Dr Anique Hommels (A.M.)

Research profile

Anique Hommels' current research focuses on two themes:

1) Urban sociotechnical change and obduracy

2) Resilience and vulnerability in pre- and post-disaster cities

Research projects

Embedterlabs project, funded by JPI-Urban Europe. This project studies how Urban Living Labs (for sustainable urban transformation) can be better embedded in urban policy mixes. We focus on Urban Living Labs in three cities: Stockholm, Gdansk and Maastricht.

Key publications

Hommels, A. (2020). STS and the city: techno-politics, obduracy and globalisation. Science as Culture, 29(3), 410-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2019.1710740

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Hommels, A. (2018). How resilience discourses shape cities: the case of Resilient Rotterdam. In S. Amir (Ed.), On Bouncing Back. The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience (pp. 265-284). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8509-3_12

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Stankovic, J., Dijk, M., & Hommels, A. (2021). Upscaling, obduracy and underground parking in Maastricht (1965-present): is there a way out? Journal of Urban History, 47(6), 1225-1250. Article 0096144220909068. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144220909068

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Dijk, M., Hommels, A., & Stoffers, M. (2021). The transformation of urban mobility practices in Maastricht (1950-1980): Coevolution of cycling and car mobility. Transfers. Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, 11(3), 22-61. https://doi.org/10.3167/trans.2021.110303

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Hommels, A. (2018). Re-Assembling a City: Applying SCOT to Post-Disaster Urban Change. In M. Kurath, M. Marskamp, J. Paulos, & J. Ruegg (Eds.), Relational Planning: Tracing Artefacts, Agency and Practices (pp. 205-227). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60462-6_9

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Recent publications

Other publications

Hommels, A., Mesman, J. & Bijker, W. (Eds). (2014). Vulnerability in Technological Cultures. New directions in research and governance. MIT Press.

Högselius, P., Hommels, A., Kaijser, A., Vleuten, E. van der (Eds.) (2013). The Making of Europe’s Critical Infrastructure. Common Connections and Shared Vulnerabilities. Palgrave.

Hommels, A. (2005). Unbuilding Cities. Obduracy in Urban Sociotechnical Change. MIT Press.

Dijk, M., Hommels, A. & Stoffers, M. (2022). Transforming mobility practices in Maastricht (1950-1980). Transfers. Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, 11 (3)

Stankovic, J., Dijk, M. & Hommels, A. (2021). Upscaling, obduracy and underground parking in Maastricht (1965-present): is there a way out? Journal of Urban History, 47 (6), 1225-1250.

Hommels, A. (2020). STS and the city: techno-politics, obduracy and globalization. Science as Culture, 29 (3), 410-416.

Dijk, M., Kraker, J. de & Hommels, A. (2018). Anticipating Constraints on Upscaling from Urban Innovation Experiments. Sustainability 10(8).

Rossignol, N. & Hommels, A. (2017). Meanings and Practices of Learning from Incidents: A social constructivist perspective of incident reporting systems. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 29(4), 370-380.

Hommels, A., Egyedi, T. & Cleophas, E. (2012). Policy change and policy incoherence: The case of competition versus public safety. Journal of European Integration 35(4), 443-458.