Publications
2021
Scholarly publications
Geuijen, K., Dekker, R., & Oliver, C. (2021). Co-creating asylum reception in a living lab: learning from experiences of refugees and locals. In L. van Praag (Ed.), Co-creation in migration studies: The use of co-creative methods to study migrant integration across European societies (pp. 199-220). (Migration and intercultural studies). Leuven University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qhstr1
Dekker, R., Oliver, C., & Geuijen, K. (2021). Can community involvement policies mitigate NIMBYism and local opposition to asylum seeker centres? Policy and Politics, 49(4), 553-571. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16305840835010
Geuijen, K., Dekker, R., & Oliver, C. (2021). Tensions of evaluating innovation in a living lab: Moving beyond actionable knowledge production. Evaluation, 27(3), 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389021997848
2020
Scholarly publications
Dekker, R., Geuijen, K., & Oliver, C. (2020). Niet toegeven maar teruggeven bij protest: Effecten van beleid bij vestiging van een asielzoekerscentrum in Utrecht. . Bestuurskunde, 29(3), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.5553/bk/092733872020029003003
Dekker, R., van den Brink, P., & Meijer, A. (2020). Social media adoption in the police: Barriers and strategies. Government Information Quarterly, 37(2), 1-9. [101441]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2019.101441
Oliver, C., Dekker, R., Geuijen, C. H. M., & Broadhead, J. (2020). Innovative strategies for the reception of asylum seekers and refugees in European cities: Multi-level governance, multi-sector urban networks and local engagement. Comparative Migration Studies, 8(30), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00189-y
Oliver, C. J., Geuijen, C. H. M., & Dekker, R. (2020). Social contact and encounter in asylum seeker reception: the Utrecht Refugee Launchpad. Comparative Migration Studies, 8, 1-19. [27]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00187-0
2019
Scholarly publications
Geuijen, C. H. M., Oliver, C., & Dekker, R. (2019). Local innovation in the reception of asylum seekers in the Netherlands: Plan Einstein as an example of multi-level and multi-sector collaboration. In B. Glorius, & J. Doomernik (Eds.), Geographies of asylum in Europe and the role of European localities (pp. 245-260). Springer.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/386724/2020_Chapter_.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/386724/2020_Chapter_.pdf?sequence=1
Dekker, R., & Meijer, A. J. (Accepted/In press). Citizens as aides or adversaries? Police responses to digital vigilantism. In D. Trottier (Ed.), Vigilant Audiences: Justice Seeking through Global Digital Media Open Book Publishers.
Korthagen, I., Dekker, R., & Breman, B. (Accepted/In press). De gemediatiseerde strijd om natuurbeleid in de Oostvaardersplassen. In Natuurbeleid betwist: Visies op legitimiteit en natuurbeleid KNNV Uitgeverij.
Dagevos, J., Klaver, J., Dekker, R., Geuijen, C. H. M., & Ode, A. (2019). Leren en werken voor vluchtelingen: Beleid en interventies in drie grote gemeenten. Beleid en Maatschappij, 46(1), 43-64. https://doi.org/10.5553/BenM/138900692019046001005
Dekker, R., Franco Contreras, J. S., & Meijer, A. J. (2019). The Living Lab as a Methodology for Public Administration Research: A Systematic Literature Review of its Applications in the Social Sciences. . International Journal of Public Administration, 43(14), 1207-12017. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1668410
Dekker, R. (2019). Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Political Science: A study of media effects on the policy agenda. Sage Research Methods Cases, (Part 2). https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526467553
Professional publications
Spencer, S., Oliver, C., Dekker, R., & Geuijen, C. H. M. (2019). Plan Einstein: Utrecht’s Urban Experiment on Asylum Seeker Reception: Emerging policy implications. https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/UIA-policy-briefing.pdf
Oliver, C., Dekker, R., & Geuijen, C. H. M. (Accepted/In press). The Utrecht Refugee Launchpad Evaluation Final report.
2018
Scholarly publications
Dekker, R. (2018). De Verbindende Kracht van Ambigue Beleidsframes: Een frameanalyse van lokaal integratiebeleid in Antwerpen en Rotterdam. Vlaams tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2, 9-22.
Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., Klaver, J., & Vonk, H. (2018). Smart Refugees: How Syrian Asylum Migrants use Social Media Information in Migration Decision-making. Social Media + Society, January-March 2018, 1-11.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/382310/2056305118764439.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/382310/2056305118764439.pdf?sequence=1
Professional publications
Geuijen, C. H. M., Dekker, R., & Oliver, C. T. (2018). The Utrecht Refugee Launch Pad: Key Themes: Working Paper.
Oliver, C., Dekker, R., & Geuijen, C. H. M. (2018). The Utrecht Refugee Launchpad Key themes: Evaluation Interim Report.
