This graduate level programme will explore urban cycling from a Dutch perspective, both historical and current, and provide students with a host of skills on how to develop and foster cycling cities and insights on what this means.Students will examine the impacts of history, policy, infrastructure, planning, and culture within the context of urban cycling in the Netherlands.Next to this, the programme invites students to bring and share their personal views and experiences on cycling cities.Amsterdam is the world%E2%80%99s cycling capital and offers the most suitable environment for examining bicycle-related issues in the urban context.>> contact the GSSS Summer Programmes Office for more information: +31 (0)20 525 3776, e-mail: summer-info-gsss@uva.nl, Skype: summer-gsss-uva

Course leader
Academic director: Marco te BrmmelstroetAssistant Academic Director: Meredith Glaser

Target group
- Master's and graduate students in the field of urban planning have priority. - Undergraduates in their final years, majoring in urban studies or related, are welcome to apply. - Those not in the field of urban planning are also welcome to apply, but should make clear in their motivation letter why they believe they qualify for the programme.

Course aim
Urban cycling (all subjects will actively compare the Netherlands/Amsterdam with student contexts)- History of urban cycling and current trends- Power relations in policy: institutional frameworks- The importance of the land use component- Streams and wayfinding: facility design and network development- Bicycle culture and effects: from a social and geographical position- Info matters: bicycle data collection and performance measurements- Anatomy of the Dutch bicycle plan- Dendriles and wormholes: the bike andtrain system- Images: marketing as policy instrument

Fee info
EUR 1500: includes credit (application fee 25, waived if submitted before 1 February, 2015) EUR 525: Housing fee, tentative

Scholarships
Some scholarships available.

University of Amsterdam
Address: Spui 21
Postal code: 1012 WX
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.uva.nl/summerschool
E-mail: info-summerschool@uva.nl
Phone: +31205258080