Tom Nijs

Tom Nijs is a researcher affiliated with the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) and the Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) at Utrecht University, and holds a position in the Governance and Pluralism group at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Nijs studies intergroup relations, collective psychological ownership, and the social dynamics surrounding immigration and ethnic diversity. Much of this work examines how majority and minority groups develop or contest a sense of ownership over national territory and collective identity, as well as how intergroup contact, network formation, and misperceptions shape attitudes and behavior across ethnic boundaries.