Staff Profile

My research is concerned with knowledge production, political debate and policy-making in the area of post-immigrant “integration” and citizenship. I am particularly interested in the interaction between state regulation and disruptive agency, the politics of crisis and the development of policy agendas that aim for social unity and cohesion.

Before joining Newcastle, I have held fellowships at the European University Institute’s Robert Schuman Centre (Cultural Pluralism Programme, 2013-14) and at the Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol (2010-13). From 2014 till 2017, I have taught political sociology at the University of Lincoln.

Office hours: Tuesday 4-6pm and Thursday 5-6pm (either in-person or by zoom). Please book your meeting slot here: https://calendly.com/jan-dobbernack/

SOC1032 Politics and Society (1st year)

SOC2087 Identity and Difference in Multicultural Britain (2nd year)

SOC8052: Theories of Society, Power and Politics (MA) 

• Dobbernack J. Civic Inclusion for Permanent Minorities: Thinking through the Politics of "Ghetto" and "Separatism" Laws. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2022, 45(16), 568-590.
• Dobbernack J. Making a presence: Images of polity and constituency in British Muslim representative politics. Ethnicities 2019, 19(2), 292-310.
• Dobbernack J. The Politics of Social Cohesion in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014.
• Dobbernack J. The missing politics of muscular liberalism. Identities 2018, 25(4), 377-396.
• Dobbernack J. Zivilisation und Politik. Positionen in der Beschneidungsdebatte [Civilisation and Politics. Positions in the debate on male circumcision]. Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 2016, 29(2), 34-43.
• Dobbernack J. Citizenship, Nationality and Immigration in Germany. Ottawa: Global Centre for Pluralism, 2017.
• Dobbernack J, Meer N, Modood T. Misrecognition and Political Agency. The Case of Muslim Organisations in a General Election. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 2015, 17(2), 189-206.
• Brown W, Dobbernack J, Modood T, Newey G, March AF, Tønder L, Forst R. What is important in theorizing tolerance today?. Contemporary Political Theory 2015, 14(2), 159-196.
• Dobbernack J, Modood T. Tolerance, Intolerance and Respect: Hard to Accept?. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.