Steven Vertovec is Founding Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic  Diversity, Göttingen, Honorary Joint Professor of Sociology and Ethnology, University of Göttingen, and Supernumerary Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford. Previously he was Professor of Transnational Anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, Founding Director of the British Economic and Social Research Council’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), and Senior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford. In 2018 Prof. Vertovec was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Social Sciences) by the Université de Liège.
Currently he is co-Editor of the journal Global Networks and Editor of the Palgrave Macmillan book series ‘Global Diversities’. Prof. Vertovec has held fellowships at the University of California, University of Warwick, Free University Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, University of British Columbia and Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study), Berlin. His research interests surround globalization and transnational social formations, international migration, ethnic diasporas and contexts of urban diversity. He is author of Hindu Trinidad (Macmillan, 1992), The Hindu Diaspora (Routledge, 2000), Transnationalism (Routledge, 2009) and Super-diversity: Migration and Social Complexity (Routledge, 2022) and editor or co-editor of thirty-five volumes including Islam in Europe (Macmillan, 1997), Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism (Edward Elgar, 1999), Conceiving Cosmopolitanism (Oxford University Press, 2003), Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism (Routledge 2009), The Multicultural Backlash (Routledge 2010), Migration (five volumes, Routledge 2010), Migration and Diversity (Elgar, 2014), the International Handbook of Diversity Studies (Routledge, 2015) and Diversities Old and New (Palgrave, 2015) and The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Prof. Vertovec has acted as expert or consultant for numerous agencies, including the Expert Council of German Foundations on Migration and Integration, the UK government’s Cabinet Office, National Audit Office, Home Office, Department for International Development, Department of Communities and Local Government, the British Council, the European Commission, the G8, World Bank and UNESCO. 

Current Position(s):

• Director, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Ethnic and Religious Diversity, Göttingen, Germany
• Honorary Joint Professor of Sociology and Ethnology, University of Göttingen, Germany
• Supernumerary Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford

Research projects

• Backlash against multiculturalism? European discourses, policies and practices (completed) (with Susanne Wessendorf)
• Between accommodation and integration: comparing institutional arrangements for asylum-seekers (with Susanne Becker, Simona Pagano, Miriam Schader and Shahd Seethaler-Wari)
• The challenges of migration, integration, and exclusion (WiMi - Wissenschaftsinitiative Migration und Integration) (with Susanne Becker, Annett Fleischer, Simona Pagano, Miriam Schader, Shahd Seethaler-Wari and Magdalena Suerbaum)
• Conditions of conviviality and conflict (completed) (with Andreas Wimmer (University of California Los Angeles) and Stefan Lindemann)
• The DATARAMA: advancing immersive data visualization for the Social Sciences (completed) (with Alexei Matveev, Norbert Winnige, Jonathan Portelli and Tau Tavengwa)
• The diversification of postwar migration (completed) (with Alan Gamlen and Norbert Winnige)
• Diversity assent in urban Germany · ProDiv (with Karen Schönwälder, Lucas Drouhot and Eloisa Harris, in cooperation with Sören Petermann (Dortmund University))
• Diversity and contact (‘DivCon’) (completed) (Project leader: Karen Schönwälder • with Sören Petermann, Jörg Hüttermann, Thomas Schmitt, Mijal Gandelsman-Trier, Christian Jacobs, Miles Hewstone and Katharina Schmid (both Oxford), Dietlind Stolle (McGill))
• Diversity and integration in Frankfurt (completed) (with Regina Römhild (Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München), Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten in Frankfurt)
• Diversity of asylum seekers’ needs and aspirations (completed) (with Susanne Becker, Annett Fleischer, Miriam Schader and Shahd Wari)
• ORA Joint Research Project ENCOUNTERS · Muslim-Jewish encounter, diversity & distance in urban Europe: Religion, culture and social model
• Ethno-religious diversity and social trust (completed) (with Miles Hewstone (University of Oxford), Anthony Heath (University of Oxford), Ceri Peach (University of Oxford) and Sarah Spencer (University of Oxford))
• GlobaldiverCities (‘GloDiv’) - Migration and new diversities in global cities: comparatively conceiving, observing and visualizing diversification in urban public spaces (completed) (Project leader: Steven Vertovec • Researchers: Sofya Aptekar, Anna Cieslik, Beate Engelbrecht, Dörte Ulka Engelkes, Laavanya Kathiravelu, Raji Matshedisho, Alexei Matveev, Anna Seegers-Krückeberg, Alex Wafer, Junjia Ye, Abbas Yousefpour)
• Migration (completed)
• Migration and diversity (completed)
• Multiculturalism (completed) (with Gerd Baumann (University of Amsterdam))
• The new guards: Re-bordering the Southeast Mediterranean in an age of migration (with Michalis Moutselos and Tihomir Sabchev)
• The Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies (completed)
• Super-diversity
• Super-diversity, South Africa (completed) (with Robin Cohen and various colleagues at the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Johannesburg, and Witwatersrand)
• Transnationalism (completed)

 

Publications

• Books
• Edited Volumes
• Articles in Refereed Journals
• Articles in Edited Volumes
• Other Publications

Books

Vertovec, S. (2024): Superdiversität: Migration und soziale Komplexität, Berlin: Suhrkamp. Link

Vertovec, S. (2023). Superdiversity: migration and social complexity. London: Routledge. Link

