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 Utrecht University in 1998. He is affiliated to ULB since 2004 and was appointed full professor in 2012. He has been an invited professor at Amsterdam University (UvA), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven et Vesalius College (VUB).
In 2011 he received an ERC Grant for the project “Equal opportunities for migrant youth in educational systems with high levels of social and ethnic segregation – assessing the impact of school team resources”.
He was one of the founding members of the G1000. He is a board member of asbl Pouvoir Organisateur Pluriel (les écoles plurielles) and of Foyer in Molenbeek.
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| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-8427 |
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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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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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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Contested concepts in a predominantly anglophone publication market
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
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 |
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 |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Substance use among people with migration background. A Community-Based Participatory Research study
| Year | 2016 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
Ethnic Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants
| Year | 2015 |
| Book Title | Migrant Capital: Networks, Identities and Strategies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
The educational integration of migrants : what is the role of sending society actors and is there a transnational educational field?
| Authors | Dirk JACOBS |
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| Year | 2013 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |
“Allochthones” in the Netherlands and Belgium
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs, Andrea Rea |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
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 |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Les comportements électoraux des minorités ethniques à Bruxelles
| Authors | Andrea Rea, Dirk Jacobs, Céline Teney, ... |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Revue française de science politique |
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 |
Immigration and Politics in the New Europe: Reinventing Borders
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | Critique internationale | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Country of Origin Effects and Impacts on Educational Attainment of Pupils with Migrant Backgrounds. Towards a New Research Agenda
| Authors | Anne Unterreiner, Dirk Jacobs | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Ethnic Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs, Barbara Herman |
| Book Title | Migrant Capital | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Construction and Import of Ethnic Categorisations: 'Allochthones' in The Netherlands and Belgium
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs, Andrea Rea |
| Journal Name | SSRN Electronic Journal | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Categorising What We Study and What We Analyse, and the Exercise of Interpretation
| Authors | Dirk Jacobs |
| Book Title | Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 |