Merlin Schaeffer

Merlin Schaeffer

Associate Professor

20132020

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I am a sociologist who works on immigration, in particular on social and ethnic stratification as well as on the political sociology of immigration. In addition to my substantial research, I have expertise in the field of quantitative empirical social science research and methods. Currently, my work revolves around the following four topics:

  • How does growing ethnic diversity affect societies’ social cohesiveness?

  • Perceived and actual discrimination, that is why do claims about the pervasiveness of discrimination seem to intensify, as western societies increase equality and liberty with regards to immigrant minorities?

  • How can we explain the careers of mismatched (ethnic minority) employees on European labor markets?

  • How can we perform valid and reliable statistical multilevel analysis of small cluster samples?

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Immigration
  • Ethnic stratification
  • Political sociology
  • Quantitative methods

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