I am a sociologist and I work as an Assistant Professor at the Sociology Department of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
My research broadly falls under the areas of ethnic and migration studies, sociology of education and family, as well as youth sociology, with a focus on social inequalities. I am particularly interested in how ethnic, social class and gender inequalities are (re)produced or overcome applying a comparative lens.Currently I am working on a research project concerning the parenting practices in diverse settings among caregivers with and without a migration background.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 205 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3278-9830 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/elif-keskiner-b9a2336a/ | |
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
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Migration policy and law
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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Either/Mixed
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Roles
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Senior Researcher -
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Other, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Other, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Erasmus University Rotterdam
University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Post-doc Researcher
Research
Defining Swedishness: When Swedes Without a Migration Background Are a Local Numerical Minority
| Authors | Marina Lazeri, Marina Lazëri, Elif Keskiner, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
Being an Ethnic Minority: Belonging Uncertainty of People Without a Migration Background
| Authors | Lisa-Marie Kraus, Lisa-Marie Kraus, Elif Keskiner, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
Revisiting the established-outsider constellation in a gentrifying majority-minority neighbourhood
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Ismintha Waldring |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
How do people without migration background experience and impact today’s superdiverse cities?
| Authors | Maurice Crul, Frans Lelie, Elif Keskiner, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
The (un)making of Dutch ‘care girls’: An ethnographic study on aspirations, internship experiences and labour market perspectives
| Authors | Talitha Stam, Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Vocational Education & Training | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Superdiversity, Young People, and Education
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul, Ismintha Waldring, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Becoming Successful in the Business and Law Sectors: Institutional Structures and Individual Resources
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Christine Lang, Ali Konyali, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | New Social Mobility | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Are “Weak Ties” Really Weak? Social Capital Reliance Among Second Generation Turkish Lawyers in Paris
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Ismintha Waldring |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | Revisiting Migrant Networks | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Activating Social Capital: Steep Mobility of Descendants of Turkish Immigrants at the Top of the Corporate Business Sector
| Authors | Sara Rezai, Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | Revisiting Migrant Networks | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction: Revisiting Networks: Setting the Conceptual and Methodological Scene
| Authors | Louise Ryan, Michael Eve, Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | Revisiting Migrant Networks | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Becoming Successful in the Business and Law Sectors: Institutional Structures and Individual Resources
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Christine Lang, Ali Konyali, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | New Social Mobility: Second Generation Pioneers in Europe | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Marriage decisions of Turkish second-generation women in Strasbourg: not a fate but a refuge
| Authors | Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
How the different policies and school systems affect the inclusion of Syrian refugee children in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey
| Authors | Maurice Crul, Frans Lelie, Özge Biner, ... |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg:
| Authors | Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2019 |
Chapter 5 Between Ambiguity and Ambition: Experiences of Belonging and Spatial Mobility Among Business Professionals whose Parents Migrated from Turkey
| Authors | Ali Konyali, Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Contested Belonging: Spaces, Practices, Biographies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conclusion: lessons learned from the RESL.eu project
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union |
Switching practices in vocational education
| Authors | Lore Van Praag, Elif Keskiner, Rut Van Caudenberg, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union |
The integration of migrants and refugees : an EUI forum on migration, citizenship and demography
| Authors | Rainer BAUBÖCK, Milena TRIPKOVIC |
| Year | 2017 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Student employment among descendants of Turkish migrants in Amsterdam and Strasbourg
| Authors | Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Education and Work | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
How to reach the top? Fields, forms of capital, and strategies in accessing leadership positions in France among descendants of migrants from Turkey
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
The multiplier effect: how the accumulation of cultural and social capital explains steep upward social mobility of children of low-educated immigrants
| Authors | Maurice Crul, Elif Keskiner, Frans Lelie, ... |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
The upcoming new elite among children of immigrants: a cross-country and cross-sector comparison
| Authors | Maurice Crul, Elif Keskiner, Frans Lelie |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
Bonding or bridging? Professional network organizations of second-generation Turks in the Netherlands and France
| Authors | Floris Vermeulen, Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
Passing the torch to a new generation: Educational support types and the second generation in the Netherlands
| Authors | Sara Rezai, Maurice Crul, Sabine Severiens, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
“Is it Merit or Cultural Capital?” The role of parents during early tracking in Amsterdam and Strasbourg among descendants of immigrants from Turkey
| Authors | Elif Keskiner |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
Success against the Odds
| Authors | Philipp Schnell, Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Education Inquiry |
The Second and Third Generation in Rotterdam: Increasing Diversity Within Diversity
| Authors | Frans Lelie, Maurice Crul, Elif Keskiner | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Defining Swedishness: When Swedes Without a Migration Background Are a Local Numerical Minority
| Authors | Marina Lazeri, Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul |
| Year | 2024 |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
Being an Ethnic Minority: Belonging Uncertainty of People Without a Migration Background
| Authors | Lisa-Marie Kraus, Elif Keskiner, Maurice Crul |
| Year | 2024 |
Middle-Class Versus Working-Class White Mothers' Approaches to Diversity in the Netherlands
| Authors | Elif Keskiner, Josje Schut, Trees Pels, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |