dhr. prof. dr. M.S. (Michael) Merry
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Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Onderwijskunde (OWK)
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Nieuwe Achtergracht
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1018 WS Amsterdam
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M.S.Merry@uva.nl
T: 0205251551
T: 0205251201
Professional Bio
Michael S. Merry is professor of philosophy in the department of Child Development and Education. He also is an associate member both of the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
He received a broad education in the humanities in Chicago, Leuven and New York before earning his doctorate in philosophy and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Situated within the domains of ethics and political philosophy, he writes on a variety of topics within the field of education (broadly understood), though many of his interests intersect with other disciplinary fields such as political science, urban sociology and human geography. Thematically, he specializes in three distinct yet overlapping areas of study. These are: spatial concentration and school segregation; immigration, migration and minority status; and stigma, prejudice and the particularities of identity. His teaching and writing often examine and defend alternative resistance strategies to institutionalized racism and oppression that aim to strengthen the self-determination of stigmatized and disadvantaged minority individuals and communities. Other foci of his teaching and writing include: ethical tensions that occur between freedom and equality; paternalism and the ethics of intervention; the epistemology of education research; and the ethical conflicts that arise between the state, parents and children.
Books authored
(2013) Equality, Citizenship and Segregation: a defense of separation (Palgrave Macmillan)
(2007) Culture, Identity and Islamic Schooling: a philosophical approach (Palgrave Macmillan)
Books edited
(2015) Maussen, M., Vermeulen, F., Bader, V., & Merry, M. Religious Schools in Europe: institutional opportunitities and contemporary challenges (Routledge)
(2010) Merry, M. & Milligan, J. Citizenship, Identity and Education in Muslim Communities: essays on attachment and obligation (Palgrave Macmillan)
Selected Recent Publications
(2015) Community, Virtue and the White British Poor. Dialogues in Human Geography, in press.
(2015) The Conundrum of Religious Schools in Twenty-first Century Europe. Comparative Education (55) 1: 133-156.
(2014) Is Diversity Necessary for Educational Justice? Educational Theory (64) 3: 205-225.
(2014) Risk, Harm and Intervention: the case of child obesity. Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy (17) 2: 191-200.
(2013) Educational Challenges Raised by Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children and other Newcomers: the Dutch response, in Migrants and Refugees: Equitable Education for Displaced Populations, Charlotte: Information Age: 29-50.
(2012) Equality, Self Respect and Voluntary Separation, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy ( 15) 1: 79-100.
(2011) The Relevance of Cosmopolitanism for Moral Education, Journal of Moral Education, (40): 1: 1-18.
(2010) Solving the 'Gypsy Problem': D.H. and Others v. Czech Republic, Comparative Education Review (54) 3: 393-414.
(2009) Can Intimacy Justify Home Education? Theory and Research in Education (7): 3: 363-381
(2008) Constructing an Authentic Self: the challenges and promise of African-centred Pedagogy, American Journal of Education (115) 1: 35-64.
(2007) Should State Fund Religious Schools? Journal of Applied Philosophy (24) 3: 255-270.
2014
- W.S. New & M.S. Merry (2014). Is diversity necessary for educational justice? Educational Theory, 64 (3), 205-225. doi: 10.1111/edth.12058
- O. Agirdag, M.S. Merry & M. van Houtte (2014). Teachers’ understanding of multicultural education and the correlates of multicultural content integration in Flanders. Education and Urban Society. doi: 10.1177/0013124514536610
- G. Driessen & M.S. Merry (2014). Trends in educational disadvantage in Dutch primary school. Educational Review, 66 (3), 276-292. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2013.771146
- M.S. Merry & K. Voigt (2014). Risk, harm and intervention: the case of child obesity. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 17 (2), 191-200. doi: 10.1007/s11019-013-9531-z
2013
- K.L. Collier, H.M.W. Bos, M.S. Merry & T.G.M. Sandfort (2013). Gender, ethnicity, religiosity, and same-sex sexual attraction and the acceptance of same-sex sexuality and gender non-conformity. Sex Roles, 68 (11-12), 724-737. doi: 10.1007/s11199-012-0135-5
- M.S. Merry (2013). Equality, citizenship and segregation: a defense of separation. New York [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan.
- D. Ingleby, S. Kramer & M.S. Merry (2013). Educational challenges raised by refugee and asylum-seeking children and other newcomers: the Dutch response. In E.L. Brown & A. Krasteva (Eds.), Migrants and refugees: equitable education for displaced populations (International advances in education: global initiatives for equity and social justice) (pp. 29-50). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
2012
- W. New & M.S. Merry (2012). Learning who they ‘really’ are: from stigmatization to opportunities to learn in Greek Romani education. In Z. Bekerman & T. Geisen (Eds.), International handbook of migration, minorities and education: understanding cultural and social differences in processes of learning (pp. 623-639). Dordrecht: Springer.
- M. Merry, G. Driessen & I. Oulali (2012). Doet onderwijssegratie ertoe? Pedagogiek, 32 (2), 151-164. doi: URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-100808
- M.S. Merry (2012). Plural societies and the possibility of shared citizenship. Educational Theory, 62 (4), 371-380. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2012.00451.x
- M.S. Merry (2012). Segregation and civic virtue. Educational Theory, 62 (4), 465-486. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.2012.00457.x
- M.S. Merry & G. Driessen (2012). Equality on different terms: the case of Dutch Hindu schools. Education and Urban Society, 44 (5), 632-648. doi: 10.1177/0013124511404887
- M.S. Merry (2012). Paternalism, obesity, and tolerable levels of risk. Democracy & Education, 20 (1), 3.
- M.S. Merry (2012). Foreword. In D. Gereluk (Ed.), Education, extremism and terrorism: what should be taught in citizenship education and why (pp. viii-x). New York: Continuum.
- M.S. Merry & G. Driessen (2012). Integration by other means: Hindu schools in the Netherlands. In Z. Bekerman & T. Geisen (Eds.), International handbook of migration, minorities and education: understanding cultural and social differences in processes of learning (pp. 523-541). Dordrecht [etc.]: Springer.
- M.S. Merry (2012). Equality, self‐respect and voluntary separation. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 15 (1), 79-100. doi: 10.1080/13698230.2010.528239
2011
- M.S. Merry & D.J. de Ruyter (2011). The relevance of cosmopolitanism for moral education. Journal of Moral Education, 40 (1), 1-18.
- M.S. Merry (2011). Civic competence, older children and the right to vote. In D.J. de Ruyter & S. Miedema (Eds.), Moral education and development: a lifetime commitment (pp. 223-236). Rotterdam [etc.]: Sense Publishers.
- M.S. Merry & S. Karsten (2011). Pluralism and segregation: the Dutch experience. Canadian Issues, 83-86.
- G. Driessen & M.S. Merry (2011). The effects of integration and generation of immigrants on language and numeracy achievement. Educational Studies, 37 (5), 581-592. doi: 10.1080/03055698.2010.539762
2010
- M.S. Merry (2010). Identity. In P.L. Peterson, E. Baker & B. McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education 3rd edition (pp. 152-157). Oxford: Elsevier Science.
- M.S. Merry & J.A. Milligan (2010). Citizenship as attachment and obligation. In M.S. Merry & J.A. Milligan (Eds.), Citizenship, identity and education in Muslim communities: essays on attachment and obligation (pp. 1-20). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- M.S. Merry (2010). Does segregation matter? In J. Bakker, E. Denessen, D. Peters & G. Walraven (Eds.), International perspectives on countering school segregation (pp. 249-260). Antwerpen: Garant.
- W.S. New & M.S. Merry (2010). Solving the ‘gypsy problem’: D.H. and others v. the Czech Republic. Comparative Education Review, 54 (3), 393-414. doi: 10.1086/652857
- G. Driessen & M.S. Merry (2010). Hindoescholen in Nederland: een alternatieve route naar integratie? Migrantenstudies, 26 (1), 21-40.
- M.S. Merry & S. Karsten (2010). Restricted liberty, parental choice and homeschooling. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 44 (4), 497-514. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2010.00770.x
2009
- M.S. Merry & G. Driessen (2009). Islamic schools in North America and the Netherlands: inhibiting or enhancing democratic dispositions? In P.A. Woods & G.J. Woods (Eds.), Alternative education for the 21st century: philosophies, approaches, visions (pp. 101-122). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- M.S. Merry & C. Howell (2009). Can intimacy justify home education? Theory and Research in Education, 7 (3), 363-381.
- D.J. de Ruyter & M.S. Merry (2009). Why education in public schools should include religious ideals. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 28 (4), 295-311.
- M.S. Merry (2009). Patriotism, history and the legitimate aims of American education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41 (4), 378-398.
- M.S. Merry & D.J. de Ruyter (2009). Cosmopolitanism and the deeply religious. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 30 (1), 49-60.
- M.S. Merry & J.A. Milligan (2009). Complexities of belonging in democratic/democratizing societies: Islamic identity, ethnicity and citizenship in the Netherlands and Aceh. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 3 (29), 313-325.
2008
- M.S. Merry (2008). Educational justice and the gifted. Theory and Research in Education, 6 (1), 47-70.
- M.S. Merry & W. New (2008). Constructing an authentic self: The challenges and promise of African-centered pedagogy. American Journal of Education, 115 (1), 35-64.
2014
- M.S. Merry (2014). Immigrants, education of. In D.C. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational theory and philosophy (pp. 402-406). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- M.S. Merry (2014). Is there a positive case for segregation in a liberal society? In D. Goodhart (Ed.), Mapping integration (pp. 83-91). London: Demos.
2011
- M.S. Merry (2011). De rol van filosofie in pedagogisch en onderwijskundig onderzoek. . Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar Opvoedkunde, in het bijzonder Grondslagen en Geschiedenis van de Pedagogische Wetenschappen op 26 januari 2011 (2011, January 26). Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam.[go to publisher's site]
- M.S. Merry (2011). Islam in Nederland en België. [Review of the book Islam in Nederland en België]. Insight Turkey, 12(2), 268-271.
- M.S. Merry (2011). [Review of the book Faith schools in the twenty-first century]. European Education, 43(2), 98-100.
Boekredactie
- M. Merry, I. Oulali, J. Steutel & B. Levering (Eds.). (2012). Segregatie in onderwijs en samenleving: bijdragen aan de Vijftiende Landelijke Pedagogendag. Amsterdam: SWP.
- M.S. Merry & J.A. Milligan (Eds.). (2010). Citizenship, identity and education in Muslim communities: essays on attachment and obligation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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