Frank van Tubergen is full Professor of Sociology at Utrecht University and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). His research interests include immigration and integration, social networks, and religion. He co-coordinated the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study in Four European Countries (CILS4EU). Van Tubergen’s research has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review, European Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, and Demography....

Roles

  • Utrecht University

    University, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Professor

  • University of Groningen

    University, Groningen, Netherlands

  • Universiteit Utrecht

    Other, Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

    Research Institute, The Hague, Netherlands

Research

Employment and work intentions of refugee women. Evidence on Syrians in the Netherlands

Authors Roos van der Zwan, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2024
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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1 Journal Article

What does sociological research tell us about ethnic inequalities in European labour markets?

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2024
Journal Name Oxford Open Economics
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2 Journal Article

Saving behavior among immigrant and native youth

Authors Jelle Lössbroek, Frank Van Tubergen
Year 2024
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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3 Journal Article

Return intentions among Ukrainian refugees in Europe: A Cross‐National Study

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Frank van Tubergen, Gusta G. Wachter, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name International Migration
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4 Journal Article

Does parental origin-country culture affect the gender gap in sport participation? A study of immigrant youth in Italy

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Francesco Molteni
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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5 Journal Article

Determinants of ethnic harassment among first- and second-generation immigrants in Europe

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Mathijs Kros
Year 2024
Journal Name European Sociological Review
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6 Journal Article

Self-selection of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons in Europe

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Frank van Tubergen, Irena Kogan, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 5
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7 Journal Article

Correction to : The Role of Education in Native Dutch Adolescents’ Muslim Population Size Perceptions

Authors Anne Maaike Mulders, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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8 Journal Article

Religious responses to existential insecurity: Conflict intensity in the region of birth increases praying among refugees

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Yuliya Kosyakova, Agnieszka Kanas
Year 2023
Journal Name Social Science Research
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9 Journal Article

Ethnic segregation across fields of study in the Netherlands

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2023
Book Title Post-school Pathways of Migrant-Origin Youth in Europe
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10 Book Chapter

When ERGMs Lead to Biased Samples: Reply to Kretschmer et al.

Authors Sanne Smith, Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name American Journal of Sociology
11 Journal Article

Religion and Intergroup Boundaries: Positive and Negative Ties among Youth in Ethnically and Religiously Diverse School Classes in Western Europe

Authors Müge Simsek, Frank van Tubergen, Fenella Fleischmann
Year 2022
Journal Name Review of Religious Research
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12 Journal Article

The Role of Education in Native Dutch Adolescents’ Muslim Population Size Perceptions

Authors Anne Maaike Mulders, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
Citations (WoS) 2
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13 Journal Article

Longitudinal Changes in Interracial Hate Crimes in the USA, 1990–2014: Does Racial Composition Matter?

Authors Mathijs Kros, Eva Jaspers, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
Citations (WoS) 2
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14 Journal Article

Immigrant generation and religiosity: a study of Christian immigrant groups in 33 European countries

Authors Francesco Molteni, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2022
Journal Name European Societies
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15 Journal Article

Attitudes towards homosexuality among ethnic majority and minority adolescents in Western Europe: The role of ethnic classroom composition

Authors Nick Wuestenenk, Frank van Tubergen, Tobias H. Stark
Year 2022
Journal Name International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Citations (WoS) 6
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16 Journal Article

Vooruitgang in de Nederlandse sociologie

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2022
Journal Name Mens & Maatschappij
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17 Journal Article

Discrimination of Black and Muslim Minority Groups in Western Societies: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis of Field Experiments

Authors Lex Thijssen, Frank van Tubergen, Marcel Coenders, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration Review
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18 Journal Article

Generalised Trust among Second-Generation Muslim and Non-Muslim Minority Groups in Europe

Authors Jaap van Slageren, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Muslims in Europe
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19 Journal Article

Media messages and attitudes toward muslims and ethnic minorities: A panel study among ethnic majority adolescents in the Netherlands

Authors Maartje Boer, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2019
Journal Name Social Science Research
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20 Journal Article

Similar or divergent paths? Religious development of Christian and Muslim adolescents in Western Europe

Authors Müge Simsek, Fenella Fleischmann, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2019
Journal Name Social Science Research
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21 Journal Article

Keeping or Losing Faith? Comparing Religion across Majority and Minority Youth in Europe

