Gijs Custers

Gijs Custers is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Law, Society and Crime within the Erasmus School of Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on neighborhood stigma, criminal justice system dynamics, educational mobility, and urban policy impacts, particularly in Rotterdam. He employs quantitative methods (e.g., multilevel modeling, GIS) and computational text analysis to study social processes like gentrification and racialization.

His work includes examining the effects of policies such as the National Program Rotterdam South (NPRZ) on educational outcomes and analyzing media representations of neighborhood stigma over time. Recent studies address implementation barriers in educational policies, the role of neighborhood organizations in resource brokering, and Rotterdam's urban transformation from a 'sick man' to a 'capital of cool.'

Key research interests span criminology, urban sociology, and social inequality, with contributions to understanding how social policies influence educational and spatial inequalities. His interdisciplinary approach bridges criminology, urban studies, and quantitative methods.