Staff & Members
Ercomer is a gradually expanding interdisciplinary network of migration researchers. We currently have twelve full-time staff members and six PhD students based at the department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Cultural Diversity and Youth (Utrecht University), as well as affiliated members at ICS Sociology (Utrecht University), Ercomer Nijmegen (Radboud University Nijmegen) 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. In addition, Ercomer hosts international scholars to collaborate on research on migration, integration and cultural diversity.
Ercomer members
Director of Ercomer
Research themes: Ethnic identity, cultural diversity, intergroup relations
Professor
Prof. Dr. Louk Hagendoorn
Emeritus Professor
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Prejudice, gender differences, Eastern Europe & former Soviet Union
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Childhood ethnic relations; ethnic minority educational adjustment; diversity education
Associate Professor
Research themes: Group identities, Intergroup relations, Historical narratives
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Culture Wars, Orientalism, European migration
Senior Researcher
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Inter-ethnic contact, social networks, school integration
Assistant Professor
Research themes: religious discrimination in the labour market
Assistant Professor
Research themes: National identity, group-based nostalgia, collective continuity
Assistant Professor
Research themes: Immigrant integration, Transnationalism and Education research and Policy analysis
Post-Doc Researcher
Research themes: Tolerance and intolerance, group criticism, conflict resolution
Post-Doc Researcher
Research themes: Cultural identity, immigrant integration, multilingualism
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Student-teacher relationships, intergroup relationships, multi-ethnic classrooms,
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Social identity, intergroup relations, cultural diversity
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Collective psychological ownership, intergroup attitudes, settler societies
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Collective psychological ownership, intergroup relations, radical right voting
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Collective psychological ownership, intergroup attitudes, (post-)conflict countries
Ph.D. candidate
Research themes: Intergroup relationships, multi-ethnic classrooms, teacher self-efficacy
Project manager
Affiliated members Utrecht University
Prof. Dr. Frank van Tubergen
Dr. Jeroen Weesie
Dr. Eva Jaspers
Dr. Gonneke Stevens
Affiliated members Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Peer Scheepers
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Jochem Tolsma
Radboud University Nijmegen
Prof. Dr. Marcel Lubbers
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Michael Savelkoul
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Lieselotte Blommaert
Radboud University Nijmegen
Dr. Marcel Coenders
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
Dr. Thomas de Vroome
Ministerie Justitie en Veiligheid - Kennis en Kwaliteitscentrum (KKC)
Dr. Mieke Maliepaard
WODC - Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum
Dr. Willem Huijnk
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
Dr. Iris Andriessen
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
Dr. Müge Simsek
Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut (NIDI)
Dr. Manja Coopmans
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Dr. Agnieszka Kanas
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Affiliated members international
Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet
University of Leuven
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