Authors Müge Simsek, Konstanze Jacob, Fenella Fleischmann, ...
Year 2018
Book Title Growing up in Diverse Societies
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22 Book Chapter

Gender Differences in Resistance to Schooling: The Role of Dynamic Peer-Influence and Selection Processes

Authors Sara Geven, Jan O. Jonsson, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Youth and Adolescence
23 Journal Article

Ethnic composition of the school class and interethnic attitudes: a multi-group perspective

Authors Swantje Bubritzki, Frank van Tubergen, Sanne Smith
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 3
24 Journal Article

Sources of Segregation in Social Networks: A Novel Approach Using Facebook

Authors Bas Hofstra, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name American Sociological Review
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25 Journal Article

Who was first on Facebook? Determinants of early adoption among adolescents

Authors Bas Hofstra, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2016
Journal Name New Media & Society
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26 Journal Article

Is There an Oppositional Culture Among Immigrant Adolescents in the Netherlands?

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Milou van Gaans
Year 2016
Journal Name Youth & Society
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27 Journal Article

The ethnic composition of schools and students’ problem behaviour in four European countries: the role of friends

Authors Sara Geven, Frank van Tubergen, Matthijs Kalmijn
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
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28 Journal Article

From neighbors to school friends? How adolescents’ place of residence relates to same-ethnic school friendships

Authors Hanno Kruse, Sanne Smith, Frank van Tubergen, ...
Year 2016
Journal Name Social Networks
29 Journal Article

Personal networks in Saudi Arabia: The role of ascribed and achieved characteristics

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Obaid Ali Al-Modaf, Nora F. Almosaed, ...
Year 2016
Journal Name Social Networks
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30 Journal Article

Understanding the privacy behavior of adolescents on Facebook: The role of peers, popularity and trust

Authors Bas Hofstra, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2016
Journal Name Computers in Human Behavior
31 Journal Article

Ethnic Composition and Friendship Segregation: Differential Effects for Adolescent Natives and Immigrants

Authors Sanne Smith, Ineke Maas, Daniel A. McFarland, ...
Year 2016
Journal Name American Journal of Sociology
Citations (WoS) 19
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32 Journal Article

Mixed Parents, Mixed Results

Authors Viktor Emonds, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2015
Journal Name Sociological Perspectives
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33 Journal Article

Inequality in Access to Social Capital in the Netherlands

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Beate Volker
Year 2015
Journal Name Sociology
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34 Journal Article

Parental Influence on Friendships Between Native and Immigrant Adolescents

Authors Sanne Smith, Ineke Maas, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Research on Adolescence
35 Journal Article

Transnationalism and Ethnic Identification among Adolescent Children of Immigrants in the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Sweden

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 3
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36 Journal Article

Minority Language Proficiency of Adolescent Immigrant Children in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Tessel Mentjox
Year 2014
Journal Name KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
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37 Journal Article

The occupational status of immigrants in Western and non-Western societies

Authors Christoph Spörlein, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name International Journal of Comparative Sociology
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38 Journal Article

Ethnic Discrimination in Recruitment and Decision Makers' Features: Evidence from Laboratory Experiment and Survey Data using a Student Sample

Authors Lieselotte Blommaert, Marcel Coenders, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Social Indicators Research
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39 Journal Article

Settlement Intentions of Recently Arrived Immigrants and Refugees in the Netherlands

Authors Thomas de Vroome, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
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40 Journal Article

Ethnic Boundaries in Core Discussion Networks: A Multilevel Social Network Study of Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 12
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41 Journal Article

The Religiosity of Children of Immigrants and Natives in England, Germany, and the Netherlands: The Role of Parents and Peers in Class

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name European Sociological Review
Citations (WoS) 18
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42 Journal Article

A Longitudinal Study of Interethnic Contacts in Germany: Estimates from a Multilevel Growth Curve Model

Authors Borja Martinovic, Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
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43 Journal Article

Inheritance of Religiosity Among Muslim Immigrants in a Secular Society

Authors Jasper van de Pol, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Review of Religious Research
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45 Journal Article

The conditional returns to origin-country human capital among Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in Belgium

Authors Agnieszka Kanas, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 5
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46 Journal Article

Ethnic ingroup friendships in schools: Testing the by-product hypothesis in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

