Research into citizenship, diversity and the arts.​

Research agency Urban Paradoxes is founded and led by Sandra Trienekens, human geographer (MA) and cultural sociologist (PhD). Since 1999, she contributes to research and theory on citizenship, cultural democracy, participation, diversity and the arts.

Urban Paradoxes performs mixed-method research, integrating theory and applied knowledge of the cultural sector in a changing sociopolitical context, with the aim to contribute to ‘what works’ (thinking, methods, outcomes) in building a future-oriented, participatory and inclusive cultural sector

 

See below for links to Urban Paradoxes publications in English. See ‘Publicaties’ for works in Dutch.

Trienekens worked at universities in Tilburg, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Manchester and London between 1999 and 2007. From 2007 to 2011 she was professor of applied science in ‘Citizenship and Cultural Dynamics’ at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (HvA). Since 2011, she is fulltime committed to Urban Paradoxes.

Urban Paradoxes research has been commissioned by all levels of government, public and private funding bodies, established arts institutions, and a range of large and small cultural organisations and community art collectives. 

PUBLICATIONS