OWNERS is a 5-year research project (2017-2022) funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant awarded to Dr. Borja Martinović at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The project examines collective psychological ownership (CPO) - a sense that a territory belongs to one's ethnic group.
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Ownership claims in Western Europe
Ownership claims in settler societies
Ownership claims in conflict regionsWho we are
We are a group of researchers at Utrecht University, Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, working on the OWNERS project. The core research team consists of Borja Martinović (Principal Investigator), Tom Nijs (PhD student working on Project 1), Wybren Nooitgedagt (PhD student working on Project 2), and Nora Storz (PhD student working on Project 3). Our research interests are in the field of migration and intergroup relations and we are all part of the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER). The wider team includes collaborators in the nine countries that are covered by the OWNERS project.
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News
An article has been accepted for publication
Our article entitled “Can ‘we’ share the contested territory with ‘them’? Shared territorial ownership perceptions and reconciliation intentions in Kosovo”, […]
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Conference talks on collective psychological ownership at the AASP conference 2021
Wybren Nooitgedagt presented a paper on ingroup and outgroup ownership perceptions of New Zealand and the relation with intentions for […]
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A symposium on territorial ownership and ownership threat at the 2021 ISPP Annual Meeting
Borja Martinovic organized and chaired a symposium entitled “‘Territorial ownership and intergroup relations: the role of entitlement, responsibility, and ownership […]
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A conference talk at Dag van de Sociologie 2021
Tom Nijs presented his paper entitled ‘The different faces of collective psychological ownership: Rights, responsibilities, and behavioral intentions’ to a […]
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Intellectual exchange ESSO group at the University of Helsinki
The OWNERS team (Borja Martinovic, Tom Nijs, Nora Storz, and Wybren Nooitgedagt) presented their work to the ESSO group (Etnisten […]
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Interview with Norwegian NRK
Tom Nijs was interviewed about right-wing populism in The Netherlands by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. You can find the broadcast […]
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Talk at Sociëtas Groningen
Tom Nijs discussed his research on collective psychological ownership in Western Europe as part of the ‘Huiskamercolleges’ [living room lectures] […]
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New publication in Social Justice Research
The article entitled “Autochthony and making amends to indigenous peoples: The mediating role of collective moral emotions”, written by Wybren […]
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Interview in Dutch newspaper Trouw
Tom Nijs and Borja Martinovic were interviewed by Dutch newspaper Trouw about the OWNERS research project, and more specifically, about […]
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New publication in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
The article entitled “‘Losing what is OURS: The intergroup consequences of collective ownership threat”, written by Tom Nijs, Maykel Verkuyten, […]
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