Marte Kuijpers (MSc) is researcher on the project on Homelessness and Mental Health of Dr. Nienke Boesveldt. She works at the research group Political Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Marte Kuijpers' research interests include vulnerable groups, stigmatization, homelessness, public (mental) health, interventions, social policy, and intercultural differences. Her current research activities focus on experiences of homelessness and sheltered housing (including Housing First) in the Dutch municipalities of Utrecht, Haarlem, Purmerend and Den Bosch.