Schönwälder, K., Vertovec, S., Petermann, S., Hüttermann, J., Hewstone, M., Stolle, D., Schmid, K., & Schmitt, T. M. (2016). Diversity and Contact: Immigration and social interaction in German cities. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S. (2014). トランスナショナリズム / [Toransunashonarizumu] = Transnationalism. Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha. Link

Vertovec, S. (2012). Transnarodowosc. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego. Link

Vertovec, S. (2009). Transnationalism. London, New York: Routledge. Link

Castles, S., Korac, M., Vasta, E., & Vertovec, S. (2003). Integration: mapping the field. London: Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Link

Vertovec, S. (2000). The Hindu diaspora: Comparative patterns. London: Routledge. Link

Castles, S., Korac, M., Vasta, E., & Vertovec, S. (2003). ​​Integration: mapping the field​. London: Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Link

Vertovec, S. (1992). Hindu Trinidad: Religion, ethnicity and socio-economic change. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Edited Volumes

Meissner, F., Signa, N., & Vertovec, S. (Eds.). (2022). The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Link

Vertovec, S., & Meissner, F. (Eds.). (2016). Comparing super-diversity. London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S., & Meissner, F. (Eds.). (2015). Comparing super-diversity [Special Issue].  Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(4). Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2015). Diversities old and new: Migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2015). Routledge international handbook of diversity studies. London: Routledge. Link

Nowicka, M., & Vertovec, S. (Eds.). (2014). Comparing convivialities: Dreams and realities of living-with-difference [Special Issue].  European Journal of Cultural Studies, 17(4). Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2014). Migration and Diversity. Aldershot: Edward Elgar. Link

Vertovec, S., & Baumann, G. (Eds.). (2011). Multiculturalism (4 vols. • I: Conceiving Multiculturalism: From Roots to Rights,II: II: Multiculturalism and the Nation-State: Who Recognizes Whom?, III: Multiculturalism in the Public Sphere: City and School, Markets and Media, IV: Crises and Transformations: Challenges and Futures). London [u.a.]: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S., & Wessendorf, S. (Eds.). (2010). The Multicultural Backlash: European Discourses, Policies and Practices. London, New York: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2010). Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions. London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (Guest Ed.). (2010). Depicting Diversities [Special Issue].  Diversities, 12(1). Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2010). Migration (5 vols. • I: Theories., II: Types, III: Trends, IV: Policies, V: Processes) [Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences]. London, New York: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (2009). Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions. London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S. (Guest Ed.). (2007). New Directions in the Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism, special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies 29(6).

Penninx, R., Kraal, K., Martiniello, M., & Vertovec, S. (Eds.). (2004). Citizenship in European Cities. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Vertovec, S., Schiffauer, W., Baumann, G., & Kastoryano, R. (Eds.). (2004). Civil enculturation: State, school and ethnic difference in four european countries. Oxford: Berghahn. Link

Vertovec, S., & Posey, D. (Eds.). (2004). Globalization, globalism, environments and environmentalism: Consciousness of connections. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Link

Vertovec, S., Parekh, B., & Singh, G. (Eds.). (2003). Culture and economy in the Indian diaspora. London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S., DeWind, J., & Levitt, P. (Guest Editors). (2003). Transnational migration: International perspectives [Special Issue].  International Migration Review, 37(3).

Vertovec, S., & Cohen, R. (Eds.). (2002). Conceiving cosmopolitanism: Theory, context and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Link

Vertovec, S., Schiffauer, W., Baumann, G., & Kastoryano, R. (Eds.). (2002). Staat – Schule – Ethnizität: Politische Sozialisation von Immigranten in vier europäischen Ländern. Münster: Waxmann. Link

Vertovec, S. (Guest Editor) (2001). Transnationalism and Identity, special issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 27(4).

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (1999). Migration and social cohesion. Aldershot: Edward Elgar. Link

Vertovec, S., & Cohen, R. (Eds.). (1999). Migration, diasporas and transnationalism. Aldershot: Edward Elgar. Link

Vertovec, S., & Rogers, A. (Eds.). (1998). Muslim European youth: Reproducing religion, ethnicity and culture. Aldershot: Ashgate. Link

Vertovec, S. (Editorial Advisor) (1998). Social Transformations: Multicultural and Multi-Ethnic Societies, special issue of International Social Science Journal 156.

Vertovec, S., & Peach, C. (Eds.). (1997). Islam in Europe: The politics of religion and community. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S., & Rogers, A. (Eds.). (1995). The urban context: Ethnicity, social networks, and situational analysis. Oxford: Berg. Link

Vertovec, S. (Ed.). (1991). Aspects of the South Asian diaspora. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S., Peach, C., & Clarke, C. (Eds.). (1990). South Asians overseas: Migration and ethnicity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Link

Articles in Refereed Journals

Vertovec, S. (2025). Afterword: reflecting on influences. Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ahead-of-print, pp. 1-5. Link

Bialas, U., Lukate, J. M., & Vertovec, S. (2025). Contested categories in the context of international migration: introduction to the special issue. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 48(4), 695-717. Link

Vertovec, S. (2024). Superdiversity and the quest for complexity thinking: A critique of the reductionist approaches to migration and integration. Current issues in migration research: CIMR, 1(1), 32-34. Link

Vertovec, S., & Genest, S. (2024). Super-Diversity and systems thinking: Selected moments from a conversation with Steven Vertovec. Humans, 4(3), 279-283. Link

