TEAM AT NIDI

Rafael Costa is senior researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and affiliated researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and University of Antwerp. His research focuses on spatial demography, in particular the patterns of demographic change in space and time and the influence of space and networks on demographic behaviour and socioeconomic outcomes. He holds a Master’s degree in Population Studies (2009) and a PhD in Social Sciences (2015) from the University of Louvain.

Joeke Kuyvenhoven has a background in interdisciplinary social sciences and completed the Research Master Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include internal mobility, neighbourhood effects and socio-spatial inequalities. Within the MYMOVE project, her PhD research focuses on the role of the neighbourhood for differential patterns and consequences of childhood internal mobiliy.

Alon Pertzikovitz has a background in Sociology, Anthropology and Latin-American studies and holds a Master's degree in Demography (2019) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently taking part in the European Doctoral School of Demography (2020/21). His research interests include international migration, internal mobility, fertility and family behavior. Within the MyMove project, Alon's PhD research focuses on the impact of internal mobility in childhood on later life demographic family behavior. 

Kaja Warnke has a social psychological background as an upcoming graduate of the Research Master's program Migration, Ethnic Relations, and Multiculturalism at Utrecht University. Within MyMove project Kaja provides both scientific and practical assistance.