Dr. Borja Martinovic

Dr. Borja Martinovic

Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Social Science
+31 30 253 4259
b.martinovic@uu.nl

2024 

Arnoso Martinez, M., Bobowik, M., Gonzalez Ortega, N., & Martinovic, B. (in press). News media consumption and support for counter-terrorism measures: The role of hatred and fear. The Journal of Social Psychology.

Köbrich, J., Martinovic, B., & Stark, T. H. (in press). Interreligious contact and attitudes in Togo and Sierra Leone: The role of ingroup norms and individual preferences. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2024). Collective psychological ownership as a new angle for understanding group dynamics. European Review of Social Psychology, 35(1), 123–161.

Martinovic, B., Figueiredo, A., & Torunczyk-Ruiz, S. (2024). The role of place in intergroup conflicts and intragroup solidarity: Recent advances and perspectives. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

Kuipers, N., Martinovic, B., & Yogeeswaran, K. (2024). Majority group attitudes toward indigenous and immigrant peoples: The role of group identifications and territorial ownership perceptions. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

Bobowik, M., Rupar, M., & Martinovic, B. (in press). Group apologies in the context of transitional justice: A review of the evidence. In Brants, C., Knust, N., & Karstedt, S. (Eds.). Getting Real: What Transitional Justice can and cannot Achieve. Routledge Series Socio-legal Frontiers of Transitional Justice.

Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2024). The two routes of collective psychological ownership: Rights and responsibilities explain intentions to exclude outsiders and engage in stewardship behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50(2), 270-284.

Warnke, K., Martinovic, B., & Rosler, M. (2024). Territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A person-centered approach. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(1), 31-47. 

2023

Straver, L., Martinovic, B., Nijs, T., Nooitgedagt, W., & Storz, N. (2023). Who believes the country belongs to their ethnic ingroup? The background characteristics of ‘owners’ and their support for stricter immigration policies across three Western societies. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 11(2), 570–585. 

Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., Ford, R., & Coenders, M. (2023). “These benefits are ours because we were here first”: Relating autochthony to welfare chauvinism and welfare ethnocentrism. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(15), 3199-3223. 

Nooitgedagt, W., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., & Yogeeswaran, K. (2023). Who owns the country? Understanding perceived territorial group ownership using a person-centered approach. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(4), 341-354. 

Fluit, S., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., & Zhou, S. (2023). With or without you: The role of perceived indispensability in opposition to separatist movements. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(2), 655-672.

2022

Martinovic, B. (2022). Collective psychological ownership and intergroup relations. In A. Smeekes & J. Thijs. Migration and ethnic relations: current directions for theory and research. Liber Amicorum for Maykel Verkuyten. Utrecht: ERCOMER. 

Storz, N., Bilali, R., Martinovic, B., Maloku, E., Rosler, N., & Žeželj, I. (2022). Collective victimhood and support for joint political decision-making in conflict regions: The role of shared territorial ownership perceptions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52, 472-486.

Yitmen, S., Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B., & Erdogan, M.  (2022). Acceptance of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The roles of perceived threat, intergroup contact, perceived similarity, and temporary settlement. In H. Cakal and S. Husnu Raman (Eds.) Intergroup Relations in Turkey, Oxford, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Storz, N., Martinovic, B., & Rosler, N. (2022). Support for conciliatory policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The role of different modes of identification and territorial ownership perceptions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:769643, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769643.

Nooitgedagt, W., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M. & Maseko, S. (2022). Collective psychological ownership and territorial compensation in Australia and South Africa. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53, 87-108.

Nijs, T., Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B.(2022). Losing what is OURS: The intergroup consequences of collective ownership threat. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 25, 562-580.

Martinovic, B. & Fleischmann, F. (2022). They are taking away our jobs! They undermine our national culture! Public perceptions of immigrants and their consequences for solidarity across ethnic boundaries. In M. A. Yerkes and M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Inequalities. Palgrave Macmillan.

Storz, N., Martinovic, B., Maloku, E., & Žeželj, I. (2022). Can ‘we’ share the contested territory with ‘them’? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(2), 569-586.

2021

Nooitgedagt, W.,  Figueiredo, A., Martinovic, B., & Marambio, K. (2021). Autochthony and investment beliefs as bases for territorial ownership and compensation in settler societies: The case of indigenous and non-indigenous groups in Chile. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 85, 236-253.

Bobowik, M., Rupar, M., Sekerdej, M., Soler Pastor, E., Arnoso, M., Ghilani, D., Ghorbani, F., Mari, S., and Martinovic, B. (2021). Individual and collective responsibility within the context of the covid-19 pandemic. The Social Observatory: La Caixa Foundation.

Martinovic, B., Freihorst, K., & Bobowik, M. (2021). To apologize or to compensate for colonial injustices? The role of representations of the colonial past, group-based guilt, and in-group identification. The International Review of Social Psychology, 34(1):20, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.484.