Vertovec, S., Hiebert, D., Spoonley, P., & Gamlen, A. (2024). Visualizing superdiversity and “seeing” urban socio-economic complexity. Urban Geography, 45(2), 179-200. Link

Vertovec, S. (2024). Contexts, categories and superdiversities. Symposium: Steven Vertovec's Superdiversity: Migration and Social Complexity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-6. Link

Harris, E., Schönwälder, K., Petermann, S., & Vertovec, S. (2024). Diversity assent: conceptualisation and an empirical application. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(15), 3212-3236. Link

Drouhot, L.G., Schönwälder, K., Petermann, S., & Vertovec, S. (2023). Who supports refugees? Diversity assent and pro-refugee engagement in Germany. Comparative Migration Studies, 11(4). DOI 10.1186/s40878-023-00327-2. Link

Beaverstock, J. V., Cohen, R., Rogers, A., & Vertovec, S. (2022). Covid-19 and Global Networks: Reframing our understanding of globalization and transnationalism. Global Networks, 1-5. Link

Vertovec, S., Hiebert, D., Spoonley, P., & Gamlen, A. (2022). Visualizing superdiversity and “seeing” urban socio-economic complexity. Urban Geography. Link

Drouhot, L. G., Petermann, S., Schönwälder, K., & Vertovec, S. (2021). Has the Covid-19 pandemic undermined public support for a diverse society? Evidence from a natural experiment in Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(5), 877-892. doi:10.1080/01419870.2020.1832698. Link

Vertovec, S. (2021). The social organization of difference. Ethnic and Racial Studies. doi:10.1080/01419870.2021.1884733. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Global migration and the “Great Reshaping”. Max Planck Research, 2020(3), 20-25. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Two cheers for migration studies. Comparative Migration Studies, 8: 38. doi:10.1186/s40878-020-00195-0. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). スティーブン・バートベック. "スーパーダイバーシティとその含意." 理論と動態  13: 68-97. [Japanese reprint of 2007 ‘Super-diversity and its implications’.]

Vertovec, S., Wölfer, R., Christ, O., Schmid, K., Tausch, N., Buchallik, F. M., & Hewstone, M. (2019). Indirect contact predicts direct contact: Longitudinal evidence and the mediating role of intergroup anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(2), 277-295. doi:10.1037/pspi0000146. Link

Vertovec, S. (2019). Talking around super-diversity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(1), 125-139. doi:10.1080/01419870.2017.1406128. Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). The public understanding of migration: a variety of factors influence how people conceive of the issue. Max Planck Society Newsroom. Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). Towards post‐multiculturalism? Changing communities, conditions and contexts of diversity. International Social Science Journal, 68(227-228), 167-178. doi:10.1111/issj.12191. Link

Vertovec, S. (2017). Die Infrastruktur des "Wir schaffen das". Informationen zur Raumentwicklung: Flüchtlinge - zwischen Ankommen und Zusammenleben, 2017(2), 138-143. Link

Vertovec, S. (2017). Mooring, migration milieus and complex explanations. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 40(9), 1574-1581. doi:10.1080/01419870.2017.1308534. Link

Vertovec, S., Schmid, K., Wölfer, R., Swart, H., Christ, O., Al Ramiah, A., & Hewstone, M. (2017). The “Wallpaper Effect” revisited: Divergent findings on the effects of intergroup contact on attitudes in diverse versus nondiverse contexts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(9), 1268-1283. doi:0.1177/0146167217711929. Link

Vertovec, S., & Meissner, F. (2015). Comparing super-diversity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(4), 541-555. doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.980295. Link

Vertovec, S., Hiebert, D., & Rath, J. (2015). Urban markets and diversity: towards a research agenda. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(1), 5-21. doi:10.1080/01419870.2014.953969. Link

Vertovec, S. (2015). Was die Zuwanderung mit Deutschland macht. Süddeutsche Zeitung, (28. Oktober). Link

Nowicka, M., & Vertovec, S. (2014). Introduction: Comparing convivialities: Dreams and realities of living-with-difference. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 17(4), 341-356. doi:10.1177/1367549413510414. Link

Vertovec, S., Christ, O., Schmid, K., Lolliot, S., Swart, H., Stolle, D., Tausch, N., Al Ramiah, A., Wagner, U., & Hewstone, M. (2014). Contextual effect of positive intergroup contact on outgroup prejudice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(11), 3996-4000. doi:10.1073/pnas.1320901111. Link

Stolle, D., Petermann, S., Schmid, K., Schönwälder, K., Hewstone, M., Vertovec, S., Schmitt, T. M., & Heywood, J. (2013). Immigration-related diversity and trust in German cities: the role of intergroup contact. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 23(3), 279-298. doi:10.1080/17457289.2013.809350. Link

Vertovec, S. (2012). “Diversity” and the social imaginary. European Journal of Sociology, 53(3), 287-312. doi:10.1017/S000397561200015X. Link

Vertovec, S. (2011). The cultural politics of nation and migration. Annual Review of Anthropology, 40, 241-256. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145837. Link

Vertovec, S., Schönwälder, K., & Petermann, S. (2010). Diversity, social interaction and solidarity. Research Perspectives 2010+ of the Max Planck Society, 82-83. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Introduction: Depicting diversity. Diversities, 12(1), 1-3. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Towards post-multiculturalism? Changing communities, conditions and contexts of diversity. International Social Science Journal, 199, 83-95. Link

Vertovec, S. (2008). Circular migration: The way forward in global policy? Canadian Diversity, 6(3), 36-40. Link

Vertovec, S. (2007). Introduction: New directions in the anthropology of migration and multiculturalism. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(6), 961-78.

