NIAS and the Municipality of Amsterdam invite scholars with expertise in the field of urban studies, digitalisation, political studies, sociology, media studies or anthropology to apply for a Urban Citizen Fellowship. This fellowship allows one to combine the benefits of working at an interdisciplinary, international Institute for Advanced Study with the advantages of doing a project with high societal impact and concrete results.

For the next three years, the Urban Citizenship Fellowship focusses on digital citizenship in Amsterdam. The digital era is changing the ways in which society and democracy are defined and organised, and there is an urgent need to address issues of inclusivity and transparency in the relation between local government and citizens.