📣 We staan in de Volkskrant! 🎉

Op basis van ons recente onderzoek schreven we ook een bijdrage over hoe burgers reageren op politieke communicatie rond moeilijke beleidsbesluiten - een thema dat, met de lopende formatie en de komende coalitiefase, actueler is dan ooit.

Dissertation: ‘Understanding welfare attitudes: A cultural-sociological approach’

The day was made especially wonderful by my paranymphs, @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social and Tim van Meurs. Your support ensured great focus and provided distraction when needed, and above all, you organized an amazing gift with contributions from friends, family, and colleagues!

This led to an interesting exchange of ideas, and for that, I thank the committee members Bart Meuleman, @Femke Roosma, Monique Kremer, @peter8rberg.bsky.social, and Ferry Koster (and thank you also for the compliments!), and of course, the chair, Harry Geerlings.

Milestone reached! Last Friday, I defended my dissertation and received my doctorate. I presented my research from the past few years on welfare attitudes and was thoroughly questioned by the committee.

The countdown has begun! ⏳
In just 10 days, I’ll be defending my dissertation at Erasmus University Rotterdam. I’m excited to dive into my research on how people perceive of welfare and how our different worldviews shape contrasting responses to salient issues. 1/7

Voor Stuk Rood Vlees schreven Stijn Daenekindt, @willemdekoster.bsky.social, Jeroen van der Waal en ik een bijdrage op basis van ons onderzoek naar verschillende betekenissen die Nederlanders geven aan verzorgingsstaatchauvinisme. Lees het hier: bit.ly/43gbdlh

Scrutiny of their social bases revealed that the respondents who held these different views differed substantially in relation to income, media preferences, religious denomination and political orientation. (5/8)

This revealed five distinct meanings ascribed to the issue: 1) conventional conservative–progressive; 2) economic exclusivism–inclusivism; 3) (dis)trust of ethnic others; 4) traditional communitarianism–secular inclusivism; and 5) secular exclusivism–religiously inspired compassion. (4/8)

*Publication alert!*
Immigrants’ entitlement to welfare is a matter of fierce debate. But what do people's stances actually mean? Find out in our #openaccess paper in British journal of Sociology, w/ Stijn Daenekindt, @willemdekoster.bsky.social & Jeroen van der Waal
doi.org/10.1111/1468... (1/8)