Study programme
Programme outline
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Year 1
The first year consists of eight courses with three parallel courses in each of two semesters. There are three types of courses:
- General courses on theory and research in migration, ethnic relations and multiculturalism
- Courses focusing on research methods and statistics
- Research practicums
Each semester ends with a research practicum of four weeks that focuses on the integration of the three previous courses of the respective semester.
Year 2
The second year includes:
- Courses on theory and research
- One research practicum
- An elective
- Two research seminars devoted to the writing of the Master’s thesis
- Master's thesis
In the elective, you can select a course from another Master’s programme, follow a relevant Summer School programme, undertake an internship within a team of researchers in a research institute, or acquire work experience in a professional context relevant to MERM students.
Below, you will find an overview of courses from the current academic year of this Master's. This overview is meant to give you an idea of what to expect. The course offer may change in the coming academic year.
Master's thesis
The thesis takes the form of an article that (in principle) can be submitted to an international journal. Examples of student theses that have been published in recent years include:
- “Stereotypes about Muslims in the Netherlands: An Intersectional Approach.” Social Psychology Quarterly, 2024
- “Territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: A person‐centred approach.” European Journal of Social Psychology, 2023
- “Financial aid, remittances and their effect on relative deprivation in Rwanda.” International Migration, 2021
- “Support for collective action against refugees: The role of national, European, and global identifications, and autochthony beliefs.” European Journal of Social Psychology, 2019
- “Support for democracy and liberal sexual mores among Muslims in Western Europe.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2018
I really enjoyed the process of writing the thesis, since this gave me the opportunity to do independent research on a topic that I found very interesting.