Prof. Dr. Peer Scheepers

Professor of social science research methodology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Prof. Dr. Scheepers was previously an endowed professor of social prejudice and currently is a professor of social science research methodology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He is also a member of the KNAW re-accredited national Inter-university Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) and the director of the local Nijmegen Instituut voor Sociaal en Cultureel Onderzoek (NISCO). Prof. Dr. Scheepers shares the workload as the Dutch national coordinator with Rob Eisinga at the European Social Survey, and is authorized representative for the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).

His research interests include the methodology of comparative social surveys as well as longitudinal and cross-national studies on political and religious attitudes and behaviour, more in particular regarding ethnic exclusionism.

All Publications

Key Publications

Coenders, M., Lubbers, M., Scheepers, P. & Verkuyten, M. (2008) More than two decades of changing ethnic attitudes in the Netherlands. Journal of Social Issues, 64 (2), pp. 269-285.

Coenders, M. & Scheepers, P. (2008) Changes in resistance to the social integration of foreigners in Germany 1980-2000: Individual and contextual determinants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 34 (1), pp. 1-26. Webpage.

Lubbers, M., Coenders, M. & Scheepers, P. (2006) Objection to asylum seeker centers: individual and contextual determinants of resistance to small and large centres in the Netherlands. European Sociological Review, 22 (3), pp. 243-257.

Hello, E., Scheepers, P. & Sleegers, P. (2006) Why the more educated are less inclined to keep ethnic distance, an empirical test of four explanations. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29 (5), pp. 959-985.

Scheepers, P. & te Grotenhuis, M. (2005) Who cares for the poor in Europe? Micro and macro determinants for alleviating poverty in 15 European countries. European Sociological Review, 21 (5), pp. 265-268.