Elif Keskiner

Elif Keskiner is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her research focuses on ethnic and migration studies, social inequalities, and youth transitions. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and has conducted postdoctoral research at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her work explores how social class, gender, and ethnicity intersect to shape inequalities, with a comparative lens across European cities.

• Education: PhD in Sociology (University of Amsterdam, 2013), Postdoc at Erasmus University Rotterdam (ELITES & RESL.eu projects), Senior Researcher at VU Amsterdam since 2018.
• Key Projects: BAM.eu (Becoming A Minority), Parenting Diversity (NWO grant), Amsterdam All-Inclusive (Kennis Centrum Ongelijkheid).

Her research interests include parenting in diverse settings, superdiverse neighborhoods, and the experiences of majority and minority groups in urban environments. She co-edited a special issue on socially mobile descendants of Turkish migrants and authored a monograph on youth transitions. Keskiner is a co-coordinator of the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Education and Social Inequalities.

Publications span topics like migration background impacts, social cohesion, and labor market integration. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals on reducing inequalities and fostering social inclusion.

• Awards: Springer Book Prize (for Revisiting Migrant Networks), NWO XS Grant for Parenting Diversity.
• Teaching: Courses on social inequality, qualitative methods, and youth transitions.

Current projects investigate parenting strategies in diverse schools and the accumulation of social inequalities in Amsterdam. Keskiner employs mixed-methods approaches, combining qualitative insights with statistical analyses.