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

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • 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
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1 Journal Article

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
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2 Journal Article

Advancing Alternative Migration Governance

Principal investigator dr. Anja van Heelsum (Project Coordinator (PI))
Description
ADMIGOV aims to promote an alternative migration governance model. ADMIGOV takes seriously the principles laid out in the New York Declaration (NYD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to study how alternative approaches to migration governance can be better designed and put into practice. However, rather than proposing a top-down study of existing migration policies, ADMIGOV studies the reality of existing polices and practices on the ground to improve migration governance in line with the principles set out in the NYD and SDGs. This is the unique analytical feature of ADMIGOV. We bring together analyses of migration governance in practice and in key times and spaces and relate these analyses to the key structuring principles of migration governance as laid out in the NYD and SDGs. This is done to better understand the current gaps between principles and practices and in order to provide insights and recommendations for migration governance in the future. ADMIGOV is methodologically unique. We bring analyses from along the migration ‘chain’, from entry through to exit and incorporating key issues such as labour migration, protection needs and development goals. ADMIGOV has chosen several case studies of key times and spaces in migration governance, including the Greek islands, Lebanon, and Turkey, to better understand the most important and most problematic processes at play. Additionally, through the involvement of the Danish Refugee Council, ADMIGOV has access to possibly the largest dataset on migrants on the move today. The 4Mi data of the Danish Refugee Council will give ADMIGOV access to and help us generate more data than a single research team could normally collect. In short, ADMIGOV is designed to combine the analyses of existing policies and practices on the ground in key times and spaces with the wide- ranging 4Mi data to generate new indicators of good migration governance, helping the EU put the NYD and SDGs into practice.
Year 2019
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4 Project

The potential of immigrant parties: insights from the Dutch case

Authors Floris Vermeulen, Eelco Harteveld, Anja van Heelsum, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name ACTA Politica
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5 Journal Article

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
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6 Journal Article

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
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7 Journal Article

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
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8 Journal Article

“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
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9 Journal Article

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
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10 Journal Article

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
11 Journal Article

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
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12 Journal Article

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
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13 Journal Article

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.
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14 Book Chapter

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
15 Journal Article

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
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16 Journal Article

Political Participation and Civic Community of Ethnic Minorities in Four Cities in the Netherlands

Authors Anja van Heelsum
Year 2005
Journal Name Politics
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17 Journal Article

Introduction

Authors Anver Saloojee, Anja van Heelsum
Year 2002
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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18 Journal Article

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
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19 Journal Article

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
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20 Journal Article

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
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21 Book Chapter

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