Joris Hoekstra

Joris is an assistant professor of Housing Studies at TU Delft. He also holds a position as visiting professor at the University of Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Joris is specialized in comparative housing research, housing policy and social housing. He teaches on research methods and housing topics, supervises PhD and master students, and is active in the development of online education. Joris is currently work package leader (work package on participatory action research and reflexive policy making) in the EC-funded H2020 UPLIFT project (https://www.uplift-youth.eu/). Between 2010 and 2017, he served as managing Editor of Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. Next to his work in academia, Joris is member of the supervisory board of a Dutch housing association.