Dimmendaal, Twan (2022) Afraid of becoming homeless; the effects of a housing crisis on international students. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to study the feeling of safety of international students in Groningen, with a focus on the housing situation and community integration. The feeling of safety is how comfortable a person is in a certain place. Factors like stress, bad housing quality or loneliness could potentially negatively impact the feeling of safety. The housing situation can be influential as there are high levels of stress apparent when international students are trying to find a room in Groningen, and when they are residing in emergency housing. The community integration can influence the feeling of safety as students can feel more comfortable when the people around them are familiar although language differences can have a negative influence. This research answers the following question; How does the housing situation and community integration of international students in Groningen contribute to their feeling of safety? This has been answered through a qualitative research method by conducting 18 interviews with international students living, or having recently lived, in Groningen. The housing crisis has had a big impact on international students, who have possibly been the biggest losers in this crisis. They are unable to find a room and are often forced in emergency housing. Competition is high and so are stress levels. This culminates in a decrease in study results, and a negative impact on the experience in Groningen. The study concludes with a relation between the housing situation of international students and their feeling of safety, being negatively impacted by discrimination, emergency housing and stress. There is little contribution of community integration to the feeling of safety.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Steen, P.J.M. van |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2022 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2022 09:37 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3977 |
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