I am an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen. My main research interest is intergroup relations. More specifically, I am currently combining sociological and social psychological approaches to study social class, relations between social classes, and the stigmatisation of the less educated in particular.
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My main current research interest is the study of social class, and educational background in particular. Combining sociological and social psychological approaches, we are using a social identity framework to understand the effect of education on social and political attitudes. I found that the higher educated are much less tolerant than previously thought and that the less educated have severe problems in creating a positive social identity around their level of education and their position in society. I am also studying the attitudes of higher educated people towards less educated people.
