I am an associate professor with ius promovendi at the department of Interdisciplinary Social Science and a researcher at ERCOMER at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ in the Netherlands. I studied social and cross-cultural psychology at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and did my PhD in educational psychology at the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Amsterdam.
My research interest is in diversity attitudes and intergroup relations, particularly among youth and in educational contexts.
I teach various courses to bachelor students, and I am involved in the research master Migration and Ethnic Relations (MERM).
Please check out our recently edited book:
Smeekes, A., & Thijs, J. (Eds.)(2022). Migration and Ethnic Relations: Current directions for theory and research – Liber Amicorum for Maykel Verkuyten.
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