Current Research:
Dr. Anja van Heelsum is Project Coordinator of EU funded H2020 research consortium Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (See: http://admigov.eu). She's associate professor at the Department of Political Science of the University of Amsterdam, and works together with 13 partner institutes in Greece, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Turkey, Lebanon and Ethiopia, to investigate the consequences of migration policies on the ground, with the intention to suggest alternatives.
Expertise:
Dr van Heelsum has been involved with the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) since 1997 and is particularly fascinated by the interplay between migrants motives and migration policies. Her complete personal website provides more info and papers online. With a broad experience as a migration scholar, she worked on a variety of subject, including: migrants aspirations, the refugee “crisis”, refugee reception, local policies on immigrants, ethnicity, political participation of immigrants, migrant organisations, and Islam. Regional specialisations are: the Mediterranean area (Spain, Greece, Turkey, Morocco) and Africa (Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia). She applies a multidisciplinary approach to migration and ethnic studies, where insights from psychology, political science, sociology and anthropology meet.
International Networks
Dr. van Heelsum has been part of many international research teams, such as the CLIP network, the EURISLAM team and currently the ADMIGOV team. She's a member of the European Network for Immigration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE) and involved in Metropolis International, which is largest international network of researchers, policy makers, and community groups engaged in identifying, understanding, and responding to developments in migration and diversity. For her sabatics she was a visiting researcher in Rabat (Morocco) and Ethiopia (University of Mek'ele and Addis Abeba). Also, she is board member of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Teaching and PhD supervision (2019)
Dr. van Heelsum had set up and is the coordinator of the Minor “Global Migration”, a bachelor program that provides students with fundamental understanding of processes, causes and impacts of migration. Her course is on Migrants Motives and Migration Policy;
She is also involved in thesis supervision within the Research Project Conflict Studies and Governance;
In the past she taught several other subjects.
She is a PhD supervisor in the ADMIGOV project.
Publications
For a full list, see the TAB Publications below, , and for h-index click here. Favorites:
Heelsum, A. van (2016) 'Why migration will continue: aspirations and capabilities of Syrians and Ethiopians with different educational backgrounds', Ethnic and Racial Studies 39(9) 3001-3009.
Kassaye, A., Ashur, I., & van Heelsum, A. (2016) 'The relationship between media discourses and experiences of belonging: Dutch Somali perspectives'. Ethnicities, 16(6), 773-797. DOI: 10.1177/1468796816653627
Heelsum, A. van (2017) 'Aspirations and Frustrations experiences of recent refugees in the Netherlands', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 30(13) 2137-2150. DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1343486
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 583 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-6323 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anja_Heelsum |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Dept of Political Science/IMES, University of Amsterdam
University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Research Coordinator and Senior Lecterer -
University of Amsterdam
University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Senior researcher on migration
Research
Stuck in a whirlpool? The role of hope and despair in dealing with risks during Afghan migration journeys
| Authors | Eda Kiriscioglu, Eda Kiriscioglu, Anja Van Heelsum, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
The Poor Integration Results of the Common European Asylum System Compared to the Temporary Protection Directive: The Case of the Netherlands
| Authors | Jeroen Doomernik, Jeroen Doomernik, Anja van Heelsum, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Book Review: Belloni, Milena (2019) The Big Gamble. The Migration of Eritreans to Europe. University of California Press. 228 pp.
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
Advancing Alternative Migration Governance
| Principal investigator | dr. Anja van Heelsum (Project Coordinator (PI)) |
| Description | |
| Year | 2019 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The potential of immigrant parties: insights from the Dutch case
| Authors | Floris Vermeulen, Eelco Harteveld, Anja van Heelsum, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | ACTA Politica | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Water privatization, hegemony and civil society: What Motivates Individuals to Protest About Water Privatization?
| Authors | Cory Fletcher, Anja van Heelsum, Conny Roggeband |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Civil Society | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Cities’ Policies: the Work of European Cities to Counter Muslim Radicalisation
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum, Floris Vermeulen |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Aspirations and frustrations: experiences of recent refugees in the Netherlands
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
“Unpacking” the Identity‐to‐Politics Link: The Effects of Social Identification on Voting Among Muslim Immigrants in Western Europe
| Authors | Maria Kranendonk, Floris Vermeulen, Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Political Psychology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The relationship between media discourses and experiences of belonging: Dutch Somali perspectives
| Authors | Aida Kassaye, Anja van Heelsum, Ibtisaam Ashur |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
Why migration will continue: aspirations and capabilities of Syrians and Ethiopians with different educational backgrounds
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 |
Ascription and identity. Differences between first- and second-generation Moroccans in the way ascription influences religious, national and ethnic group identification
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum, Maarten Koomen |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Discursive framing and the reproduction of integration in the public sphere: A comparative analysis of France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany
| Authors | Maarten Koomen, Anja van Heelsum, Sjef van Stiphout, ... |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe: The Agenda Setting Function of Mass Media
| Authors | Maarten Koomen, Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | In: Kortmann M., Rosenow-Williams K. (eds) Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA. | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and Development: The Euro–Moroccan Experience
| Authors | Michael Collyer, Thomas Lacroix, Myriam Cherti, ... |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
Moroccan Berber Immigrants in The Netherlands, Their Associations and Transnational Ties: A Quest for Identity and Recognition
| Authors | Hans van Amersfoort, Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Immigrants & Minorities |
Political Participation and Civic Community of Ethnic Minorities in Four Cities in the Netherlands
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2005 |
| Journal Name | Politics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Anver Saloojee, Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2002 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The relationship between political participation and civic community of migrants in the Netherlands
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum |
| Year | 2002 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Superhero Army, a Courageous People and an Enchanted Land: Wartime Political Myths and Ontological Security in the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
| Authors | Anastasiia Poberezhna, Olga Burlyuk, Anja Van Heelsum |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Czech Journal of International Relations | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe
| Authors | Anja van Heelsum, Maarten Koomen |
| Book Title | Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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