Ethnic social capital and its impact on generalised trust and political participation among ethnic minority groups

Project funded by FWO and FNRS Mandat d'Impulsion Scientifique (MIS)


  • Herman, B., & Jacobs, D. (2015) "Ethnic Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants" in Ryan L., Erel U., D’Angelo A. (eds) Migrant Capital. Networks, Identities and Strategies, London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gagliolo, M., Lenaerts, T. & Jacobs, D. (2014) "Politics matters: Dynamics of inter-organizational networks among immigrant associations". Studies in Computational Intelligence, (549): 47-55.
  • Veny, Y. & Jacobs, D. (2014) "Immigrant inclusion and Linguistic Struggle in the Brussels Capital Region", pp. 182-202 in Good, R., Turgeon, L. & Triadafilopoulos, T. (eds.) Segmented cities? How Urban Contexts Shape Ethnic and Nationalist Politics, Vancouver:UBC Press.
  • Jacobs, D. & Tillie, J. (2011) “Ethnic Social Networks, Social Capital, and Political Participation of Immigrants”, pp.296-314 in Assaad, A., Chryssochoou, X., Klandermans, B. & Simon, B. (eds.) Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies. A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Teney, C., Jacobs, D., Rea, A. & Delwit, P. (2010) “Voting Patterns among Ethnic Minorities in Brussels (Belgium) during the 2006 Local Elections”, Acta Politica, 45 (3): 273-297.
  • Rea, A., Jacobs, D., Teney, C. & Delwit, P. (2010) “Les comportements électoraux des minorités ethniques à Bruxelles”, Revue française de science politique, 60 (4): 691-717.
  • Jacobs, D. & Thys, R. (2009) “Netwerken van Marokkaanse en Turkse verenigingen en politieke integratie van migranten in Brussel”, pp.111-140 in Mertens, S. (ed.) Burgerschap & democratie in een veranderende wereld, Gent: Academia Press.
  • Jacobs, D., Delwit, P. & Delmotte, F. (2009) “Political Participation and Electoral Impact of EU-citizens in the Brussels Capital Region: The October 2006 Local Elections”, pp.303-332 in Roel De Groof (ed.) Brussels and Europe. The Position of Brussels in the World City Network – Interactions between the European Institutional Presence and the Brussels Capital Region, Brussel: Academic and Scientific Publishers.
  • Jacobs, D., Swyngedouw, M., Hanquinet, L., Vandezande, V., Andersson, R., Beja Horta, A-P., Berger, M., Diani, M., Gonzalez-Ferrer, A., Giugni, M., Morariu, M., Pilati, K. & Statham, P. (2009) ‘The challenge of measuring immigrant origin and immigration related ethnicity in Europe’, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 10 (1): 67-88. (DOI 10.1007/s12134-009-0091-2)
  • Jacobs, D. & Tillie, J. ( 2008 ) ‘Social Capital and Political Participation of Immigrants in Europe – Key developments in empirical studies’, pp. 47-58 in D. Vogel (ed.) Highly Active Immigrants. A resource for European civil societies. Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main.
  • Jacobs, D. (2007) ‘La vie associative allochtone dans la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale’, pp.181-193 in Delwit, P., Rea, A. & Swyngedouw, M. (eds.) Bruxelles : ville ouverte. Immigration et diversité culturelle au coeur de l’Europe. Paris: l’Harmattan.
  • Jacobs, D. & Swyngedouw, M. (2006) “Het verenigingsleven van allochtonen van Marokkaanse en Turkse origine te Brussel”, pp.131-152 in Khader, B., Martiniello, M., Rea, A. & Timmerman, C. (eds.) Immigratie en integratie anders denken. Een Belgisch interuniversitair initiatief, Brussel: Bruylant.
  • Swyngedouw, M. & Jacobs, D. (2006) “Wie heeft in 2003 gestemd voor de kandidaten van vreemde afkomst in Vlaanderen (België)?”, pp.153-169 in Khader, B., Martiniello, M., Rea, A. & Timmerman, C. (eds.) Immigratie en integratie anders denken. Een Belgisch interuniversitair initiatief, Brussel: Bruylant.
  • Jacobs, D. (2006) “Collectieve belangenbehartiging bij allochtonen”, pp.187-200 in Brems, E. & Stockx, R. (eds.) Recht en Minderheden, De ene diversiteit is de andere niet, Tegenspraak Cahier 26, Brugge: Die Keure.
  • Jacobs, D. & Swyngedouw, M. (2006) “La vie associative marocaine et turque dans la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale”, pp.135-158 in Khader, B., Martiniello, M., Rea, A. & Timmerman, C. (eds.) Penser l’immigration et l’intégration autrement. Une initiative belge inter-universitaire, Bruxelles: Bruylant.
  • Jacobs, D., Phalet, K. & Swyngedouw, M. (2006) “Political participation and associational life of Turkish residents in the capital of Europe”, Turkish Studies, 7 (1): 145-161.
  • Jacobs, D. & Swyngedouw, M. (2005) “La participation politique des Belges d’origine marocaine à Bruxelles et en Belgique: un bref aperçu”, pp.119-128 in Bousetta, H., Gsir, S. & Martiniello, M. (eds) Les migrations marocaines vers la Belgique et l’Union européenne. Regards croisés, Bilbao: Université de Deusto & HumanitarianNet.
  • Jacobs, D. (2005) “Arab European League (AEL): The Rapid Rise of a Radical Immigrant Movement”, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 25 (1): 97-115.
  • Jacobs, D. (2005) “Het allochtone verenigingsleven in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest”, pp.159-170 in Swyngedouw, M., Delwit, P. & Rea, A. (eds) Culturele diversiteit en samenleven in Brussel en België, Leuven: Acco.
  • Jacobs, D., Cillessen, E. & Koksal, M. (2004), "Une communauté interconnectée", Politique, (36): 22-25.
  • Jacobs, D. & Tillie, J. (2004), “Introduction: Social Capital and Political Integration of Migrants”. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol 30 (3), 419-427.
  • Jacobs, D., Phalet, K. & Swyngedouw, M. (2004), “Associational Membership and Political Involvement Among Ethnic Minority Groups in Brussels”. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol 30 (3), 543-559.


Promoteur de la thèse de doctorat de Rebecca THYS: "Opportunities, obstacles and resistances. The political participation by Brussels based Belgian Moroccan, Belgian Turkish and Belgian Congolese organisations" (Soutenance publique à l'ULB le 7 juillet 2017).


Promoteur de la thèse de Barbara HERMAN, "Vie associative et participation politique des personnes issues de l'immigration. Le cas des populations d'origine marocaine, turque et congolaise à Bruxelles", (Soutenance publique à l'ULB le 1 Juin 2015).