Vertovec, S. (2007). Super-diversity and its implications. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29(6), 1024-54.
[Chinese version, World Ethno National Studies (forthcoming)]

Vertovec, S. (2006). Is circular migration the way forward in global policy? Around the Globe, 3(2), 38-44.

Vertovec, S. (2004). Cheap calls: The social glue of migrant transnationalism. Global Networks, 4(2), 219-224. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00088.x.

Vertovec, S. (2004). Migrant transnationalism and modes of transformation. International Migration Review, 38(3), 970-1001. doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00226.x.

Vertovec, S. (2003). Desafíos transnacionales al “nuevo” multiculturalismo. Migración y Desarrollo, 1, 32-48.

Vertovec, S., Levitt, P., & DeWind, J. (2003). International perspectives on transnational migration. International Migration Review, 37(3), 565-575. doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00153.x.

Vertovec, S. (2003). Migration and other forms of transnationalism: Towards conceptual cross-fertilization. International Migration Review, 37(3), 641-665. doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00153.x.

Vertovec, S., & Cohen, R. (2001). Editorial statement. Global Networks, 1(1), iii-vi. doi:10.1111/1471-0374.00001.

Vertovec, S. (2001). Políticas multiculturales y formas de ciudadanía en las ciudades europeas. Papeles de Población, 7(28), 221-241.

Vertovec, S. (2001). Transnationalism and identity. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 27(4), 573-582. doi:10.1080/13691830120090386.

Vertovec, S. (2000). ‘Young Muslims in Keighley, West Yorkshire: cultural identity, context and “community”. Migration, 33, 119-138.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Conceiving and researching transnationalism. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22(2), 447-462. doi:10.1080/014198799329558.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Integrating immigrants and ethnic minorities into urban societies. Habitat Debate: Journal of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, 4(4), 17-18.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Més multi, menys culturalisme: l’antropologia de la complexitat cultural i les noves polítiques del pluralisme. Revista d’Etnologia de Catalunya, 15, 8-21.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Minority associations, networks and public policies: re-assessing relationships. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 25(1), 21-42. doi:10.1080/1369183X.1999.9976670.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Three meanings of “diaspora”, exemplified by South Asian religions. Diaspora, 6(3),  277-300.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Ethnic distance and religious convergence: Shango, Spiritual Baptist and Kali Mai traditions in Trinidad. Social Compass, 45(2), 247-263. doi:10.1177/003776898045002004.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Multicultural policies and modes of citizenship in European cities. International Social Science Journal, 156, 187-199. doi:10.1111/1468-2451.00123.

Vertovec, S. (1997). Three meanings of “diaspora”, exemplified by South Asian religions. Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, 6(3), 277-300. doi:10.1353/dsp.1997.0010.

Vertovec, S. (1996). Berlin Multikulti: Germany, “foreigners” and “world-openness”. New Community, 22(3), 381-99.

Vertovec, S. (1996). Multiculturalism, culturalism and public incorporation. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 19(1), 49-69. doi:10.1080/01419870.1996.9993898.

Vertovec, S. (1994). Multicultural, multi-Asian, multi-Muslim Leicester: dimensions of social complexity, ethnic organisation and local government interface. Innovation: European Journal of Social Sciences, 7(3), 259-276. doi:10.1080/13511610.1994.9968408.

Vertovec, S. (1994). “Official” and “popular” Hinduism in the Caribbean: historical and contemporary trends in Surinam, Trinidad and Guyana. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 28(1), 123-147. doi:10.1177/006996694028001005.

Vertovec, S. (1993). Hindu mother-goddess cults in the Caribbean. Ethnolog, 3(54), 179-194.

Vertovec, S. (1992). Community and congregation in London Hindu temples: divergent trends. New Community, 18, 251-264. doi:10.1080/1369183X.1992.9976298.

Vertovec, S., & van der Veer, P. (1991). Brahmanism abroad: on Caribbean Hinduism as an ethnic religion. Ethnology, 30, 149-166. doi:10.2307/3773407.

Vertovec, S. (1991). East Indians and anthropologists: a critical review. Social and Economic Studies, 40(1), 133-169.

Vertovec, S. (1990). Religion and ethnic ideology: the Hindu youth movement in Trinidad. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 13(2), 225-249. doi:10.1080/01419870.1990.9993670.

Vertovec, S. (1983). Potlatching and the mythic past: a re-evaluation of the Northwest Coast American Indian complex. Religion, 13, 323-244. doi:10.1016/0048-721X(83)90016-7.

