
Arjen Leerkes
ROLE IN THE PROJECT:
Coordinating the recently awarded Horizon Europe project
Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR).
Arjen is Full Professor at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Associate Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and research fellow at the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security. He has a PhD in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Amsterdam. His research has been published in various highly ranked journals in migration studies, sociology, criminology, law, political science, social policy studies and urban studies. He contributed to two books by Oxford University Press. In 2009, Amsterdam University Press published his dissertation: Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands. Arjen is also coordinating the recently awarded Horizon Europe project Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR).