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Anders B. Jørgensen

@andersbj.bsky.social
34 followers 54 following 13 posts

Postdoc, sociology

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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New paper out in Social Science Research, together with Frank van Tubergen and Hans-Peter Y. Qvist! “Gender Gaps in Leisure Association Participation among Children of Immigrants: Cultural Legacies, Parental Socialization, and Peer Contexts” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Andreas L. Jakobsen @andreasljakobsen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New paper out: Loneliness is a growing public health issue. In the study, I find that: 🔹 Living alone significantly increases the risk of loneliness 🔹 However, frequent contact with neighbors or a strong sense of local attachment can buffer this risk. Open access 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I have a new preprint out with @frankvantubergen.bsky.social and Hans-Peter Y. Qvist! 📃 "Gender Gaps in Leisure Association Participation among Children of Immigrants: Cultural Legacies, Parental Socialization, and Peer Contexts" If you're interested, you can read it here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Summing up, this study tempers overly optimistic visions of civic associations' ability to bridge ethnic divides. For more detailed discussions about the main insights, I encourage you to dive into the paper 😊
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I find no evidence that participation in organisations with out-group members translates into more cross-ethnic contacts in the broader neighbourhood or in the likelihood of having cross-ethnic friendships. The results are largely similar for both ethnic majority and minority groups.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Participation in leisure organisations comprising out-group members, however, does increase cross-ethnic contacts—but only within the associational setting. You can see the results in the figure.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
As expected, participation in leisure organisations comprising mainly in-group members fails to strengthen cross-ethnic integration.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I look at three outcomes: (1) cross-ethnic personal contacts within associations, (2) cross-ethnic contacts in the broader neighbourhood, and (3) cross-ethnic friendships.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I estimate how much participation in these different types of organisations improves cross-ethnic relations between ethnic majority and minority individuals. Empirically, I use lagged dependent variable (LDV) and fixed effects (FE) models on two-wave panel data from the Netherlands.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
For this reason, I distinguish between participation in leisure organisations comprising mainly ethnic in-group members and leisure organisations with ethnic out-group members.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
One challenge is that associations are often ethnically segregated, as shown in recent research by @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social and @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social. Hence, we need to pay attention to the ethnic composition of the associations people participate in.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's a widespread idea that leisure organisations like sports or cultural associations are "integration vehicles" because they can unite people of various backgrounds around shared interests and activities. However, the empirical basis of this idea is limited.
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Anders B. Jørgensen @andersbj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Happy to share that I have a new paper out in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies! In the paper, I study how much, if anything, leisure organisations influence cross-ethnic relations. It's open access—you can find it here: doi.org/10.1080/1369... Small 🧵 below of the main insights.
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