Articles in Edited Volumes

Vertovec, S. (2023). Jan Blommaert's inspiration. In L. Lessard-Phillips, A. Papoutsi, N. Sigona, & P. Ziss (Eds.), Migration, displacement and diversity: the IRiS anthology (pp. 100-103). Oxford: Oxford Publ. Services; Univ. of Birmingham; IRiS. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Talking around super-diversity. In J.W. Duyvendak, N. Foner, & P. Kasinitz (Eds.), Super-diversity in Everyday Life (pp. 125-39). London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S. (2020). The work of “integration”. In K. McKowen, & J. Borneman (Eds.), Digesting Difference: The Anthropology of Migrant Incorporation in Europe (pp 251-66). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S. (2019). Epilogue: what’s the matter with Rotterdam? In P. Scholten, M. Crul, & P. van de Laar (Eds.), Coming to terms with superdiversity: the case of Rotterdam (pp. 237-241). Basel: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96041-8_13. Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). Fredrik Barth and the social organization of difference. In T. H. Eriksen, & M. Jakoubek (Eds.), Ethnic groups and boundaries today: a legacy of fifty years (pp. 109-117). London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). Mooring, migration milieus and complex explanations. In M. Bulmer, & J. Solomos (Eds.), Celebrating 40 years of Ethnic and Racial Studies: classic papers in context (pp. 418-25) [Reprint], London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S. (2018). Super-diversity and its implications. In M. Bulmer, & J. Solomos (Eds.), Celebrating 40 years of Ethnic and Racial Studies: classic papers in context (pp. 375-405). London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2015). Conclusion. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Diversities old and new: Migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg (pp. 247-258). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S. (2015). Introduction: formulating diversity studies. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of diversity studies  (pp. 1-20). London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2015). Introduction: Migration, cities, diversities 'old' and 'new'. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Diversities old and new: Migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg (pp. 1-20). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Link

Vertovec, S. (2014). Introduction. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Migration and Diversity (pp. xiii-xviii). Aldershot: Edward Elgar.

Vertovec, S. (2014). Reading “super-diversity”. In M. Keith, & B. Anderson (Eds.), Migration: The COMPAS Anthology (pp. 86-88). Oxford: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society.

Vertovec, S. (2013). Circular migration. In I. Ness (Ed.), The encyclopedia of global human migration: Vol. 2: A - Cro (pp. 1053-1058). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Link

Vertovec, S. (2013). "Diversität" und die gesellschaftliche Vorstellungswelt. In J. Dahlvik, C. Reinprecht, & W. Sievers (Eds.), Migration und Integration - wissenschaftliche Perspektiven aus Österreich: Jahrbuch 2/2013 (pp. 21-47). Wien: V&R unipress. Link

Vertovec, S. (2013). ¿Hacia un post-multiculturalismo? Comunidades cambiantes, condiciones y contextos de diversidad. In A. Cruz-Manjarrez (Ed.), Multiculturalismo y minorías étnicas en las Américas  (pp. 37-64). Colima: Universidad de Colima Press.

Vertovec, S. (2013). Towards comparing South Asian diasporic phenomena. In K. Sharma, & R. Singh (Eds.), Dual identity: Indian diaspora and other essays  (pp. 76-91). New Delhi and Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan. Link

Vertovec, S. (2012). Superdiversität. In F. Hillman (Ed.), Migration-Stadt-Citizenship. Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung.

Vertovec, S. (2012). Trends and impacts of migrant transnationalism. In A. K. Sahoo, M. Baas, & T. Faist (Eds.), Indian diaspora and transnationalism (pp. 48-106). Jaipur: Rawat. Link

Vertovec, S. (2011). Die Chimäre des Multikulturalismus. In S. Stemmler (Ed.), Multikultur 2.0: willkommen im Einwanderungsland Deutschland (pp. 72-76). Göttingen: Wallstein-Verl. Link

Vertovec, S. (2011). Multiculturalism, culturalism and public incorporation. In R. Cohen, & G. Jónsson (Eds.), Migration and Culture (pp. 351-371). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Conceiving and researching transnationalism. In M. Martiniello, & J. Rath (Eds.), Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation (pp. 91-109) (Reprint of 1999 article). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Vertovec, S. (2010). Cosmopolitanism. In K. Knott, & S. McLoughlin (Eds.), Diasporas: Concepts, Identities, Intersections (pp. 63-69). London: Zed Books. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). General Introduction. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Migration, Vol. I: Theories (pp. 1-8). London, New York: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Introduction. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions (pp. 1-17). London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Introduction. In G. Baumann, & S. Vertovec (Eds.), Conceiving Multiculturalism: From Roots to Rights (pp. 1-5). London, New York: Routledge.

Vertovec, S., & Wessendorf, S. (2010). Introduction. In S. Vertovec, & S. Wessendorf (Eds.), The Multicultural Backlash: European Discourses, Policies and Practices (pp. 1-31). London, New York: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Super-diversity and its implications. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Anthropology of Migration and Multiculturalism: New Directions (pp. 65-96). London: Routledge. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Transnationalism. In G. Kurien et al. (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Political Science.  Washington, D.C.: CQ Press/SAGE.

Vertovec, S. (2009). Toward post-multiculturalism? Changing communities, conditions and contexts of diversity. In H. Casper-Hehne, & I. Schweiger (Eds.), Vom Verstehen zur Verständigung (pp. 43-76). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag. Link

Vertovec, S. (2008). An accented radio: Fostering cosmopolitanism through media in Berlin. In M. Nowicka, & M. Rovisco (Eds.), Cosmopolitanism in Practice (pp. 131-144). Farnham: Ashgate. Link

Vertovec, S. (2008). Islamophobia and Muslim recognition in Britain. In S. Koshy, & R. Radhakrishnana (Eds.), Transnational South Asians: The Making of a Neo-Diaspora (pp. 97-123). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Link

Vertovec, S. (2007). Migrant transnationalism and modes of transformation. In A. Portes, & J. DeWind (Eds.), Rethinking Migration: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. Oxford: Berg.

Vertovec, S., & Wessendorf, S. (2006). Cultural, religious and linguistic diversity in Europe: An overview of issues and trends. In R. Penninx, M. Berger, & K. Kraal (Eds.), The Dynamics of Internaitonal Migration and Settlement in Europe (pp. 171-199). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Press.

