‘For the sake of the children’ – Styles of advocacy among Dutch Muslims at the nexus of racialization and secularism after 1989 > Since 1989 the culture and religion of immigrants and their offspring from Muslim majority countries have been increasingly problematized in debates and policies regarding integration and (after 9/11) counter-radicalization. At the same…

Scholar-Knowledge Migration > For several decades US research universities have called for diminished intellectual balkanization and increased knowledge sharing across fields. With such sharing comes the hope for increased innovation, but also a growing concern about colonization due to hierarchal qualities of scientific knowledge production. To assess how interdisciplinary knowledge sharing has occurred, we look…

Religiosity and Friendship Choices of Christian, Muslim, and Non-Religious Adolescents in Germany Abstract In contemporary Western Europe, both scholars and the broader public fiercely debate the consequences of a rising share of Muslim population for societal coexistence. Yet we know surprisingly little about how religion and religiosity shape intergroup friendships. Focusing on adolescents’ friendship networks,…

Op 20 november 2015 werd door Ercomer, in samenwerking met dagblad Trouw het symposium “Religie: Struikelblok voor Integratie?” georganiseerd. Het symposium, rondom het thema “integratie, een kwestie van geloof?”, stond onder voorzitterschap van Lodewijk Dros, chef Letter & Geest bij Trouw Read more.