Dirk Jacobs (°1971) is full professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is affiliated to the Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME) at the Institut de Sociologie. His main research topics are sociology of education and migration and integration policies. He is the former director of GERME and currently director of EBxl, the research network for Brussels Studies at ULB. Jacobs studied sociology at Ghent University and obtained his PhD in social sciences at...

Expertise

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

Roles

  • Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

    University, Brussels, Belgium
    full professor

  • EBxl, Le réseau des études bruxelloises de l’ULB

    University, Brussels, Belgium
    director

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Other, Bruxelles, Belgium
    full professor

Research

Integration policies shape ethnic-racial majorities’ threat reactions to increasing diversity

Authors Judit Kende, Dirk Jacobs, Eva G. T. Green, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Science Advances
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1 Journal Article

Contested concepts in a predominantly anglophone publication market

Authors Dirk Jacobs
Year 2022
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
2 Journal Article

Economic development, attitudes towards migration and the (lack of) willingness to help refugees: insights from the Aurora Humanitarian Index

Authors Dirk Jacobs
Year 2021
Journal Name Patterns of Prejudice
Citations (WoS) 2
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3 Journal Article

Transnationalism and Belonging: The Case of Moroccan Entrepreneurs in Amsterdam and Milan

Authors Giacomo Solano, Raffaele Vacca, Matteo Gagliolo, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Social Inclusion
Citations (WoS) 7
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4 Journal Article

Chapter 9. Political Participation For Migrants: The Mipex Results

Authors Florence Delmotte, Dirk Jacobs, Barbara Herman
Year 2018
Book Title Legal Frameworks for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
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5 Book Chapter

Chapter 5. The Nexus Between Immigrant Integration Policy And Public Opinion In The European Union

Authors Barbara Herman, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2018
Book Title Legal Frameworks for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
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6 Book Chapter

Implementing Community-based Participatory Research in the study of substance use and service utilisation in Eastern European and Turkish communities in Belgium

Authors Charlotte De Kock, Julie Schamp, Wouter Vanderplasschen, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
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7 Journal Article

Country of Origin Effects and Impacts on Educational Attainment of Pupils with Migrant Backgrounds. Towards a New Research Agenda

Year 2017
Book Title Migrant Integration Between Homeland and Host Society Volume 1
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8 Book Chapter

Une ségrégation peut en cacher une autre. La répartition des élèves entre classes à prendre au sérieux

Authors Julien Danhier, Émilie Martin, Alejandra Alarcon-Henriquez, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name Revue française de pédagogie
9 Journal Article

Is it really ethnic voting? Ethnic minorities in local elections in Brussels

Year 2016
Book Title Just Ordinary Citizens?: Towards a Comparative Portrait of the Political Immigrant
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10 Book Chapter

Muslims’ religiosity and views on religion in six Western European countries: does national context matter?

Authors Corinne Torrekens, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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12 Journal Article

Ethnic Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants

Year 2015
Book Title Migrant Capital: Networks, Identities and Strategies
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13 Book Chapter

Divided on Immigration, Two models for Integration.: The Multilevel Governance of Immigration and Integration in Belgium

Year 2014
Book Title The Politics of Immigration in Multilevel States, Governance and Political Parties
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14 Book Chapter

Politics Matters: Dynamics of Inter-organizational Networks among Immigrant Associations

Authors Matteo Gagliolo, Tom Lenaerts, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2014
Book Title Studies in Computational Intelligence
15 Book Chapter

The educational integration of migrants : what is the role of sending society actors and is there a transnational educational field?

Authors Dirk JACOBS
Description
It is well documented that in most European countries migrants have lower educational attainment levels than natives. Access to education for migrant children is almost universally guaranteed in the EU, but this does not automatically equate to access to adapted education, taking into account specific needs linked to socio-economic disadvantages and linguistic challenges. Furthermore, social and ethnic school segregation constitutes a serious barrier towards access to good education for migrant children. Sending society actors seem to have only a limited impact on the educational integration of migrant children in destination countries, but initiatives like diaspora schools constitute one strategy to try and improve the educational outcomes of migrant children. The scientific literature has only given limited space to the potential role played by sending society actors for access to good education for migrant children. The Interact-project should aim to cover this field and assess whether the role played by sending society actors has not unjustly been overlooked.
Year 2013
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16 Report

The impact of dramatic events on public debate concerning accommodation of Islam in Europe

Authors Nathalie Vanparys, Corinne Torrekens, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2013
Journal Name Ethnicities
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17 Journal Article

“Allochthones” in the Netherlands and Belgium

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Andrea Rea
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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18 Journal Article

The impact of the conflict in Gaza on antisemitism in Belgium

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Yoann Veny, Louise Callier, ...
Year 2011
Journal Name Patterns of Prejudice
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19 Journal Article

Ethnic voting in Brussels: Voting patterns among ethnic minorities in Brussels (Belgium) during the 2006 local elections

Authors Celine Teney, Dirk Jacobs, Andrea Rea, ...
Year 2010
Journal Name Acta Politica
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21 Journal Article

Les comportements électoraux des minorités ethniques à Bruxelles

Authors Andrea Rea, Dirk Jacobs, Céline Teney, ...
Year 2010
Journal Name Revue française de science politique
22 Journal Article

The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration-related ethnicity in Europe

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Marc Swyngedouw, Laurie Hanquinet, ...
Year 2009
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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23 Journal Article

Immigration and Politics in the New Europe: Reinventing Borders

Authors Dirk Jacobs
Year 2006
Journal Name Critique internationale
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24 Journal Article

Associational membership and political involvement among ethnic minority groups in Brussels

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Karen Phalet, Marc Swyngedouw
Year 2004
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 60
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25 Journal Article

Introduction: social capital and political integration of migrants

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Jean Tillie
Year 2004
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 85
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26 Journal Article

Changing patterns of political participation of citizens of immigrant origin in the Brussels capital region: The October 2000 elections

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Marco Martiniello, Andrea Rea
Year 2002
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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27 Journal Article

The extreme-right and enfranchisement of immigrants: Main issues in the public “debate” on integration in Belgium

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Marc Swyngedouw
Year 2002
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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28 Journal Article

Ethnic Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Barbara Herman
Book Title Migrant Capital
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30 Book Chapter

Construction and Import of Ethnic Categorisations: 'Allochthones' in The Netherlands and Belgium

Authors Dirk Jacobs, Andrea Rea
Journal Name SSRN Electronic Journal
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31 Journal Article

Categorising What We Study and What We Analyse, and the Exercise of Interpretation

Authors Dirk Jacobs
Book Title Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies
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32 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage and its polarising nature: A case study on Aalst Carnival

Authors Martha Van Damme, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 2
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1 Journal Article

What does Italianness stand for? The use of ethnic resources among Italian migrant entrepreneurs in Brussels

Authors Carla Mascia, Giacomo Solano, Dirk Jacobs
Year 2024
Journal Name Ethnicities
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2 Journal Article
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