Vertovec, S. (2006). Fostering cosmopolitanisms: A conceptual survey and a media experiment in Berlin. In G. H. Lenz, F. Ulfers, & A. Dallmann (Eds.), Toward a new metropolitanism: Reconstituting public culture, urban citizenship, and the multicultural imaginary in New York and Berlin (pp. 277-298). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag.

Vertovec, S. (2006). Transnacionalismo migrante y modos de trasformación. In A. Portes, & J. Dewind (Eds.), Repensando las migraciones. Nuevas perspectivas teóricas y empíricas (pp. 157-190). Zacatecas: México Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas.

Vertovec, S. (2005). Transnationalism. In M. Gibney, & R. Hansen (Eds.), Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present, Vol. 2 (pp. 603-607). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

Vertovec, S. (2004). Diaspora. In E. Cashmore (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies (pp. 106-107). London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S., Penninx, R., Kraal, K., & Martiniello, M. (2004). Introduction: European cities and their new residents. In S. Vertovec, R. Penninx, K. Kraal, & M. Martiniello (Eds.), Citizenship in European cities (pp. 1-16). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Vertovec, S. (2004). Religion and diaspora. In P. Antes, A. W. Geertz, & R. Warne (Eds.), New Approaches to the Study of Religion (pp. 275-304). Berlin: de Gruyter.

Vertovec, S. (2003). Introduction. In S. Vertovec, & D. Posey (Eds.), Globalization, globalism, environments and environmentalism: Consciousness of connections (pp. 1-8). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S. (2002). Diaspora, transnationalism and Islam: Sites of change and modes of research. In J. Nielsen, & S. Allieve (Eds.), Muslim networks and transnational communities in and across Europe (pp. 312-326). Leiden: Brill.

Vertovec, S., & Cohen, R. (2002). Introduction: Conceiving cosmopolitanism. In S. Vertovec, & R. Cohen (Eds.), Conceiving cosmopolitanism: Theory, context and practice (pp. 1-22). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S. (2002). Islamophobia and Muslim recognition in Britain. In Y. Haddad (Ed.), Muslims in the west: From sojourners to citizens (pp. 19-35). New York: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S. (2001). Berlin Multikulti: Germany, “foreigners” and “world-openness”. In H. Goulbourne (Ed.), Race and ethnicity: Critical concepts in sociology, Vol. 4: Integration, adaption and change (pp. 378-401). London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S. (2001). Hinduism in diaspora: the transformation of tradition in Trinidad. In C. Barrow, & R. Reddock (Eds.), Caribbean sociology: Introductory readings (pp. 622-642). Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers.

Vertovec, S., Tillie, J., & Rogers, A. (2001). Introduction: Multicultural policies and modes of citizenship in European cities. In J. Tillie, & A. Rogers (Eds.), Multicultural policies and modes of citizenship in European cities (pp. 1-13). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Immigrant and ethnic minority participation in European urban policies. In C. Giordano, & J. Rolshoven (Eds.), Europäische Ethnologie – Ethnologie Europas (pp. 77-93). Freiburg: Universitätsverlag.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Introduction. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Migration and social cohesion (pp. xi-xxxvii). Aldershot: Edward Elgar.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Introduction. In S. Vertovec, & R. Cohen (Eds.), Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism (pp. xiii-xxviii). Aldershot: Edward Elgar.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Multiculturalism, culturalism, and public incorporation. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Migration and social cohesion (pp. 222-242). Aldershot: Edward Elgar.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Social cohesion and tolerance. In J. Hjarno (Ed.), From metropolis to cosmopolis (pp. 94-134). Esbjerg: South Jutland University Press.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Accommodating religious pluralism in Britain: South Asian religions. In M. Martiniello (Ed.), Multicultural policies and the state (pp. 1-24). Utrecht: ERCOMER.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Introduction. In S. Vertovec, & A. Rogers (Eds.), Muslim European youth: Reproducing religion, ethnicity and culture (pp. 1-24). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Multi-multiculturalisms. In M. Martiniello (Ed.), Multicultural policies and the state (pp. 25-38). Utrecht: ERCOMER.

Vertovec, S. (1998). Young Muslims in Keighley, West Yorkshire: cultural identity, context and “community”. In S. Vertovec, & A. Rogers (Eds.), Muslim European youth: Reproducing religion, ethnicity and culture (pp. 87-101). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Vertovec, S. (1997). Hinduism in diaspora: the transformation of tradition in Trinidad. In G. D. Sontheimer, & H. Kulke (Eds.), Hinduism reconsidered (pp. 265-293). Delhi: Manohar.

Vertovec, S., & Peach, C. (1997). Introduction: Islam in Europe and the politics of religion and community. In S. Vertovec, & C. Peach (Eds.), Islam in Europe: The politics of religion and community (pp. 3-47). Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Vertovec, S. (1997). Les religions de l’Asie du Sud en Grande-Bretagne: influences, et développements. In H. McLeod, S. Mews, & C. D'Haussy (Eds.), Histoire Religieuse de la Grande-Bretagne (pp. 251-260). Paris: Les éditions du Cerf.

Vertovec, S. (1996). Diaspora. In E. Cashmore (Ed.), Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations (pp. 99-101). London: Routledge.

