Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer

Ehemaliger Mitarbeiter der Abteilung

Migration, Integration, Transnationalisierung

Gastwissenschaftler der Abteilung

Migration, Integration, Transnationalisierung

Forschungsthemen

Migration, Integration und interkulturelle Konflikte | Methoden der Sozialforschung

Lebenslauf

seit 1. September 2015Professur für „Demographie und soziale Ungleichheit“ am Institut für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln.

2012 Doktor der Sozial- und Verhaltens- wissenschaften, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)

2010 Gastwissenschaftler, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2009 – 2015 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

2008 MA Sozialwissenschaften, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften.

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

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Schaeffer, Merlin/Höhne, Jutta/Teney, Céline (2015): Income Advantages of Poorly-Qualified Immigrant Minorities. Why School Drop-Outs of Turkish Origin Earn More in Germany. In: European Sociological Review. Doi: 10.1093/esr/jcv091. (First published on September 24, 2015).

Koopmans, Ruud/Schaeffer, Merlin (2016): "Statistical and Perceived Diversity and Their Impacts on Neighborhood Social Cohesion in Germany, France and the Netherlands". In: Social Indicators Research, Vol. 125, No. 3, S. 853-883.

Koopmans, Ruud/Lancee, Bram/Schaeffer, Merlin (Eds.) (2015): Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America. Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality. Routlegde Advances in Sociology, Vol. 137. London/New York, NY: Routledge, XIX, 234 S.

Koopmans, Ruud/Schaeffer, Merlin (2015): "Relational Diversity and Neighbourhood Cohesion. Unpacking Variety, Balance and In-Group Size". In: Social Science Research, Vol. 53, S. 162-176.

Schaeffer, Merlin (2014): Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion. Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action. Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series. Farnham ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, XI, 196 S.

Schaeffer, Merlin (2013): "Can Competing Diversity Indices Inform Us about Why Ethnic Diversity Erodes Social Cohesion? A Test of Five Diversity Indices in Germany". In: Social Science Research, Vol. 42, No. 3, S. 755-774.

Schaeffer, Merlin (2013): "Which Groups Are Mostly Responsible for Problems in Your Neighbourhood? The Use of Ethnic Categories in Germany". In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, S. 156-178.

Schaeffer, Merlin (2013): "Inter-ethnic Neighbourhood Acquaintances of Migrants and Natives in Germany. On the Brokering Roles of Inter-ethnic Partners and Children". In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 39, No. 8, S. 1219-1240.

Projekte

Income Advantages of Poorly-Qualified Immigrant Minorities
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer, Dr. Céline Teney, Jutta Höhne
Laufzeit: 2013-2015
Förderung: WZB

Ethnic Diversity, Social Trust and Civic Engagement
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Mitarbeiter/innen: Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer, Dr. Susanne Veit, Anna Ute Dunkel
Laufzeit: 2008-2012
Förderung: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where Ethno-Racial Diversity Provokes Neighbourhood Conflict
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer
Laufzeit: 2013-2015
Förderung: WZB

Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action

Leitung: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans

Mitarbeiter/innen: Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer

Laufzeit: 2009-2013

Förderung: WZB