Nooitgedagt, W. J., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., & Jetten, J. (2021). Autochthony belief and making amends to indigenous peoples: The role of collective moral emotions. Social Justice Research, 34, 53-80.

Thravalou, E., Martinovic, B. & Verkuyten, M. (2021). Provision of humanitarian assistance and support for permanent settlement of asylum seekers in Greece: The role of sympathy, perceived threat, and perceived contribution. International Migration Review, 55, 547-573.

Nijs, T., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., & Sedikides, C. (2021). This country is 'OURS': The exclusionary potential of collective psychological ownership. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60, 171-195.

Damen, R.E.C, Martinovic, B, & Stark, T. H. (2021). Explaining the relationship between socio-economic status and interethnic friendships: The mediating role of preferences, opportunities, and third parties. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80, 40-50.

2020

Van der Werf, F., Verkuyten, M., Martinovic, B., & Ng Tseung-Wong, C. (2020). Understandings of national identity and outgroup attitudes in culturally diverse Mauritius. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 78, 73-83.

Storz, N., Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M., Psaltis, C., Roccas, S., & Žeželj, I. (2020). Collective psychological ownership and reconciliation in territorial conflicts. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8, 404-425.

Torunczyk-Ruiz, S. & Martinovic, B. (2020). The bright and dark sides of length of residence in the neighbourhood: consequences for local participation and openness to newcomers. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 67.

Van der Werf, F., Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2020). Balancing national and ethno-cultural belonging: State recognition and perceived government performance in Mauritius. International Journal of Sociology, 50, 163-178. 

Van der Werf, F., Verkuyten, M., Martinovic, B., & Ng Tseung-Wong, C. (2020). Forms of blended bicultural identity: Identity conflict and harmony in culturally diverse Mauritius. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51, 134-148.

2019

Hasbún López, P., Martinovic, B., Bobowik, M., Chryssochoou, X., Cichocka, A., Ernst-Vintila, A., Franc, R., Fulop, E., Ghilani, D., Kochar, A., Lamberty, P., Leone, G., Licata, L., & Žeželj, I. (2019). Support for collective action against refugees: The role of national, European, and global identifications, and autochthony beliefs. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 1439-1455.

2018

Van der Werf, F., Verkuyten, M., Martinovic, B., & Ng Tseung-Wong, C. (2018). What it means to be a national: A study among adolescents in multicultural Mauritius. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 24, 576-587.

Mepham, K. D. & Martinovic, B. (2018). Multilingualism and outgroup acceptance: The mediating roles of cognitive flexibility and deprovincialization. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 37, 51–73.

2017

Figueiredo, A., Martinovic, B., Rees, J., & Licata, L. (2017). Collective memories and present-day intergroup relations: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5, 694-706.

Martinovic, B., Jetten, J., Smeekes, A., & Verkuyten, M. (2017). Collective memory of a dissolved country: Group-based nostalgia and guilt assignment as predictors of interethnic relations between diaspora groups from former Yugoslavia. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 5, 588–607.

Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2017). Collective psychological ownership and intergroup relations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 1021–1039.

Bobowik, M., Martinovic, B., Basabe, N., Barsties, L., & Wachter, G. (2017). “Healthy” identities? Revisiting rejection-identification and rejection-disidentification models among voluntary and forced immigrants. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 818-831.

Koops, J., Martinovic, B., & Weesie, J. (2017). Are inter-minority contacts guided by the same mechanisms as minority-majority contacts? A comparative study of two types of inter-ethnic ties in the Netherlands. International Migration Review, 51, 701-726.

Kamberi, E., Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2017). Intergroup contact and minority group empowerment: The perspective of Roma and non-Roma adolescents in Macedonia. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 27, 424-434.

Žeželj, I., Ioannou, M., Franc, R., Psaltis, C., & Martinovic. B. (2017). The role of inter-ethnic online friendships in prejudice reduction in post-conflict societies: Evidence from Serbia, Croatia and Cyprus. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 386-395.

Kanas, A., & Martinovic, B. (2017). Political action in conflict and non-conflict regions in Indonesia: The role of religious and national identifications. Political Psychology, 38, 209-225.

2016

Verkuyten, M., Martinovic, B., Smeekes, A., & Kros, M. (2016). The endorsement of unity in diversity: The role of political orientation, education and justifying beliefs. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 866-870.

Van Leeuwen, D. A., Hinskens, F., Martinovic, B., Van Hessen, A., Grondelaers, S., & Orr, R. (2016). Sprekend Nederland: a heterogeneous speech data collection, Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands, 6, 21-38.

Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2016). Inter-religious feelings of Sunni and Alevi Muslim minorities: The role of religious commitment and host national identification. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 52, 1-12.

Fleischmann, F., Martinovic, B., & Boehm, M. (2016). Mobilising mosques? The role of service attendance for political participation of Turkish and Moroccan minorities in the Netherlands. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39, 746-763.

Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2016). Dual identity, in-group projection, and out-group feelings among ethnic minority groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 1-12.

2015

Verkuyten, M., Sierksma, J., & Martinovic, B. (2015). First arrival and collective land ownership: How children reason about who owns the land. Social Development, 24(4), 868-882.

Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2015). Behind the ethnic-civic distinction: Public attitudes towards immigrants' political rights in the Netherlands. Social Science Research, 53, 34-44.

Di Saint Pierre, F., Martinovic, B., & De Vroome, T. (2015). Return wishes of refugees in the Netherlands: The role of integration, host national identification and perceived discrimination. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(1), 1836-1857.

Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2015). Majority member’s recognition and protest against discrimination of immigrants: The role of power threat, deprovincialization and common national identity. Social Justice Research, 28(3), 257-273.

Smeekes, A., Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2015). Longing for the country's good old days: National nostalgia increases opposition to Muslim immigrants via stronger endorsement of autochthony. British Journal of Social Psychology, 54(3), 561-580.

Kamberi, E., Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2015). Life satisfaction and happiness among the Roma in Central and Southeastern Europe. Social Indicators Research, 124(1), 199-220.

Martinovic, B., Van Tubergen, F. & Maas, I. (2015). A longitudinal study of interethnic contacts in Germany: Estimates from a multilevel growth curve model. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(1), 83-100.

2014

Martinovic, B., & Verkuyten, M. (2014). The political downside of dual identity: group identifications and political mobilization of Muslim minorities. British Journal of Social Psychology, 53(4), 711-730.

Verkuyten, M., Martinovic, B. & Smeekes, A. (2014). The multicultural jigsaw puzzle: Category indispensability and acceptance of immigrants’ cultural rights. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(11), 1480-1493.

Verkuyten, M., Maliepaard, M., Martinovic, B., & Khoudja, Y. (2014). Political tolerance among Muslim minorities in Western Europe: the role of denomination and religious and host national identification. Politics and Religion, 7(2), 265-286.

Verkuyten, M., & Martinovic, B. (2014). Minority identity and host national identification among immigrants. In C. K.W. DeDreu (Ed.), Social Conflict within and between Groups (pp.70-89). London: Psychology Press.

De Vroome, T., Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2014). Host national identification of immigrants in the Netherlands. International Migration Review, 48(1), 76-102.

De Vroome, T., Martinovic, B. & Verkuyten, M. (2014). The integration paradox: Level of education and immigrants’ attitudes towards natives and the host society. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 20(2), 166-175.

2013

Martinovic, B. & Verkuyten, M. (2013). ‘We were here first, so we determine the rules of the game’: Autochthony and prejudice towards out-groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43(7), 637-647.

Martinovic, B. (2013). The interethnic contacts of immigrants and natives in the Netherlands: A two-sided perspective. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39(1), 69-85.

2012

Martinovic, B. & Verkuyten, M. (2012). Host national and religious identification among Turkish Muslims in Western Europe: The role of ingroup norms, perceived discrimination and value incompatibility. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42(7), 893–903.

Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2012). Social identity complexity and immigrants’ attitude towards the host nation: The intersection of ethnic and religious group identification. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(9), 1165-1177.

Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2012). Immigrants’ national identification: Meanings, determinants and consequences. Social Issues and Policy Review, 6(1), 82-112.

2011

Martinovic, B. (2011). Informele interetnische contacten in Nederland: Een overzicht van bestaande studies en suggesties voor vervolgonderzoek. Migrantenstudies, 27(2), 184-194.

Martinovic, B. (2011). The Dutch City of Utrecht as a European Hotspot and Laboratory for Multilingualism. Utrecht municipality: Department of Public, International and Subsidy Affaires.

Martinovic, B., Van Tubergen, F. & Maas, I. (2011). Acquisition of cross ethnic friends by recent immigrants in Canada: A longitudinal approach. International Migration Review, 45(2), 460-488.

Martinovic, B., Verkuyten, M. & Weesie, J. (2011). Group identity, ethnic nationalism and multiple out-groups: The Basque case. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 21(1), 28-40.

2010 and earlier

Martinovic, B. (2010). Interethnic Contacts: A Dynamic Analysis of Interaction between Immigrants and Natives in Western Countries. (PhD thesis)

Martinovic, B., Van Tubergen, F. & Maas, I. (2009). Changes in immigrants’ social integration during the stay in the host country: The case of non-Western immigrants in the Netherlands. Social Science Research, 38(4), 870-882.

Martinovic, B., Van Tubergen, F. & Maas, I. (2009). Dynamics of interethnic contact: A panel study of immigrants in the Netherlands. European Sociological Review, 25(3), 303-318.

Verkuyten, M. & Martinovic, B. (2006). Understanding multicultural attitudes: The role of group status, identification, friendships, and justifying ideologies. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 30(1), 1-18.