Vertovec, S., & Nielsen, J. S. (1996). Great Britain. In F. Dassetto, & Y. Conrad (Eds.), Musulmans en Europe Occidentale: Bibliographie commentée / Muslims in Western Europe: An Annotated Bibliography (pp. 67-94). Paris: L'Harmattan.

Vertovec, S. (1996). Muslims, the state and the public sphere in Britain. In G. Nonneman, T. Niblock, & B. Sjazkowski (Eds.), Muslim communities in the new Europe (pp. 167-186). London: Ithaca Press.

Vertovec, S. (1996). “Official” and “popular” Hinduism in the Caribbean: Historical and contemporary trends in Surinam, Trinidad and Guyana. In D. Dabydeen, & B. Samaroo (Eds.), Across the dark waters: Ethnicity and India identity in the Caribbean (pp. 108-130). Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Vertovec, S. (1996). On the reproduction and representation of Hinduism in Britain. In T. Ranger, Y. Samad, & O. Stewart (Eds.), Culture, identity and politics: Ethnic minorities in Britain (pp. 77-89). Aldershot: Avebury.

Vertovec, S. (1995). Hindus in Trinidad and Britain: Ethnic religion, reification and the politics of public space. In P. van der Veer (Ed.), Nation and migration: The politics of space in the South Asian diaspora (pp. 132-156). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Vertovec, S. (1995). Indian indentured migration to the Caribbean. In R. Cohen (Ed.), The Cambridge survey of world migration (pp. 57-62). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Vertovec, S., & Rogers, A. (1995). Introduction. In S. Vertovec, & A. Rogers (Eds.), The urban context: Ethnicity, social networks and situational analysis (pp. 1-33). Oxford: Berg.

Vertovec, S. (1995). Managing cultural pluralism in European cities. In J. W. Dacyl (Ed.), Management of cultural pluralism in Europe (pp. 318-326). Stockholm: Swedish National Commission for UNESCO and CEIFO.

Vertovec, S. (1994). Caught in an ethnic quandary: Indo-Caribbean hindus in London. In R. Ballard (Ed.), Desh pardesh: The South Asian presence in Britain (pp. 272-290). London: Hurst.

Vertovec, S. (1993). Indo-Caribbean experience in Britain: overlooked, miscategorized, misunderstood. In W. James, & C. Harris (Eds.), Inside babylon: the Caribbean diaspora in Britain (pp. 165-178). London: Verso.

Vertovec, S. (1992). Central America and the Caribbean. In A. Rogers (Ed.), Peoples and Cultures (pp. 70-79). New York: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S. (1991). Introduction. In S. Vertovec (Ed.), Aspects of the South Asian Diaspora (pp. 1-10). New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Vertovec, S. (1991). Inventing religious tradition: yagnas and Hindu renewal in Trinidad. In J. S. Jensen, & A. W. Geertz (Eds.), Tradition and Renewal (pp. 77-95). Aarhus: Universitetsforlag.

Vertovec, S. (1990). Introduction: Themes in the study of the South Asian diaspora. In S. Vertovec, C. Peach, & C. Clarke (Eds.), South Asian overseas: migration and ethnicity (pp. 1-29). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Vertovec, S. (1990). Oil boom and recession in Trinidad Indian villages. In S. Vertovec, C. Peach, & C. Colin (Eds.), South Asians overseas: migration and ethnicity (pp. 89-111). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Vertovec, S. (1989). Hinduism in diaspora: the transformation of tradition in Trinidad. In G.-D. Sontheimer, & H. Kulke (Eds.), Hinduism reconsidered (pp. 152-179). Delhi: Manohar.

Other Publications

Vertovec, S. (2021). Superdiversity and social complexity. MMG Working Paper, (21-04). Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Considering the work of “integration”. MMG Working Paper, (20-04). Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Covid-19 and enduring stigma. Max Planck Society. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Ein Stigma, das bleibt. taz Archiv, (12220), 12-12. Link

Vertovec, S. (2020). Globale Migration und der grosse Umbruch. Max Planck Forschung 03/2020: 20-25.

Vertovec, S. (2020).] Low-skilled migrants after Covid19: Singapore futures? COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum blog. Link

Vertovec, S. (2019). Diversifications. MMG Working Paper, (19-03). Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). The public understanding of migration. Max-Planck-Society. Link

Vertovec, S. (2018). Wissenschaftlich lassen sich Parallelgesellschaften nicht nachweisen. Interview in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29 September 2018. Link

Vertovec, S., Becker, S., Fleischer, A., Schader, M., & Wari, S. (2017). Addressing the diversity of asylum-seekers’ needs and aspirations: A report to the Volkswagen foundation. MMG Working Paper, (17-05). Link

Vertovec, S. (2016). "Die Deutschen schaffen das". Bild der Wissenschaft, (März). Link

Vertovec, S. (2016). The growth of super-diverse cities. Culture: Urban Future; Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development, 141. Link

Vertovec, S. (2015). Germany’s second turning point: long-term effects of the refugee crisis. Open Democracy, (30 Septmeber). Link

Vertovec, S., & Hewstone, M. (2014). Prejudice: Not just whom you know, but also where you live. The Huffington Post, (March 4). Link

Vertovec, S., Hiebert, D., & Rath, J. (2014). Urban markets and diversity: Toward a research agenda. MMG Working Paper, (14-06). Link

Petermann, S., Heywood, J., Hewstone, M., Hüttermann, J., Schmid, K., Schmitt, T. M., Schönwälder, K., Stolle, D., & Vertovec, S. (2012). The “Diversity and Contact” (DIVCON) Survey 2010 (wave 1) - Technical Report. MMG Working Paper, (12-21). Link

