AMCIS
Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS)
AMCIS studies inequalities in (post-) industrialized societies and particularly focuses on the impact of stratifying variables on socioeconomic attainment, political behaviour and opinions, and living arrangements. The central focus is on the mediating role of institutions. Read more about AMCIS.
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PhD project “Ethnic Diversity and School Performance”
Gert-Jan Veerman received a PhD dissertation scholarship for teachers, funded by the Netherlands’ Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; “Promotiebeurs voor Leraren”), for his PhD project “Ethnic Diversity and School Performance”. Veerman is currently writing his PhD thesis at the AISSR and the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, and is supervised by Herman van de Werfhorst (UvA) and Jaap Dronkers (Maastricht University). The scholarship allows teachers to devote a significant amount of weekly working time on PhD research. Veerman is a former student in sociology and educational sciences at the UvA, and is a primary school teacher.
New ERC Starting Grant
The Interplay Between the Upward Trend in Home-Ownership and Income Inequality in Advanced Welfare Democracies: Interacting Causes and Consequences of Social Inequality in Different Institutional Settings (HOWCOME)
Lead by Dr. Caroline Dewilde
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New research project from NWO
Educational Systems and Four Central Functions of Education
Lead by prof. dr. Herman van de Werfhorst
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