Authors Sanne Smith, Ineke Maas, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2014
Journal Name Social Networks
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47 Journal Article

Ethnic intermarriage in longitudinal perspective: Testing structural and cultural explanations in the United States, 1880–2011

Authors Christoph Spörlein, Frank van Tubergen, Elmar Schlueter
Year 2014
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 6
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48 Journal Article

The influence of friends on adolescents’ behavior problems at school: The role of ego, alter and dyadic characteristics

Authors Sara Geven, Jeroen Weesie, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2013
Journal Name Social Networks
49 Journal Article

Religious change of new immigrants in the Netherlands: The event of migration

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2013
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 10
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50 Journal Article

Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants: A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany

Authors Agnieszka Kanas, Frank van Tubergen, Barry R. Chiswick, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 35
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51 Journal Article

Size and socio-economic resources of core discussion networks in the Netherlands: differences by national-origin group and immigrant generation

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2012
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 5
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52 Journal Article

Irreconcilable differences? Ethnic intermarriage and divorce in the Netherlands, 1995–2008

Authors Sanne Smith, Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas
Year 2012
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 24
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53 Journal Article

Implicit and explicit interethnic attitudes and ethnic discrimination in hiring

Authors Lieselotte Blommaert, Frank van Tubergen, Marcel Coenders
Year 2012
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 18
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54 Journal Article

Acquisition of Cross-Ethnic Friends by Recent Immigrants in Canada: A Longitudinal Approach

Authors Borja Martinovic, Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 19
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55 Journal Article

Economic Participation and National Self-Identification of Refugees in the Netherlands

Authors Thomas de Vroome, Frank van Tubergen, Maykel Verkuyten, ...
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 15
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56 Journal Article

Religion as Reassurance? Testing the Insecurity Theory in 26 European Countries

Authors Tim Immerzeel, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2011
Journal Name European Sociological Review
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57 Journal Article

The Religiosity of Immigrants in Europe: A Cross-National Study

Authors Frank Van Tubergen, Jórunn Í. Sindradóttir
Year 2011
Journal Name Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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58 Journal Article

The role of social contacts in the employment status of immigrants

Authors Agnieszka Kanas, Frank van Tubergen, Tanja Van der Lippe
Year 2011
Journal Name International Sociology
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59 Journal Article

The Language Acquisition of Male Immigrants in a Multilingual Destination: Turks and Moroccans in Belgium

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Menno Wierenga
Year 2011
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 12
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60 Journal Article

Job Search Methods of Refugees in the Netherlands: Determinants and Consequences

Authors Frank Van Tubergen
Year 2011
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
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61 Journal Article

The Employment Experience of Refugees in the Netherlands

Authors Thomas de Vroome, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2010
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 42
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62 Journal Article

Religious Practices Among Islamic Immigrants: Moroccan and Turkish Men in Belgium

Authors Fransje Smits, Stijn Ruiter, Frank Van Tubergen
Year 2010
Journal Name Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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63 Journal Article

Determinants of Second Language Proficiency among Refugees in the Netherlands

Authors F. van Tubergen
Year 2010
Journal Name Social Forces
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64 Journal Article

Adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands: the role of ethnicity, ethnic intermarriage, and ethnic school composition

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Anne-Rigt Poortman
Year 2010
Journal Name Ethnicity & Health
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65 Journal Article

A comparative perspective on intermarriage: Explaining differences among national-origin groups in the United States

Authors Matthijs Kalmijn, Frank Van Tubergen
Year 2010
Journal Name Demography
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66 Journal Article

A Dynamic Approach to the Determinants of Immigrants’ Language Proficiency: The United States, 1980–2000

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Matthijs Kalmijn
Year 2009
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 18
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67 Journal Article

Immigrant Self-Employment

Authors Agnieszka Kanas, Frank van Tubergen, Tanja van der Lippe
Year 2009
Journal Name Work and Occupations
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68 Journal Article

The Impact of Origin and Host Country Schooling on the Economic Performance of Immigrants

Authors A. Kanas, F. van Tubergen
Year 2009
Journal Name Social Forces
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69 Journal Article

Changes in immigrants’ social integration during the stay in the host country: The case of non-western immigrants in the Netherlands

Authors Borja Martinovic, Ineke Maas, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2009
Journal Name Social Science Research
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70 Journal Article

