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Peer Scheepers is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has an extensive publication record in the social sciences, particularly focusing on sociology and political science. They have contributed 51 publications in the broader field of social sciences, with 31 specifically related to sociology and political science, and 10 in political science and international relations. Additional areas of study include demography, general health professions, and communication.

Their research addresses a range of topics interconnected with society and group dynamics. Major themes include social and intergroup psychology, religion and society interactions, and migration, refugees, and integration. Other prominent subjects in their work are electoral systems and political participation, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, and social capital and networks.

Peer Scheepers has published several recent papers that illustrate the breadth of their interests. These include:

  • "Support for interreligious conflict in Indonesia" (2021) in the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
  • "Has the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo fuelled resistance towards Muslim immigrants in Europe? Results from a natural experiment in six European countries" (2022) in Acta Sociologica
  • "Assessing the 'Why' in Volunteering for Refugees: Exploring Volunteer Motivations" (2023) in VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
  • "Patterns of exclusion of ethno-religious minorities: The ethno-religious hierarchy across European countries and social categories within these countries" (2021) in International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • "Nationalism in Europe: Trends and Cross-national Differences in Public Opinion" (2020) in European Review

Peer Scheepers frequently collaborates with several co-authors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research. Notable co-authors include Marcel Lubbers, Maikel Meijeren, Michael Savelkoul, Maurice Gesthuizen, and Paul Vermeer.

Their work often appears in recurring publication venues, highlighting their research focus areas. These venues include:

  • Mens & Maatschappij
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
  • International Journal of Public Opinion Research
  • Social Science Quarterly
  • Review of Religious Research

Best Publications

  • Extreme right-wing voting in Western Europe

    Marcel Lubbers;Mérove Gijsberts;Peer Scheepers

  • Ethnic Exclusionism in European Countries. Public Opposition to Civil Rights for Legal Migrants as a Response to Perceived Ethnic Threat

    Peer Scheepers;Mérove Gijsberts;Marcel Coenders

  • The Effect of Education on Nationalism and Ethnic Exclusionism: An International Comparison

    Marcel Coenders;Peer Scheepers

  • The relationship between outgroup size and anti-outgroup attitudes: A theoretical synthesis and empirical test of group threat- and intergroup contact theory

    Elmar Schlueter;Peer Scheepers

  • Ethnic diversity and social capital in Europe: Tests of Putnam's thesis in European countries

    Maurice Gesthuizen;Tom van der Meer;Peer Scheepers

  • Anti-Muslim attitudes in the Netherlands: Tests of contradictory hypotheses derived from ethnic competition theory and intergroup contact theory

    Michael Savelkoul;Peer Scheepers;Jochem Tolsma;Louk Hagendoorn

  • Support for ethnic discrimination in the Netherlands 1979-1993: Effects of period, cohort, and individual characteristics

    Marcel Coenders;Peer Scheepers

  • Individual and contextual characteristics of the German extreme Right–Wing vote in the 1990s. A test of complementary theories

    Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers

  • Disapproval of Homosexuality: Comparative Research on Individual and National Determinants of Disapproval of Homosexuality in 20 European Countries

    Hanneke van den Akker;Rozemarijn van der Ploeg;Peer Scheepers

  • Euro-scepticism and radical right-wing voting in Europe, 2002-2008: Social cleavages, socio-political attitudes and contextual characteristics determining voting for the radical right

    Han Werts;Peer Scheepers;Marcel Lubbers

  • Religiosity and prejudice against ethnic movements in Europe: Cross-national tests on a controversial relationship

    P.L.H. Scheepers;M.I.L. Gijsberts

  • Divergent trends of euroscepticism in countries and regions of the European Union

    Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers

  • Exposure to Newspapers and Attitudes toward Ethnic Minorities: A Longitudinal Analysis

    Maurice Vergeer;Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers

  • Education and ethnic prejudice in Europe: explanations for cross-national variances in the educational effect on ethnic prejudice

    Peer Scheepers;Mérove Gijsberts

  • Education, Religiosity and Moral Attitudes: Explaining Cross-National Effect Differences

    Peer Scheepers;Manfred Te Grotenhuis;Frans Van Der Slik

  • More than Two Decades of Changing Ethnic Attitudes in the Netherlands

    Marcel Coenders;Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers;Maykel Verkuyten

  • Explaining the Trend in Extreme Right‐Wing Voting: Germany 1989–1998

    Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers

  • Political versus Instrumental Euro-scepticism: Mapping Scepticism in European Countries and Regions

    Marcel Lubbers;Peer Scheepers

  • Changes in Resistance to the Social Integration of Foreigners in Germany 1980–2000: Individual and Contextual Determinants

    Marcel Coenders;Peer Scheepers

  • Welfare States And Dimensions Of Social Capital: Cross-national Comparisons Of Social Contacts In European Countries

    Peer Scheepers;Manfred te Grotenhuis;John Gelissen

  • Why the more educated are less inclined to keep ethnic distance : An empirical test of four explanations

    P.L.H. Scheepers;P.J.C. Sleegers

  • Blatant and subtle prejudice: dimensions, determinants, and consequences; some comments on Pettigrew and Meertens

    Marcel Coenders;Peer Scheepers;Paul M. Sniderman;Geneviève Verberk

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine A. E. Geurts
Sabine A. E. Geurts Radboud University
Ad A. Vermulst
Ad A. Vermulst Radboud University
Maykel Verkuyten
Maykel Verkuyten Utrecht University
Peter Sleegers
Peter Sleegers University of Twente

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