Biography
I am a cultural sociologist studying citizens’ meanings attributed to salient social issues and analyzing their particular responses to these. I analyze such issues related to welfare, redistribution, immigration, and the EU. For example, I have uncovered different understandings of welfare benefits, and have assessed how worldviews shape responses to information about inequality. A pragmatic cultural-sociological approach is my go-to analytical focus, as I scrutinize how people themselves make sense of an issue and I analyze the role of particular worldviews in shaping their responses.
I am specialized in both qualitative as well as quantitative research methods and I have used a wide range of research techniques, such as in-depth focus groups, population-representative survey experiments and correlational class analysis of survey data.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- lindner@essb.eur.nl
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- lindner@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Thijs Lindner (2024) - Understanding welfare attitudes: A cultural-sociological approach
- Thijs Lindner, Stijn Daenekindt, Willem de Koster & Jeroen van der Waal (2024) - De betekenissen die Nederlanders aan verzorgingsstaatchauvinisme geven - [link]
- Thijs Lindner, Jonathan Mijs, Willem de Koster & Jeroen van der Waal (2024) - Bevordert meer informatie over ongelijkheid steun voor basisinkomen? - [link]
- Thijs Lindner, Stijn Daenekindt, Willem de Koster & Jeroen van der Waal (2024) - What do stances on immigrants' welfare entitlement mean?: Evidence from a correlational class analysis - British Journal of Sociology, 75 (3), 271-289 - doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13078 - [link]
- Thijs Lindner, Jonathan Mijs, Willem de Koster & Jeroen van der Waal (2023) - Does informing citizens about the non-meritocratic nature of inequality bolster support for a universal basic income? Evidence from a population-based survey experiment - European Societies, 26 (3), 575-601 - doi: 10.1080/14616696.2023.2272263 - [link]
- Thijs Lindner, Willem De Koster & Jeroen Van der Waal (2022) - Different understandings of welfare benefits among the Dutch public: A focus group study - Social Policy and Administration, 56 (7), 990-1005 - doi: 10.1111/spol.12816 - [link]
- Thijs Lindner (2022) - What do stances on immigrants’ welfare entitlement mean? Evidence from a Correlational Class Analysis (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Thijs Lindner (2022) - Does informing citizens about inequality increase support for Universal Basic Income? Evidence from a representative survey experiment (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Thijs Lindner (2021) - Understanding perceptions of welfare benefits among the Dutch public: A focus Group Study (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Thijs Lindner (2021) - What do people mean when they express welfare chauvinist attitudes? Evidence from a Correlational Class Analysis on Dutch survey data (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Thijs Lindner (2021) - What do people mean when they express welfare chauvinist attitudes? Evidence from a Correlational Class Analysis on Dutch survey data (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
