Dutch Elections and the Future of Populism in the Netherlands
In the same week as the Dutch elections, a new report examines Geert Wilders' Facebook supporters and the relationship between social media and "real world" activism.
View Article#MuslimRage #ThinkAgain
How social media has turned a dangerous generalization on its head.
View ArticleDAAD-OSI Program
This program offers scholarships for graduate students in the Balkans and the Transcaucasian and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union.
View ArticleEight Groups Urge French Leaders to Honor Promise on Police Ethnic Profiling
The French government should respect President François Hollande’s election campaign commitment to fight against ethnic profiling and abusive practices during identity checks.
View ArticleWho Should Speak Out Against Prejudice?
Valérie Amiraux questions the chasm between rhetoric and reality when it comes to prejudice. What stories go untold is as significant as those that are told.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations Scholarships in European Studies
This program offers scholarships for European Studies masters' degrees at Maastricht and Aarhus Universities to scholars from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
View ArticleOpen Society Foundations/University of Essex Scholarships in Human Rights
This scholarship provides outstanding students from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan an opportunity to study at the...
View ArticleRacism in Europe and What To Do About It
As demographics change, so too do prejudices. How does racism in Europe manifest itself today, and what can be done do to counter it?
View ArticleIt’s Not Just a “Muslim” Thing
A new campaign in France has reinterpreted a pivotal moment of the French Revolution with the aim of deconstructing stereotypes and promoting a better understanding of French Muslims.
View ArticleGlobal Supplementary Grant
The Global Supplementary Grant Program offers support to doctoral students from select countries in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East/North Africa, and South Asia.
View ArticleLiving Together Part Two: Projects Promoting Inclusion in 11 EU Cities
Living Together: Projects Promoting Inclusion in 11 EU Cities is intended to serve as a resource for those working on social inclusion of minorities and marginalized groups in Europe.
View ArticleSo You Think You Know Muslim Women? Campaigning Against Stereotypes in the...
Anti-Muslim sentiment has in the past run high in the Netherlands. Al Nisa, a Dutch Muslim women’s organization works to challenge stereotypes through innovative campaigns.
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S.A.S. v France
Download FilesWritten Comments of the Open Society Justice Initiative341.67 KB pdfCriminal Penalty for Wearing a Full-Face Veil in Public SpacesIn October 2010, France enacted a law banning the wearing...
View ArticleCase Watch: A New Perspective on France's Ban on Religious Headcoverings in...
The UN Human Rights Commission has found that a 2004 French ban on religious headcoverings at public schools breached a Sikh student's right to religious freedom.
View ArticleTrouble in Paradise? What the Riots Mean for Sweden
Since May 20, the media, both in and out of Sweden, has been dominated by riots taking place in the suburbs of Stockholm. Why has this happened, and what does it mean for Swedish society and politics?
View ArticleIn Britain, Is Extremism Really Winning?
A murder in Woolwich has fed polarizing rhetoric throughout Britain. But when researchers talked to the residents in the London borough of Waltham Forest, they heard a very different story.
View ArticleAt Home in Europe: Promoting Inclusion
This brochure details the work of the At Home in Europe project, which advances the social inclusion of vulnerable communities in a changing Europe.
View ArticleMadawi al-Rasheed
Madawi al-Rasheed, a social anthropologist who is Visiting Professor at the Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, will research and write a book tentatively titled...
View ArticleMeet the Somalis
Meet the Somalis is a collection of 14 illustrated stories depicting the real life experiences of Somalis in seven cities in Europe: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Leicester, London, Malmo, and...
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