Religious Attendance in Cross‐National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of 60 Countries

Authors Stijn Ruiter, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2009
Journal Name American Journal of Sociology
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71 Journal Article

Vooruitgang in de sociologie: regulatieve ideeën en methoden van onderzoek

Authors Van Tubergen Frank
Year 2008
Journal Name Sociologie
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72 Journal Article

Dynamics of Interethnic Contact: A Panel Study of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Authors B. Martinovic, F. van Tubergen, I. Maas
Year 2008
Journal Name European Sociological Review
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73 Journal Article

BOOK REVIEW

Year 2008
Journal Name European Societies
74 Journal Article

Language Proficiency and Usage Among Immigrants in the Netherlands: Incentives or Opportunities?

Authors F. van Tubergen, M. Kalmijn
Year 2008
Journal Name European Sociological Review
Citations (WoS) 32
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75 Journal Article

Ethnicity, schooling, and merit in the Netherlands

Authors Herman G. Van De Werfhorst, Frank Van Tubergen
Year 2007
Journal Name Ethnicities
Citations (WoS) 77
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76 Journal Article

Ethnic intermarriage among immigrants in the Netherlands: An analysis of population data

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas
Year 2007
Journal Name Social Science Research
Citations (WoS) 55
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77 Journal Article

Postimmigration investments in Education: a Study of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Authors Frank Van Tubergen, Herman van De Werfhorst
Year 2007
Journal Name Demography
Citations (WoS) 23
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78 Journal Article

Religious Affiliation and Attendance Among Immigrants in Eight Western Countries: Individual and Contextual Effects

Authors FRANK VAN TUBERGEN
Year 2006
Journal Name Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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79 Journal Article

Occupational status of immigrants in cross-national perspective: A multilevel analysis of seventeen Western societies

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2006
Book Title Immigration and the Transformation of Europe
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80 Book Chapter

Bensaïdi of Veenstra?: een experimenteel onderzoek naar discriminatie van Marokkanen in Nederland

Authors Dolfing Mirjam, Van Tubergen Frank
Year 2005
Journal Name Sociologie
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81 Journal Article

The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants in 18 Western Societies: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects

Authors F van Tubergen, Maas, H Flap
Year 2004
Journal Name American Sociological Review
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82 Journal Article

The interplay of misperceptions and willingness to share opinions in full classroom networks: The case of opinions towards homosexuality

Authors Nick Wuestenenk, Tom Nijs, Tobias H. Stark, ...
Year 2000
Journal Name Social Networks
83 Journal Article

How Do Personal Opinions Relate to Online Expressions? An Experimental Study Among Muslim Minority Groups in The Netherlands

Authors Nick Wuestenenk, Frank van Tubergen, Tobias H. Stark, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Communication Research
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84 Journal Article

The influence of group membership on online expressions and polarization on a discussion platform: An experimental study

Authors Nick Wuestenenk, Frank van Tubergen, Tobias H. Stark
Year 2023
Journal Name New Media & Society
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85 Journal Article

Post-Migration Education Among Refugees in the Netherlands

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2022
Journal Name Frontiers in Sociology
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86 Journal Article

Online activity of mosques and Muslims in the Netherlands: A study of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Tobias Cinjee, Anastasia Menshikova, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name PLOS ONE
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87 Journal Article

More popular because you’re older? Relative age effect on popularity among adolescents in class

Authors Danelien A. E. van Aalst, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2021
Journal Name PLOS ONE
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88 Journal Article

Beyond the Core: Who Has Larger Social Networks?

Authors Rense Corten, Bas Hofstra, Frank van Tubergen
Year 2020
Journal Name Social Forces
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89 Journal Article

Introduction to Sociology

Authors Frank van Tubergen
Year 2020
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90 Book

The Role of Education in Native Dutch Adolescents' Muslim Population Size Perceptions

Authors Anne Maaike Mulders, Frank van Tubergen
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91 Journal Article

Ethnic segregation across fields of study in the Netherlands

Authors Frank van Tubergen
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93 Journal Article

Conflict intensity in the region of birth increases religiosity among refugees

Authors Frank van Tubergen, Yuliya Kosyakova, Agnieszka Kanas
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94 Journal Article

Beyond the Core: Who Has Larger Social Networks?

Authors Bas Hofstra, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen
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95 Journal Article

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