How do children understand exclusion in socio-cultural contexts? Children’s negotiation of their understanding of peer and institutional exclusion occur within a socio-cultural context. In this talk, I will attempt to integrate Social Reasoning Developmental theory (Killen & Rutland, 2011) with socio-cultural theories (Vygotsky, 1978; Rogoff, 1990). To do this, I will discuss research on children’s…

Paul Hindriks (ICS-UU) will defend his dissertation on Friday 23 March 2018 at 02:30 PM in the Utrecht University Hall. The title of his dissertation is: The struggle for power: Attitudes towards the political participation of ethnic minorities.

Manja Coopmans (ICS-UU, year group 2013) will defend her dissertation on Friday 16 March at 12:45 PM in the Utrecht University Hall. The title of her dissertation is: Rituals of the past in the context of the present. The role of Remembrance Day and Liberation Day in Dutch society

Yassine Khoudja (ICS-UU, year group 2013) will defend his dissertation on Wednesday 17 January 2018 at 04:15 PM in the Utrecht University Hall. The title of his dissertation is: Women’s labor market participation across ethnic groups: The role of household conditions, gender role attitudes, and religiosity in different national contexts.

Wat kan beleid betekenen voor de weerbaarheid van kinderen en jongeren? Hoe kan de school bijdragen aan levensgeluk en het gevoel erbij te horen? Welke extra uitdagingen komen kinderen met een migratie-achtergrond hierin tegen? Hoe kunnen we de didactische en sociaal-emotionele gezondheid van deze kinderen stimuleren? En wat kunnen we leren van het beleid in…

Het programma Discussiëren Kun Je Leren heeft een langdurig effect heeft op burgerschapsvaardigheden van basisschoolleerlingen. Dit blijkt uit een evaluatiestudie uitgevoerd door Dr. Tobias Stark van het European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations aan de Universiteit Utrecht (ERCOMER). Lees hier het volledige rapport. Kijk voor meer informatie over het programma ook op de…

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues has decided to grant the “2017 Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award” to a recent publication by Maykel Verkuyten and co-authored with Dr. Kumar Yogeeswaran. The article is entitled “The Social Psychology of Intergroup Toleration: A Roadmap for Theory and Research” and was published in…

Maykel Verkuyten has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will be using this prestigious European grant worth €2.3 million to conduct research into tolerance. The five-year ERC Advanced Grant is awarded to exceptional and exemplary senior researchers. In a society growing ever more diverse in nature, tolerance is one of the key features of…

Dutch national news paper Trouw recently published an article featuring research by Anouk Smeekes, on Nostalgia in present day society and how this related to populist politics. Check it out now!    

Our Master’s programme Migration, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism (MERM) has been evaluated by students as a ‘Top rated programme’  in the annual Keuzegids Masters MERM started over 10 years ago and in recent years the programme is assessed as one of the best Master’s programmes in the Netherlands. The MERM programme is completely taught in…