Christof Van Mol is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Tilburg University and Associated Researcher at the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS, University of Antwerp) and the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI, Catholic University Milan). Together with Elif Keskiner (University of Amsterdam), Jens Schneider (University of Osnabrück), Christine Lang (Max-Planck Institute-MMG) and Nicolai Netz (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies), he coordinates an IMISCOE Standing Committee on Education and Social Inequality.
Christof Van Mol obtained a MA in History (University of Antwerp, Belgium, 2006), an international MA in Migration Studies (University of Valencia, Spain & Lille Catholic University, France, 2008), and a PhD in Sociology (University of Antwerp, Belgium, 2013). After completing his PhD, he joined the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI, the Hague), first as a postdoctoral researcher, from 2015 onwards as senior researcher. In November 2017 he joined the Department of Sociology of Tilburg University.
Christof Van Mol's main thematic interests are international migration processes, patterns, and outcomes, with a specific focus on intra-European mobility flows. Methodologically, he is interested in innovative forms of mixed-method research and online survey methodology.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 436 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9275-101X |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Migration policy and law
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
Roles
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University of Antwerp
University, Antwerp, Belgium
Associated Researcher -
University of Antwerp
University, Antwerp, Belgium
Senior Researcher -
Tilburg University
University, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute / KNAW / UG
Research Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
Senior Researcher
Research
Foreign Language Skills in the Study Abroad Decision-Making Process and Destination Choices
| Authors | Elena Ovchinnikova, Christof Van Mol, Elspeth Jones |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Studies in International Education |
Where, when and why are students internationally mobile?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Joep Cleven, Benjamin Mulvey |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration |
Destination choices of international students in the Netherlands: A meso‐level analysis of higher education institutions and cities
| Authors | Tijmen Weber, Christof Van Mol, Maarten H. J. Wolbers |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
International Students as Sources of Income? Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Framing of Internationalization
| Authors | Tijmen Weber, Christof van Mol, Maarten H. J. Wolbers |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Studies in International Education |
Explaining Social Selectivity in Study Abroad Participation of German Students between 1994 and 2016
| Authors | Nathalie Aerts, Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Sociology of Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The role of language proximity in shaping international student mobility flows
| Authors | Elena Ovchinnikova, Christof Van Mol, Elspeth Jones |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Globalisation, Societies and Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Inclusive internationalisation: do different (social) groups of students need different internationalisation activities?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Adriana Perez-Encinas |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Studies in Higher Education |
Exploring explanations for the gender gap in study abroad: a case study of the Netherlands
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Higher Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Matchmaking Exercise for Teaching Homogamy Theory to First-Year Sociology Students
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Teaching Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
International Student Mobility Aspirations: The Role of Romantic Relationships and Academic Motivation
| Authors | Tom De Winter, Christof Van Mol, Helga A. G. de Valk |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Studies in International Education |
Becoming Europeans: the relationship between student exchanges in higher education, European citizenship and a sense of European identity
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research |
European movers’ language use patterns at home: a case-study of European bi-national families in the Netherlands
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Helga A. G. de Valk |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | European Societies |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
New directions in studying policies of international student mobility and migration
| Authors | Yvonne Riano, Christof Van Mol, Parvati Raghuram |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | GLOBALISATION SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration aspirations and migration cultures: A case study of Ukrainian migration towards the European Union
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Erik Snel, Kenneth Hemmerechts, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Involving Roma parents: analysing the good practice of a primary school in Ghent
| Authors | Joris Wauters, Christof Van Mol, Noel Clycq, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | British Journal of Sociology of Education |
Migration aspirations of European youth in times of crisis
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Youth Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Improving web survey efficiency: the impact of an extra reminder and reminder content on web survey response
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Social Research Methodology |
Social embeddedness in a harmonized Europe: the social networks of European migrants with a native partner in Belgium and the Netherlands
| Authors | SUZANA KOELET, CHRISTOF VAN MOL, HELGA A. G. DE VALK |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
Destination cities of European exchange students
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Peter Ekamper |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography |
Relationship satisfaction of European binational couples in the Netherlands
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Helga A.G. de Valk |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS |
Moroccan women in Madrid: between change and continuity
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Identities |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Helga AG de Valk, Leo van Wissen |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | European Union Politics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Reconstruction of a Social Network Abroad. An Analysis of the Interaction Patterns of Erasmus Students
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Joris Michielsen |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Mobilities |
Erasmus Student Mobility as a Gateway to the International Labour Market?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Globalisierung, Bildung und grenzüberschreitende Mobilität | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Post-industrial Society and European Integration
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits |
The Reconstruction of a Social Network Abroad
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits |
Conclusion
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits |
The Nexus between Student Mobility and Future Migration Aspirations
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits |
Who Goes Abroad?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits |
Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Erasmus Students: Frenzied Euro-enthusiasts?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Analysis of the Determinants of Intra‐European Student Mobility
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Christiane Timmerman |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Intra‐European Student Mobility and European Identity: A Successful Marriage?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Europese studentenmobiliteit als hefboom voor Europese identiteitsvorming?
| Authors | Christof Van Mol, Joris Wauters |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Tijdschrift voor Sociologie | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and Immigrants in Europe: A Historical and Demographic Perspective
| Authors | Helga de Valk, Christof Van Mol | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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