Dr. Pieter Bevelander’s main research field is international migration and different aspects of immigrant integration as well the reactions of natives towards immigrants and minorities.
A number of his publications include the labour market situation of immigrants in a regional setting and the effects of labour market policy measures directed towards immigrants in Sweden.
His research topics include also the labour market integration of men and women in the Netherlands, the ascension to citizenship of immigrants in the Netherlands and a comparison of ethnic social capital in Canada and the Netherlands.
His latest research contains the socioeconomic and political impacts of citizenship ascension of immigrants and minorities in host societies and the attitudes of the native population on immigrants and other minority groups.
He has reviewed for several international journals and co-edited together the following publications with Don DeVoretz The Economics of Citizenship (2008), with Mirjam Hagström and Sofia Rönnqvist Resettled and Included? The Employment Integration of Resettled Refugees in Sweden (2009), with Christan Fernández and Anders Hellström, Vägar till medborgarskap (2011), Arkiv Förlag, with Bo Petersson, Crisis and Migration, Implications of the Eurozone Crisis for Perceptions, Politics, and Policies of Migration, Nordic Academic Press (2014), and with Christina Johansson, Museums in Times of Migration and Mobility: Rethinking Museums Perspectives, Collections, Collaborations and Representations (in publication 2017).
Moreover, he has reviewed for and published widely in international journals and is currently in the editorial board of both the Journal of International Migration and Ethnic Studies and Comparative Migration Studies. He is a member of the Swedish government commission on Migration DELMI (http://www.delmi.se/en), a member of the Executive Board of the IMISCOE network, a board member of the Metropolis network and Head of the international advisory Board of the Swiss NCCR “On the Move”. He has produced reports on migration and integration for several international organizations like the FRA, OECD, IOM and MPI.
Research Interests: International Migration; Integration of Immigrants; Minorities and Refugees; Minorities and Immigrants; Consequences of Citizenship ascension
| Institution: | Malmö University |
| Fields of Expertise: | Cultural Diversity, Integration and Multiculturalism European Identity/ EU Citizenship Migration Social Policy, Welfare and Labour Market |
| Research groups: | Migration/Citizenship/Borders |
| Email: | pieter.bevelander@mah.se |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English, Swedish |
| Publications: | Bevelander, P., Hutcheson, D. S., Qi, H. (2024). Socialization, citizenship and the electoral integration of refugees: evidence from Sweden. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2024.2398651 Bevelander, P., Slotwinski, M., & Stutzer, A. (2023). Ökar röstande aptiten på medborgarskap? Retrieved from DELMI website: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66127 Bevelander, P. (2023). The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Labour Studies (pp. 122–124). https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377547.ch29 Korol, L., & Bevelander, P. (2023). The Power of Positive Thinking : How Positive Opinions of Refugees’ Impact on the Host Society Generate Positive Behavioural Intentions. The Journal of Refugee Studies, 36(1), 22–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feac065 Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Grete Brochmann, Marta Bivand Erdal, Mathias Kruse, Kristian Kriegbaum Jensen, Pieter Bevelander, Per Mouritsen & Emily Cochran Bech (2020) Assessments of citizenship criteria: are immigrants more liberal?, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46:13, 2625-2646 Bevelander, P., & Hellström, A. (2019). Pro-and antimigrant mobilizations in polarized Sweden. Bevelander, P., Mata, F. and Pendakur, R. (2019), Housing Policy and Employment Outcomes for Refugees. Int Migr, 57: 134-154. Luik, M., Emilsson, H. & Bevelander, P. (2018) The male immigrant–native employment gap in Sweden: migrant admission categories and human capital. J Pop Research 35, 363–398. Careja, R., Bevelander, P. (2018) Using population registers for migration and integration research: examples from Denmark and Sweden. CMS 6, 19. |
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