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Aslan Zorlu (University of Amsterdam) and Paul Frijters (London School of Economics) conducted research into the happiness of European Muslims in the years since the attacks on 11 September 2001. They found a ...

Migration and refugee issues are on political and public agendas around the globe. The European Union is looking for sustainable solutions, international cooperation and joint responsibility. An international ...

The Department of Social Anthropology and History of the University of the Aegean and the Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies of the University of Amsterdam welcome applications for the Seventh International ...

This timely book analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015.

In "Chinatown 2.0: The Difficult Flowering of an Ethnically Themed Shopping Area", Jan Rath et al. challenge orthodox perspectives on 'ethnic enclaves', approaching Amsterdam’s Chinatown as a themed economic space ...

When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, ...

Vandaag verschijnt de derde rapportage van het Monitor Islamofobie Project, een meerjarig onderzoek dat wordt uitgevoerd door Dr. Ineke van der Valk, gastonderzoeker bij de afdeling politicologie van de Universiteit ...

The Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies of the University of Amsterdam, the department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Free University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute in Athens, in ...

In het rapport ‘Incidenten bij moskeeën: risico en bescherming’ dat zojuist is verschenen geeft Dr Ineke van der Valk inzicht in factoren die mogelijk bijdragen aan het risico dat moskeeën lopen om doelwit te ...

On January 25 and 26 from 9:00 to 16:00h, Lisa Johnston will be hosting a two-day masterclass at the University of Amsterdam on survey techniques for hidden and hard-to-reach populations.

Van der Valk's newest book discusses the phenomenon of Islamophobia in a number of ways in which it is expressed in the Netherlands.

In his IMES-Podium lecture, Professor András Pap (Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the National Public Service University) will offer an assessment of the relationship between policy instruments and terminology.

On Monday October 12, professor Richard Alba and professor Nancy Foner (both from City University New York) will present their new book entitled 'Strangers No More: Immigration and the Challenges of Integration in ...

The Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam have once again risen in the field ranking conducted by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, advancing from 39th to ...

Bij de afgelopen parlementsverkiezingen in Turkije konden Turkse kiezers in het buitenland voor de tweede keer hun stem uitbrengen in het land waar ze wonen. Het Turkevi Research Centre en het Instituut voor Migratie ...

The Turkevi Research Centre and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) conducted a survey at the polling station in Rijswijk (consulate Rotterdam) to research the voting behaviour of Turkish voters in ...

During the workshop 'The Problematisation of Family Migration', organized by Prof. Betty de Hart (Faculty of Law) and Dr. Saskia Bonjour (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), on June 4-5, 2015, Prof. Eithne ...

In het net verschenen rapport ‘Monitor Moslim Discriminatie’ brengt Dr. Ineke van der Valk gegevens bijeen over de stand van zaken rond islamofobie en de discriminatie van moslims. Het aantal meldingen bij ...

The present report Monitor Muslim Discrimination is my second publication on islamophobia in the Netherlands. It discusses the Dutch situation from where the first report ended, in particular the time period after ...

In this IMES Series Report the sort of activism employed in networks like Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland is analysed. The authors address how the activism of such networks interact with practices of the government ...