Oliver, C. T., Dekker, R., & Geuijen, C. H. M. (2018). The Utrecht Refugee Launch Pad: Evaluation Interim Report. University of Roehampton and COMPAS: University of Oxford.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376286/oliver.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376286/oliver.pdf?sequence=1
2017
Scholarly publications
Geuijen, C. H. M., Dekker, R., & Oliver, C. T. (2017). Lokale oplossingen voor problemen in de asielopvang: de vluchtelingencrisis als 'window of opportunity'. Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, 2017(3), 74-85. [4]. https://doi.org/10.5553/TCC/221195072017007003005
Dekker, R., & van Breugel, I. (Accepted/In press). ‘Walking the walk’ rather than ‘talking the talk’ of superdiversity: Continuity and change in the development of Rotterdam’s migrant integration policies . In M. Crul, P. van de Laar, & P. W. A. Scholten (Eds.), Coming to terms with Superdiversity: The Case of Rotterdam (pp. 97-112). Springer.
Dekker, R., Engbersen, G. B. M., & Klaver, J. (Accepted/In press). Vluchten in het digitale tijdperk: De rol van social media bij de vlucht van Syrische asielmigranten . In K. de Vries, J. Dagevos, L. Coello, & A. Odé (Eds.), Jaarboek Migratie & Integratie Amsterdam University Press.
Dekker, R., & Scholten, P. (2017). Framing the immigration policy agenda: A qualitative comparative analysis of media effects on Dutch immigration policies. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(2), 202-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161216688323
2016
Scholarly publications
Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., & Faber, M. (2016). The Use of Online Media in Migration Networks. Population, Space and Place, 22(6), 539-551. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1938
Dekker, R. (2016). Policy in the Public Eye: Agenda-setting and framing dynamics of traditional and social media in relation to immigration and integration policies. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. http://download.ogc.nl/epub/d831ae59-19a6-4a7b-be2c-8447ee349b5f/r.dekker.pdf
Dekker, R. (2016). Methodological Passages to Digital Humanities. KWALON, 21(1), 60-63.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/338012/passages.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/338012/passages.pdf?sequence=1
Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., & Faber, M. (2016). Online Feedback in Migration Networks. In Beyond Networks: Feedback in International Migration (pp. 69-89). (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship). Palgrave Macmillan.
Dekker, R. (2016). Frame Ambiguity in Policy Controversies: Critical Frame Analysis of Migrant Integration Policies in Antwerp and Rotterdam. . Critical Policy Studies.
Professional publications
Dekker, R., Vonk, H., Klaver, J., & Engbersen, G. (2016). Syrische asielmigranten in Nederland en het gebruik van social media bij migratiebesluitvorming. WODC. https://www.wodc.nl/binaries/2682-volledige-tekst_tcm28-131598.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/351026/Syrische.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/351026/Syrische.pdf?sequence=1
Dekker, R., & Engbersen, G. (2016). Vernetzt statt verwurzelt: Wie soziale Medien Wanderungsbewegungen fördern können. Internationale Politik, 71(1), 21-25.
2015
Scholarly publications
Dekker, R. (2015). The Basque diaspora webscape: identity, nation and homeland, 1990s-2010s. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(3), 477-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2014.939208
Dekker, R., Emilsson, H., Krieger, B., & Scholten, P. (2015). A Local Dimension of Integration Policies? A Comparative Study of Berlin, Malmo, and Rotterdam. International Migration Review, 49(3), 633-658. https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12133
Dekker, R., & Bekkers, V. (2015). The contingency of governments' responsiveness to the virtual public sphere: A systematic literature review and meta-synthesis. Government Information Quarterly, 32(4), 496-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2015.09.007
Dekker, R., Belabas, W., & Scholten, P. (2015). Interethnic Contact Online: Contextualising the Implications of Social Media Use by Second-Generation Migrant Youth. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 36(4), 450-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2015.1049981
Professional publications
Dekker, R., & Scholten, P. (2015). Tsunami of Tragedie? Media-aandacht en Beeldvorming rond het Vreemdelingenbeleid. WODC.
2014
Scholarly publications
Kubal, A., & Dekker, R. (2014). Exploring the Role of Inter-Wave Dynamics in Stagnating Migration Flows: Ukrainian Migration to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 12(3), 274-292.
Dekker, R., & Engbersen, G. (2014). How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration. Global Networks, 14(4), 401-418.
2013
Scholarly publications
Van Meeteren, M., Van de Pol, S., Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., & Snel, E. (2013). Destination Netherlands: History of immigration and immigration policy in the Netherlands. In Netherlands: Economic, Social and Environmental Issues (pp. 113-117). Nova Science.