Dr. A. (Annemiek) Prins
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO : Urban Planning
Area of expertise: anthropology, development geography, mobility studies, unequal distribution of mobility, connectivity
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15629
1001 NC Amsterdam
Contact details
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Research Profile
I am an urban ethnographer with a background in anthropology, development geography, and mobility studies. My work focuses on the unequal distribution of mobility, connectivity, and circulation and how this relates to projects of urban future-making. I specifically look at the legacy of (colonial) modernity in shaping urban trajectories and imaginaries. Previously, I carried out research on cycle-rickshaw mobilities and infrastructural mega-projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In my current postdoc position at UvA, I look at the commoning of accessibility in the urban outskirts of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area as part of the COMMON_ACCESS project.
I also serve as an editor for the anthropological journal Etnofoor.
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Publications
- refereed (7)
- academic (4)
- popular scientific (7)
- recognitions (5)
- doctoral thesis (1)
- working papers / preprints (1)
2025
Prins, A. (2025). Reconfiguring rickshaw mobilities: formalization and exception in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone. Mobilities, 20(3), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2024.2412116 [details]- Prins, A., Bertolini, L., & Nikolaeva, A. A. (2025). Commoning accessibility in (European) peripheries: Exploring the practice policy nexus. Transport Reviews, 1-27. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2025.2505613
2023
- Dasgupta, S., & Prins, A. (2023). “Worlding” Bangladeshi urbanism through water. Urban Geography, 44(5), 1021-1034. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2023.2184583
- Prins, A. (2023). Fast Futures and Everyday Endurance: Mobility, Temporality, and Cycle-Rickshaws in Dhaka. City and Society, 35(2), 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/ciso.12452
- Prins, A., & Dasgupta, S. (2023). Shifting peripheries: Dhaka's rickshaw garages and mess dormitories as spaces of work and movement. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 41(2), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758231168869
2021
- Prins, A. (2021). 'Earning Money as the Wheels Turn Around': Cycle-Rickshaw Drivers and Experiences of Wageless Work in Dhaka. In W. Monteith, D.-O. Vicol, & W. Philippa (Eds.), Beyond the Wage: Ordinary Work in Diverse Economies (pp. 187-210). Bristol University Press.
- Prins, A. (2021). Slippery entanglements: Spiritual and Gendered Experiences of Uncertainty in the Riverine Context of Bengali Char lands. Religions, 12(11), Article 906. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110906
2025
- Jonkman, J., & Prins, A. (2025). Introduction: Chains - Materials and Metaphors Forging Uneven Connections. Etnofoor, 37(1), 7-12. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27389748 [details]
- Prins, A. (2025). [Review of: R. Chowdhury (2023) City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport]. The AAG Review of Books, 13(2), 15-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/2325548X.2025.2461781 [details]
2024
- Prins, A. (2024). Review of 'Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh' by Camelia Dewan. Social Anthropology, 32(1), 106-108. https://doi.org/10.3167/saas.2024.320108
2023
- Cremers, G., & Prins, A. (2023). Introduction: Thick connections - Reimagining roots in anthropology. Etnofoor, 35(2), 11-16. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27275333
2023
- Dasgupta, S., & Prins, A. (2023). City Liveability Rankings tell a Biased Story – Our Research in Dhaka Explains Why. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/city-liveability-rankings-tell-a-biased-story-our-research-in-dhaka-explains-why-208262
- Prins, A. (2023). Pedalling furiously: Efforts to organise the city’s traffic threaten the lives and culture of Dhaka’s cycle rickshaw drivers. The Sociological Review. Magazine. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.divn3730
2022
- Prins, A. (2022). Unfixing the City: Rickshaw Mobilities, Modernities, and Urban Change in Dhaka. Mobile Lives Forum. https://forumviesmobiles.org/en/new-voices/15594/unfixing-city-rickshaw-mobilities-modernities-and-urban-change-dhaka
2017
- Prins, A. (2017). Rickshaw Restrictions: Privilege for Some, Disaster for the Puller. The Daily Star. https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/rickshaw-restrictions-1488862
- Prins, A. (2017). Voor Wie is er Plek in de Stad van de Toekomst, Auto’s of Fietsen? De Correspondent. https://decorrespondent.nl/5980/voor-wie-is-er-plek-in-de-stad-van-de-toekomst-auto-s-of-fietsen/a2fcc0cb-ca0c-0aee-0192-55d0fb9d52c6
2016
- Prins, A. (2016). De Kracht van de Sloppenwijk: Nooit Alleen. De Correspondent. https://decorrespondent.nl/3934/de-kracht-van-de-sloppenwijk-nooit-alleen/586751bb-574f-0c2e-3eda-94b0be581153
- Prins, A. (2016). De Stad van de Toekomst is niet van Beton en Glas, maar van Stro en Zwerfhout. De Correspondent. https://decorrespondent.nl/5770/de-stad-van-de-toekomst-is-niet-van-beton-en-glas-maar-van-stro-en-zwerfhout/80d83d78-8966-03c2-07b3-7eadf958c843
Prize / grant
- Prins, A. (2023). Best Published Paper Award, City & Society.
- Prins, A. (2021). New Voices Award, Prize PhD Dissertation, Mobile Lives Forum.
- Prins, A. (2019). ROSANNA Scholarship for Women, University of Utrecht.
- Prins, A. (2014). Elphinstone PhD Scholarship, University of Aberdeen.
- Prins, A. (2014). ASiA Research Grant, AISSR.
2021
- Prins, A. (2021). Unfixing the City: Rickshaw Mobilities, Modernities and Urban Change in Dhaka. [Thesis, fully external, University of Aberdeen, UK].
2024
- Prins, A., Bertolini, L., & Nikolaeva, A. (2024). Commoning Accessibility and Policy Conditions: An Analytical Framework . University of Amsterdam. [details]
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Prins, A. (2025). Reconfiguring rickshaw mobilities: formalization and exception in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone. Mobilities, 20(3), 445-463.