housing market and changing demography, 3
February 2012 (Geen gezinswoning, dan ook geen kind).
2012 Interview “Kabinet vergeet ‘krachtwijk’” [Government forgets disadvantaged neighbourhoods]
with Geassocieerde Pers Diensten (GPD, article appeared in 19 regional newspapers) on
disadvantaged neighbourhoods and neighbourhood policy in preparation debate in Parliament, 6
March 2012.
2012 Fieldtrip to three disadvantaged neighbourhoods (De Kruiskamp, Amersfoort; Hatert, Nijmegen;
’t Broek, Arnhem) with three members of Parliament from the Netherlands Labour Party (PVDA).
Preparation debate in the House of Representatives on disadvantaged neighbourhoods (6 March,
2012), 2 March 2012.
2012 Letter in Volkskrant “Wie betaalt?” [Who pays?] on intergenerational inequality on the
Netherlands housing market, 3 March 2012. Caused much discussion in national newspapers.
2012 Video Interview for www.mejudice.nl (debating forum for economists) on Intergenerational
Inequality on the Netherlands housing market, 15 March. Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BmrtzpF1Ws. Video Interview was taken over by national
media such as www.z24.nl, www.volkskrant.nl, discussion forums causing much discussion
online.
2012 Discussion with members of the Netherlands Parliament (Tweede kamer) on housing and
neighbourhood renewal policy, 29 March 2012, The Hague.
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