Vertovec, S. (2012). Superdiversität. Heimatkunde: Migrationspolitisches Portal. Link

Vertovec, S. (2011). Migration and new diversities in global cities: comparatively conceiving, observing and visualizing diversification in urban public spaces. MMG Working Paper, (11-08). Link

Vertovec, S. (2011). Transnationalism. In G. T. Kurien, & J. E. Alt (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of political science (pp. 1683-1684). Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. Link

Vertovec, S. (2010). Networking diversity. Max Planck Research, 2(1), 82-89. Link

Vertovec, S., & Wessendorf, S. (2009). Assessing the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe. MMG Working Paper, 09-04. Link

Vertovec, S. (2009). Conceiving and Researching Diversity. MMG Working Paper, 09-01. Link

Vertovec, S. (2009). Cosmopolitanism in attitude, practice and competence. MMG Working Paper, 09-08. Link

Vertovec, S. (2009). Toward post-multiculturalism? Changing communities, conditions and contexts of diversity. UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity. Link

Vertovec, S. (2007). From multiculturalism to super-diversity. Britain Today.

Vertovec, S. (2007). New complexities of cohesion in Britain: Super-diversity, transnationalism and civil-integration. London: Communities and Local Government Publications. Link

Vertovec, S. (2006). Diasporas good? Diasporas bad? Metropolis World Bulletin, 6, 5-8.

Vertovec, S. (2006). The emergence of super-diversity in Britain. ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper, 25. Link

Vertovec, S. (2006). Is circular migration the way forward in global policy? Around the Globe, 3(2), 38-44. Melbourne: Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements.

Vertovec, S., & Wessendorf, S. (2005). Migration and cultural, religious and linguisitic diversity in Europe: An overview of issues and trends. ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper, 18. Link

Vertovec, S. (2005). Opinion: Super-diversity revealed. BBC News Online. Link

Vertovec, S. (2005). The political importance of diasporas. Migration Information Source Migration Fundamentals. Link  [reprinted as ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper WP-05-13]

Vertovec, S. (2004). Trends and developments in transnational migration. ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society Working Paper, 3. Link

Vertovec, S., van Hear, N., & Pieke, F. N. (2004). The UK diaspora contribution to development and poverty reduction. Report for the Department for International Development.

Castes, S., Rogers, A., Vasta, E., & Vertovec, S. (2003). Integration and Social Insertion of Migrants, Brussels: European Commission DG Research EUR 20641.

Vertovec, S., Pieke, F. N., & van Hear, N. (2003). Memorandum to the House of Commons international development committee – migration and development inquiry. Committee on International Development Memoranda. Link

Vertovec, S., Castles, S., Rogers, A., & Vasta, E. (2003). Migration and integration as challenges to European society. Report to the European Commission.

Vertovec, S. (2002). Maids, exiles, bankers and terrorists break down borders. Times Higher Education Supplement. Link

Vertovec, S. (2002). Religion in migration, diasporas and transnationalism. Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis Working Paper Series, 02-07. Link

Vertovec, S. (2002). Transnational networks and skilled labour migration. ESRC Transnational Communities Research Programme Working Papers, 02-02. Link

Vertovec, S. (2001). Religion and diaspora. ESRC Transnational Communities Research Programme Working Papers, 01-01. Link

Vertovec, S. (2001). The social impact of migration: integration. Institute of Public Policy Research Workshop Paper.

Vertovec, S. (2001). Transnational challenges to the “new” multiculturalism. ESRC Transnational Communities Research Programme Working Papers, 01-06. Link

Vertovec, S. (2001). Transnational social formations: toward conceptual cross-fertilization. Princeton University Center for Migration and Development Working Papers, 01-06n. Link

Vertovec, S. (2000). Fostering cosmopolitanisms: a conceptual survey and a media experiment in Berlin. ESRC Transnational Communities Research Programme Working Papers, 2K-06. Link

Vertovec, S. (2000). Rethinking remittances. ESRC Transnational Communities Research Programme Working Papers, 2K-15. Link

Vertovec, S. (2000). Transnational communities. The Runnymede Bulletin, 321, 21-22.

Vertovec, S. (1999). Global networks. ISIM [International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World] Newsletter, 2(32).

Vertovec, S. (1997). Social cohesion and tolerance. METROPOLIS Project Discussion Paper.

Vertovec, S. (1993). Annotated bibliography of academic publications regarding Islam and muslims in the United Kingdom, 1985-1992. Bibliographies in Ethnic Relations Series, 11. Link

Vertovec, S. (1993). Muslims in Britain: a profile of settlement processes, internal groupings, and relations to society and state. In Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research (Ed.), The social, political and cultural role of the Muslim communities in post-bipolar Europe: a survey (pp. 81-94).

Vertovec, S. (1992). Islam and Muslim communities in Britain: an annotated bibliography, 1985-1992. Bibliographies in Ethnic Relations Series, 11, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick.

Vertovec, S. (1990). Current British studies on South Asians in the United Kingdom. South Asia Newsletter,  5, 11-15.

Vertovec, S. (1990). Hindu "ritual" in Fiji (comment). Man (N.S.), 25, 145-146.

Vertovec, S. (1989). Differential trends in London Hindu temples: some implications for the study of Hinduism in diaspora. Punjab Research Group Discussion Papers, 25.