Wiebe Ruijtenberg obtains PhD
Postdoctoral researcher Wiebe Ruijtenberg received his doctorate last week. His research shows that state and nationality play an important role in social life in the Netherlands. According to Ruijtenberg, however, the idea that people can be divided into different nationalities is a myth.
In his doctoral thesis 'Living and dying with the nation-state' among Egyptians in the Netherlands, he concludes that the state as we know it does not exist in the everyday reality of individuals. This sheds new light on how we should deal with identity and equality in society