Many have expressed that Migration is the topic to be avoided in the campaigning towards the upcoming Dutch parliamentary elections, in order not to favour radical right parties. But what insights do we actually have how migration plays a role in voting, and for migration-negative or radical right-wing parties, in particular? In this symposium 6…

  On July 10th 2025, Verena Seibel and Stefanie Sprong presented the report ‘Nationaal Onderzoek Moeslimdiscriminatie’, conducted together with Borja Martinovic and Valentina Di Stasio (EUI) and Regioplan, at the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, discussing together with the participants the implications of the results for developing anti-discrimination policies. You can find the report…

We are offering a fully funded PhD position on the recognition of multicultural strengths via social networks at Utrecht University: PhD: Recognizing Multicultural Strengths of Youth via Social Networks at Work – Working at Utrecht University – Utrecht University The application deadline for the position is August 17, 2025.

You can watch here a lecture from Daudi van Veen during the Betweter festival, on socialization and prejudice.

You can watch here to the first meeting of the series ‘Blik op Migratie‘ (Focus on Migration), with Hasna El Maroudi and Marcel Lubbers, on the rise of the radical right

Daudi van Veen,  Dounia Bourabain, Zakia Essanhaji, Zehra Çolak and Onur Sahin have launched the podcast initiative ‘Joy in Academia’ . Their podcast series sheds light on how racialized academics, in their unique ways, have overcome obstacles, developed resilience, and found purpose and joy within academia. In particular, the series of interviews explores an under-discussed aspect of…

We are looking for inspiring new colleagues!  See the vacancies below: PhD candidate “Migrants’ Country Ownership Perceptions”   Postdoctoraal Onderzoeker in Interetnische Sociale Relaties Assistant Professor in Migration and Intergroup Relations  

Armen Hakhverdian talks with Marcel Lubbers (ERCOMER, UU) and Kristof Jacobs (RU) about the Dutch national elections and the election study in the StukRoodVlees podcast. It is in Dutch; you can listen here.

Prof. dr. Marcel Lubbers wrote together with Niels Spierings an article on Stukroodvlees over voters with a migration background. You can read it here  (in Dutch). This was picked up by news outlet such as NPO radio1 and NOS.    Marcel Lubbers is professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science: Relations between groups and cultures. With a background…

Prof. dr. Marcel Lubbers wrote an overview on public opinion on migration for the Adviesraad Migratie that used this document for formulating the advice on quota for migration. You can download the overview and read more about it here  (in Dutch).   Marcel Lubbers is professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science: Relations between groups and cultures….