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Patrick Bek studied History of International Relations (BA) at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Colonial and Global History (MA) at Leiden University. Currently he pursues a PhD at the School of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences in the Technology, Innovation & Society (TIS) group. His historical research is part of the Bicycle Challenges: Past, Present, and Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUM) program. Patrick works on a dissertation on transport poverty and transport inequality in twentieth-century Netherlands, examining how and why people’s access to everyday mobility in the Netherlands changed over time and along lines of class, gender, and ethnicity.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven, RWS, and PON
Oldenziel, R., Oldenziel, R., Dekker, H., Petzer, B., Bek, P. K. B., Sun, Q., Jeekel, J. F., Verbong, G. P. J., Veraart, F. C. A., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A. & Kalmbach, K.
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research direct
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No Bicycle, No Bus, No Job: The Making of Workers' Mobility in the Netherlands, 1920-1990
Bek, P., 10 Dec 2021, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 208 p.Research output: Thesis › Phd Thesis 1 (Research TU/e / Graduation TU/e)
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Cycling Cities: The Rotterdam Experience
Translated title of the contribution :Cycling Cities: Het verhaal van Rotterdam Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Empowering and disempowering workers: company-organized commuter buses in post-world war II Netherlands
Bek, P., 2019, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
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Niet-westerse migrantenvrouwen pakten zelf de fiets: mobiliteitsarmoede in historisch perspectief
van der Kloof, A. & Bek, P., Apr 2019, In: Verkeerskunde. 2019, 2, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Empty buses and strings of cycling miners: the Miner Bus Boycott of 1938 and access to everyday mobility in Southeast Limburg during the interbellum
Bek, P. K. B., 7 Sep 2017, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
Activities
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Verdiepingssessie Inclusief Transport
Patrick Bek (Participant)
8 Nov 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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Vervoersarmoede in historisch perspectief
Patrick Bek (Speaker)
27 Sep 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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WTMC Summer School
Patrick Bek (Participant)
26 Aug 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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A Historical Perspective on Opportunities and Constraints in Everyday Mobility
Patrick Bek (Speaker)
28 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Everyday Mobility for Whom? Lessons From the Past
Patrick Bek (Speaker)
30 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation › Professional