Michael Savelkoul

Profile

Michael Savelkoul obtained a master’s degree in Social Cultural Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen. His master thesis focused on cross-national measurement equivalence of anti-Muslim attitudes as well as explanations of anti-Muslim attitudes in the Netherlands. He is currently working on his PhD project “Ethnic Diversity in Local Communities. Its Relationship with Solidarity with the In-Group and Exclusionism of Out-Groups”, which is part of a larger project granted by NWO. This PhD project aims at explaining relationships between ethnic diversity in (local) communities and solidarity with the (majority) in-group as well as exclusion of (minority) out-groups, by focusing on the influence of inter-ethnic contacts and perceptions of ethnic threat. Moreover, conditions which might affect these relationships, both at the individual and the contextual level, will be addressed.

Publications

Savelkoul, M., Gesthuizen, M., and Scheepers, P. (2011). Explaining relationships between ethnic diversity and informal social capital across European countries and regions: Tests of constrict, conflict and contact theory. Social Science Research, DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.03.003.

Savelkoul, M., Scheepers, P., Van der Veld, W., and Hagendoorn, L. (2011). Comparing levels of anti-Muslim attitudes across Western countries. Quality & Quantity, DOI 10.1007/s11135-011-9470-9.

Savelkoul, M., Scheepers, P., Tolsma, J., & Hagendoorn, L., (2010). Anti-Muslim attitudes in the               Netherlands: Tests of contradictory hypotheses derived from ethnic competition theory and           intergroup contact theory. European Sociological Review, DOI:10.1093/esr/jcq035.

Contact
Radboud University Nijmegen
Department of Sociology / ICS
P.O. Box 9104
6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Phone:    + 31 24 361 2337
Fax:         + 31 24 361 2399
E-mail: m.savelkoul@maw.ru.nl