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Peter Scholten is full professor in the Governance of Migration and Diversity in the team Policy, Politics and Society. Peter is scientific director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research centre on the Governance of Migration and Diversity, team lead of the team Policy, Politics and Society, and editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Migration Studies. In addition, he is Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) double professor at Leiden University (department of global affairs), and Malmo city visiting professor at the Institute for Migration, Integration and Welfare at Malmo University. His main research interests involve the dynamics of migration and diversity policies, cities of migration, science-politics relations on migration and diversity, and complexity governance. 

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):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

External positions

Malmo City Guest Professor at the Malmo Institute for Migration Studies, Malmo University, Malmö University

1 Jan 20241 Jan 2026

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