Dr M.J. Savelkoul (Michael)

Assistant professor - Radboud Social Cultural Research
Assistant professor - Sociology

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Thomas van Aquinostraat 4
6525 GD NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Michael Savelkoul is assistant professor at the department of Sociology at Radboud University. His research focuses at the consequences of migration and ethnic diversity in Western societies. His main research interests are prejudice, interethnic contact, social capital and voting for the radical right.

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Radboud Social and Cultural Research

Tags: ethnic diversity, interethnic contact, social capital, radical right voting

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Van Assche, J., Swart, H., Schmid, K., Dhont, K., Al Ramiah, A., Christ, O., Kauff, M., Rothmann, S., Savelkoul, M., Tausch, N., Wölfer, R., Zahreddine, S., Saleem, M., & Hewstone, M. (2023, March 9). Intergroup Contact Is Reliably Associated With Reduced Prejudice, Even in the Face of Group Threat and Discrimination. American Psychologist. Full text
Gesthuizen, M., Savelkoul, M. & Scheepers, P. (2021). Patterns of exclusion of ethno-religious minorities: The ethno-religious hierarchy across European countries and social categories within these countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 82, 12-24. Full text
Tolsma, J., Laméris, J., & Savelkoul, M. (2021). Exposure to asylum seekers and changing support for the radical right: A natural experiment in the Netherlands. Plos one, 16(2), e0245644. Full text
Savelkoul, M., Laméris, J. & Tolsma, J. (2017). Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition and Voting for the Radical Right in The Netherlands. The Role of Perceived Neighbourhood Threat and Interethnic Neighbourhood Contact. European Sociological Review 33(2), 209-224. Full text
Savelkoul, M., Scheepers, P., Tolsma, J. & Hagendoorn, L. (2011). Anti-Muslim Attitudes in the Netherlands: Tests of Contradictory Hypotheses Derived from Ethnic Competition Theory and Intergroup Contact Theory. European Sociological Review 27(6), 741-758. Full text

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