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Persoonlijk profiel
Research profile
Oana Druta is Assistant Professor with the research group Urbanism and Urban Architecture at the TU/e Department of Built Environment. Oana is a social/cultural geographer and urban planner, researching housing and inclusive urban living. Her topics of interest include shared and flexible housing, urban commons and participation; housing pathways through the life course; homeownership, aging in place, and intergenerational relations. To date, she has researched and written about urban housing phenomena in Detroit, Tokyo, Birmingham (UK), Bucharest, Milan, and Amsterdam. Between 2020 and 2022, Oana was a board member of the Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering and coordinated the activities of the Urban Innovation Think Tank at Built Environment. In 2021, with colleagues at the University of Milan Bicocca and KU Leuven, Oana initiated a new working group of the European Network for Housing Research named Housing and Young People. Between 2022 and 2025 Oana is coordinating the Dutch leg of the JPI Urban Europe Capacities for Urban Transformations project CoNECT (Collective Networks for Everyday Community Resilience and Ecological Transition). She is an associate editor of the International Journal of Housing Policy and is active on the advisory boards of Housing Studies and Housing and Society.
Academic background
Originally from Bucharest, Romania, Oana Druta received a BA degree from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) in 2009. During this time she was a recipient of the Japan Ministry of Education Scholarship. Later, she completed her Masters of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan (USA), graduating in 2011. During her Master's studies, Oana received the Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship for students advancing social justice, and the award for exceptional service to the Taubman College community at the University of Michigan. Her capstone project was awarded the prize for Best Student Project by the American Institute of Certified Planners. In 2012, she started her PhD at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (University of Amsterdam) embedded in the ERC funded project HOUWEL. In 2014, she was a visiting researcher at the University of Birmingham (UK), Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) and Bucharest University where she conducted fieldwork into the housing careers of young adults. Oana obtained her PhD in 2017, with her thesis on 'Young adult homeownership pathways and intergenerational support'. After having been a postdoctoral researcher at UvA, she was appointed assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in May 2018.
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
Opleiding / Academische kwalificatie
Geography, Doctor, Young Adult Homeownership Pathways and Intergenerational Support: Homes, Meanings and Practices, University of Amsterdam
Datum van toekenning: 10 jan. 2017
Planning, Master, University of Michigan
Datum van toekenning: 30 apr. 2011
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
Projecten
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CoNECT: 438.21.446 ENUTC `Capacity for Urban Transformation. Collective Networks for Everyday Community Resilience and Ecological Transition
Druta, O. (Project Manager) & Botha, L. (Projectmedewerker)
1/04/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Second tier
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Flex-housing and the advent of the ‘spoedzoeker’ in Dutch housing policy
Druta, O. (Corresponding author) & Fatemidokhtcharook, M., 2024, In: International Journal of Housing Policy. 24, 4, blz. 737-754 18 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Artikel recenseren › peer review
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Home improvements in later life: competing policy goals and the practices of older Dutch homeowners
Druta, O. (Corresponding author), Schilder, F. & Lennartz, C., 2023, In: International Journal of Housing Policy. 23, 1, blz. 92-112 21 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Preliminary study of participatory and nature-inclusive design approaches
Gualtieri, G. (Corresponding author-nrf), Druta, O. & Velzing, E.-J., okt. 2023, IASDR 2023: Short Papers. De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzo, L., Rizzo, F. & Spallazzo, D. (uitgave). DRS Digital Library, 12 blz. 36Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic › peer review
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Settlement in Nanjing among Chinese rural migrant families: The role of changing and persistent family norms
Tang, S. (Corresponding author), Zhou, J., Druta, O. & Li, X., mei 2023, In: Urban Studies. 60, 6, blz. 1083-1101 19 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Spaces of resilience: A typology of places and practices in two Dutch cities
Botha, L. & Druta, O., 2023, (E-publicatie vóór gedrukte publicatie) Proceedings of the International Conference Repurposing Places for Social and Environmental Resilience. blz. 28-31 4 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic
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Activiteiten
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CoNECT Webinar Series
Druta, O. (Organisator)
27 mrt. 2024 → 12 dec. 2024Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Workshop, seminar, cursus of expositie › Wetenschappelijk
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Shared and Collaborative Housing
Druta, O. (Spreker)
14 mrt. 2022Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Professioneel
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Young Adult Housing Pathways in an International Perspective
Druta, O. (Spreker)
25 feb. 2022Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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A people's perspective on circular transitions
Druta, O. (Spreker)
27 jan. 2022Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Professioneel
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International Journal of Housing Policy (Tijdschrift)
Druta, O. (Associate editor)
1 dec. 2021 → 30 aug. 2022Activiteit: Types publicaties van collegiale toetsing en redactioneel werk › Redactioneel werk › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Lecture Universiteit van Nederland - 'Will we all be sharing houses in the future?"
14/02/22
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: PR activiteiten
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Seven new members at Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering
van der Meel, R., Loerakker, S., Beckers, J., Dankers, P. Y. W., Höffken, J. I., Eduati, F., Baaijens, F. P. T., van de Burgt, Y. B., Walrave, B., Lakens, D., Liu, D., Hofmann, S., Hofmann, J. P., Druta, O. & Forner Cuenca, A.
16/10/20
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar