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Merlin Schaeffer

Portrait Merlin Schaeffer (David Ausserhofer)
Research Fields
  • Ethnic Diversity
  • Ethnic Stratification
  • Social Integration
  • Inheritances
Contact
fon: +49 30 25491 459
fax: +49 30 25491 452
mail: schaeffer [at] wzb [dot] eu
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
Research Fellow of the Research Unit
Migration, Integration, Transnationalization
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since 2010
PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)

2010
Visiting Scholar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

since 2009
Junior Researcher, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

2008
Master of Arts, Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Social Sciences,  Master thesis on "The Social Meaning of Inherited Property. Moral Ambivalences of Intergenerational Transfers"

2007 – 2008
Visiting Graduate Student, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Department of Sociology


Selected Publications

Schaeffer, Merlin, (forthcoming) "Inter-Ethnic Neighbourhood Acquaintanceships Between Migrants and Natives in Germany. On the Brokering Roles of Inter-Ethnic Partners and Children" Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Schaeffer, Merlin, (2012) "Which Groups are Mostly Responsible for Problems in Your Neighbourhood? The Use of Ethnic Categories in Germany" Ethnic and Racial Studies. DOI:10.1080/01419870.2011.644311

Koopmans, Ruud; Dunkel, Anna; Schaeffer, Merlin and Veit, Susanne (2011) "Ethnische Diversität, soziales Vertrauen und Zivilengagement. Projektbericht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend". WZB Discussion Paper SP IV 2011-703.

Projects

Ethnische Vielfalt, soziales Vertrauen und Zivilengagement
Staff: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Anna Ute Dunkel, Merlin Schaeffer, Susanne Veit
Duration: 2008-2011
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend