Staff & Members
ERCOMER (European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations) is an interdisciplinary network of migration researchers. We currently have twelve full-time staff members and eight PhD students based at the department of Interdisciplinary Social Science(Utrecht University), as well as affiliated members at ICS Sociology (Utrecht University) and institutions in various countries. Moreover, ERCOMER Utrecht organizes the two-year Master’s programme in Migration, Ethnic Relations, and Multiculturalism for highly motivated and qualified students interested in doing systematic (comparative) research in the field and a summer school on the topic. In addition, ERCOMER hosts international scholars to collaborate on research on migration, integration and cultural diversity.
Ercomer members
Director of ERCOMER
Research themes: Nationalism, radical right-wing voting, intergroup relations
Emeritus Professor
Research themes: Ethnic identity, cultural diversity, intergroup relations
Prof. Dr. Louk Hagendoorn
Emeritus Professor
Associate Professor
Research themes: Group identities, Intergroup relations, Historical narratives
Associate Professor
Research themes: Inter-ethnic contact, social networks, school integration
Associate Professor
Research themes: Interethnic relations, social networks, ethnic prejudice, ethnic/national identities
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Sexual and gender diversity, prejudice, intersectionality, health disparities
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Immigrant integration, transnationalism, education research, policy analysis
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Racism and ethnic discrimination in schools, culturally responsive teaching, intergroup relations
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Culture Wars, Orientalism, European migration
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Immigrant and refugee inclusion, community building, sexual and gender diversity, group identities
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Intergroup relations, refugee integration, prejudice
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Mobility and migration, life course and career issues, immigrant integration
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Prejudice, gender differences, Eastern Europe & former Soviet Union
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Processes of migrants' adaptation, migrants and welfare states
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Intergroup relations, ethnic-racial socialization and identity development
Postdoctoral researcher
Research themes: Intergroup relations, ethnic-racial socialization and identity development in youth
Postdoctoral researcher
Research themes: Ethnic identification, intergroup contact, social networks, territorial ownership
Postdoctoral researcher
Research themes: Cumulative discrimination (in employment, housing and childcare), educational inequalities
Postdoctoral researcher
Research themes: Intergroup attitudes and relationships, sense of belonging, culturally diverse schools
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Intergroup attitudes and relationships, sense of belonging, culturally diverse schools
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Childhood intergroup relations, educational adjustment gaps, diversity education
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Ethnic relations, political narratives, racism, ethnic discrimination
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Social networks, inter-ethnic relations, school integration
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Ethnic identity, intergroup relations, social networks
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Dynamics of intergroup relations and peacebuilding interventions
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: discrimination, prejudice, education, intergroup relations
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Migrants and welfare state, retirement preparation of migrants
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Intergroup relations, group identities, territorial ownership, immigrant integration
Ph.D. Candidate
Research themes: Ethnic identity, intergroup relations, social networks
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Intergenerational solidarity in the Chinese community
Affiliated members Utrecht University
Prof. Dr. Frank van Tubergen
Department of Sociology
Prof. Dr. Eva Jaspers
Department of Sociology
Dr. Anouk Smeekes
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science – Youth Studies
Dr. Lucas Drouhot
Department of Sociology
Prof. Dr. Gonneke Stevens
Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science – Youth Studies
Affiliated members Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Fenella Fleischmann
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Prof. Dr. Peer Scheepers
Radboud University Nijmegen
Prof. Dr. Jochem Tolsma
Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Groningen
Dr. Michael Savelkoul
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Lieselotte Blommaert
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Marcel Coenders
Verwey-Jonker Instituut
Dr. Thomas de Vroome
Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
Dr. Mieke Maliepaard
WODC - Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum
Dr. Willem Huijnk
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
Dr. Iris Andriessen
Fontys Hogeschool
Dr. Müge Simsek
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Dr. Agnieszka Kanas
University of Rotterdam (EUR)
Affiliated members international
Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet
University of Leuven
Dr. Valentina Di Stasio
European University Institute
Dr. Derya Güngör
University of Leuven
Dr. Sanne Smith
Stanford University
Dr. Yassine Khoudja
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Anca Minescu
University of Limerick
Former Ph.D. students
Over the years, Ercomer has supported numerous Ph.D. students. Here you'll find an overview of them and their dissertations