Jolanda van der Noll is a Ph.D. Fellow at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) in thematic field IV: Attitude Formation, Value Change and Intercultural Communication. Her project deals with negative attitudes and intolerance towards Muslims in Western Europe.

Dissertation Topic

Negative attitudes and Intolerance towards Muslims in Western Europe

Abstract

The growing Muslim population in Western Europe has generated renewed interest in the issue of religious toleration in public spaces, which is for instance illustrated by debates on the wearing of headscarves in various European countries and the recent ban on minarets in Switzerland. Research has shown that intolerant opinions are not only present among prejudiced, but also among unprejudiced people. This raises the question of how religious tolerance towards Muslims can be explained. In my dissertation I attempt to answer this question by looking at anti-Muslim prejudice, social and political attitudes and value orientations. Secondary data analyses of survey data is applied. 

Academic Supervisors

• Prof. Dr. Christian Welzel, , BIGSSS, Leuphana University of Lueneburg
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Boehnke, BIGSSS, Jacobs University Bremen 
• Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey, BIGSSS, Jacobs University Bremen
• Prof. Dr. Maykel Verkuyten, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Research Interests

• Inter-group relations
• Prejudice
• Value orientations
• Minority rights
• Methods of quantitative data analysis
• Meta-analysis

Memberships & Affiliations

• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)
  • ISPP Junior Scholar Committee member (2009 - present)
• Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (NKWP)