Maarten Vink is Chair in Citizenship Studies and Director of the Global Citizenship research area within the Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. He is also Co-Director of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), a web platform that provides user-friendly open access to a major worldwide collection of data and analyses on citizenship laws and access to franchise for academic researchers and policy communities. Vink led the research project “Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transition (MiLifeStatus)” funded by a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (2016-2021). He co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Citizenship (OUP, 2017) and has published on immigrant naturalisation, comparative citizenship regimes, dual citizenship, among others. Maarten Vink is on leave from Maastricht University where he is Professor of Political Sociology and was one of the founders of the Maastricht Center for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Leiden University (2003).

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines

Roles

  • European University Institute

    University, Florence, Italy
    Chair in Citizenship Studies

  • Maastricht University

    University, Maastricht, Netherlands
    Professor

  • Maastricht University

    University, Maastricht, Netherlands

  • Maastricht University

    University, Maastricht, Netherlands
    Professor of Political Sociology

  • European University Institute

    University, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy
    Part-Time Professor

  • Maastricht University

    University, Maastricht, Netherlands
    Assistant / Associate Professor

Research

Citizenship & Migration

Authors Jelena Džankić, Maarten Vink
Year 2022
Book Title Introduction to Migration Studies
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5 Book Chapter

Naturalisation and Immigrant Earnings: Why and to Whom Citizenship Matters

Authors Floris Peters, Hans Schmeets, Maarten Vink
Year 2020
Journal Name European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
12 Journal Article

Regional diffusion, EU conditionality and Council of Europe treaty ratification 1949–2016

Authors David Reichel, Maarten Vink, Jonas Grimheden
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of European Public Policy
13 Journal Article

The international diffusion of expatriate dual citizenship

Authors Maarten Vink, Arjan H Schakel, David Reichel, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Migration Studies
15 Journal Article

Introduction: Citizenship—Quo Vadis?

Authors Ayelet Shachar, Rainer Bauböck, Irene Bloemraad, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship
20 Journal Article

Comparing Citizenship Regimes

Authors Maarten Vink
Year 2017
Journal Name The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship
21 Journal Article

Anticipating the citizenship premium: before and after effects of immigrant naturalisation on employment

Authors Floris Peters, Maarten Vink, Hans Schmeets
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 1
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24 Journal Article

Citizenship Policies in the European Union

Authors Maarten Peter Vink, Gerard-René de Groot
Year 2016
Book Title Adjusting to a World in Motion
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25 Book Chapter

Naturalization and the socio-economic integration of immigrants: a life-course perspective

Authors Floris Peters, Maarten Vink
Year 2016
Book Title Handbook on Migration and Social Policy
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26 Book Chapter

The ecology of immigrant naturalisation: a life course approach in the context of institutional conditions

Authors Floris Peters, Maarten Vink, Hans Schmeets
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 11
27 Journal Article

'Precedent' and fundamental rights in the CJEU’s case law on family reunification immigration

Authors Marie De Somer, Maarten P. Vink
Year 2015
Journal Name European integration online papers, 2015, Vol. 19, Special issue 1, Article 6, pp. 1-33
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28 Journal Article

Elusive citizenship

Authors Vink
Year 2015
31 Book

Benchmarking the Protection against Statelessness in Europe

Authors Olivier Vonk, Maarten Vink, René de Groot
Year 2014
Journal Name Tilburg Law Review
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33 Journal Article

A configurational analysis of ethnic protest in Europe

Authors Victor Cebotari, Maarten P Vink
Year 2013
Journal Name International Journal of Comparative Sociology
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34 Journal Article

Citizenship configurations: Analysing the multiple purposes of citizenship regimes in Europe

Authors Maarten Peter Vink, Rainer Bauboeck
Year 2013
Journal Name COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN POLITICS
36 Journal Article

Potentials and Pitfalls of Multi-value QCA: Response to Thiem

Authors Maarten P. Vink, Olaf van Vliet
Year 2013
Journal Name Field Methods
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39 Journal Article

Informal European Asylum Governance in an International Context

Authors Maarten Vink, Claudia Engelmann
Year 2012
Book Title International Handbook on Informal Governance
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41 Book Chapter

Citizenship Attribution in Western Europe: International Framework and Domestic Trends

Authors Maarten P. Vink, Gerard-René de Groot
Year 2010
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
43 Journal Article

Europeanization

Year 2008
46 Book

Challenges of a New Research Agenda

Authors Maarten P. Vink, Paolo Graziano
Year 2008
Book Title Europeanization
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47 Book Chapter

Dutch ‘Multiculturalism’ Beyond the Pillarisation Myth

Authors Maarten P. Vink
Year 2007
Journal Name Political Studies Review
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48 Journal Article

The Unbearable Lightness of European Citizenship

Authors Maarten Vink
Year 2004
Journal Name Citizenship, Social and Economics Education
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49 Journal Article

what is europeanisation? and other questions on a new research agenda

Authors Maarten Vink
Year 2003
Journal Name European Political Science
50 Journal Article

Asylum Applications and Recognition Rates in EU Member States 1982-2001: A Quantitative Analysis

Authors M. Vink
Year 2003
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
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51 Journal Article

Citizenship and Democracy: A Journey to Europe's Past

Authors Piotr Perczynski, Maarten Vink
Year 2002
Journal Name Citizenship Studies
52 Journal Article

The Limited Europeanization of Domestic Citizenship Policy: Evidence from the Netherlands

Authors Maarten P. Vink
Year 2001
Journal Name JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
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53 Journal Article

Dublin system

Authors Maarten Peter Vink
Year 2013
Journal Name The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
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57 Journal Article

Negative and Positive Integration in European Immigration Policies

Authors Maarten P. Vink
Journal Name SSRN Electronic Journal
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62 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Asylum

Authors Maarten Vink
Book Title Limits of European Citizenship
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1 Book Chapter

The Outlook for European Citizenship

Authors Maarten Vink
Book Title Limits of European Citizenship
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2 Book Chapter

Resident Status

Authors Maarten Vink
Book Title Limits of European Citizenship
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3 Book Chapter

Immigration and European Integration

Authors Maarten Vink
Book Title Limits of European Citizenship
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4 Book Chapter

A Global Panel Dataset of Dyadic Dual Citizenship Acceptance

Authors Maarten Vink, Luuk van der Baaren, David Reichel
Year 2025
Journal Name International Migration Review
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6 Journal Article
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