Lieselotte Blommaert
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Introduction
Member of ICS research line: Migration and Social Stratification My dissertation deals with ethnic discrimination in the labour market. I study to what extent ethnic minority job applicants are discriminated against and which features of applicants, employers and the context are related to the degree to which such discrimination occurs. For example, this project investigates to what extent employers' interethnic attitudes (explicit and implicit) affect their likelihood of discriminating against minority job applicants. Also, I examine whether the degree to which discrimination occurs varies across regions and whether variations are related to the economic circumstances and the presence of ethnic minority groups within regions.
For my research I have collected data via field and laboratory experiments (vignettes), questionnaires and Implicit Association Tests. Among other things, I developed and applied a new approach to field experiments, using applicant profiles on online resume databases. Links
Research School Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) European Research Centre in Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) CV
2011: Research visit at the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP), The Hague
2008 - present: PhD student, Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University
2006 - 2008: MA Social Cultural Science, Radboud University Nijmegen (cum laude)
2003 - 2006: BA Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen
Introduction
My research mainly focuses on ethnic discrimination and interethnic attitudes (both explicit and implicit)
Dissertation Ethnic discrimination in the labour market
Research interests Interethnic relations Discrimination Social inequality Labour market Explicit and implicit interethnic attitudes Quantitative research methodology Data collection Field and laboratory experiments Vignette analysis Implicit Association Test
Papers
Working paper: An intenet-based field experiment on ethnic discrimination in recruitment Courses
Introduction into Sociology ("Problemen en theorieën van de sociologie") Introductory course Analyses of Policy Processes ("Sociale Sturing van Nederland") Supervision Bachelor and Master theses Tutor Bachelor students
Outside activities
Manuscripts refereed for: International Sociology, Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsmarktvraagstukken
Member of: Research committee 28 (on Social Stratification) of the International Sociological Association Nederlandse Sociologische Vereniging Migration and Stratification Seminar (coordinator and member) The European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER)
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