Dr T.M. (Tamar) de Waal
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Profile
Tamar de Waal is associate professor (universitair hoofddocent) at the Amsterdam Law School of the University of Amsterdam. She is director of the Amsterdam Honours College of Law. She also writes the In Den Haag-column in De Groene Amsterdammer (triweekly).
She specializes in (multi-level) citizenship, integration, civic education and interdisciplinairy legal research methods.
Background
Tamar de Waal is assistant professor in legal theory. De Waal has published in a variety of national and international journals and law journals on civic integration policies in EU states and matters of citizenship. She is the author of Integration Requirements for Immigrants in Europe - A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry that was published in 2021 by Hart Publishing (Bloomsbury).
In 2019 she was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. In that year, she also wrote a booklet on the importance of citizenship and citizenship education for Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei. This booklet has been distributed to social studies and civic teachers (docenten maatschappijleer). In 2021-2022 obtained the Urban Citizen Fellowship at NIAS-KNAW and conducted research on urban citizenship and education.
For her dissertation Conditional Belonging, De Waal won the biennal VWR-dissertation prize for best dissertation in legal philosophy in the Netherlands and Belgium (2019).
De Waal is the founder and chairman of Stichting Civic that aims to improve Dutch civic integration policies ('inburgering') for refugees and other newcomers in the Netherlands. That policy must fit within our constitutional state and benefit both newcomers and society. Stichting Civic resides in the LawHub of the Amsterdam Law School.
Currently, De Waal is working on the limits and potence of civic education.
Research interests
- Citizenship
- Multi-layered citizenship (city, national, EU and world)
- Integration requirements in EU Member States
- Civic education
- Research methodology; specifically interdisciplinairy legal research combinding law, theory and empirics
Teaching areas
- General Introduction to Law
- Legal Research
- Legal Philosophy
- Integration & Citizenship
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Publications
2022
de Waal, T., & Duyvendak, J. W. (2022). The majority oppressed? On asymmetrical multiculturalism and majority rights. Comparative Migration Studies, 10, [42]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00319-8 [details]
2021
- Modood, T., & de Waal, T. (2021). Multiculturalism Today: Difference, Equality and Interculturalism. In F. Levrau, & N. Clycq (Eds.), Equality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 135-164). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54310-5_4 [details]
- de Waal, T. (2021). Integration Requirements for Immigrants in Europe: A Legal-Philosophical Inquiry. Hart. [details]
2020
- de Waal, T. (2020). Conditional Belonging: Evaluating Integration Requirements from a Social Equality Perspective. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 41(2), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2020.1724906 [details]
- de Waal, T. (2020). Liberal Democracy and the Judeo-Christian Tradition. Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, 49(1), 7-21. https://doi.org/10.5553/NJLP/.000083 [details]
2019
- De Waal, T. (2019). "Make Sure You Belong!": A Critical Assessment of Integration Requirements for Residential and Citizenship Rights in Europe. Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, 25, 37-63. [details]
2018
- de Waal, T. (2018). Is the post-multicultural era pro-diversity? Comparative Migration Studies, 15(6), [15]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-018-0084-4 [details]
2022
- Blankvoort, N., & de Waal, T. M. (2022). The (mis)use of 'integration' in the Netherlands. Journaal Vreemdelingenrecht, 21(1), 28-38.
- de Waal, T. M. (2022). Amsterdammerschap en burgerschapsonderwijs: Output Urban Citizen Fellowship Gemeente Amsterdam.
- de Waal, T. M. (2022). Burgerschap als cultuur; het risico van het 'wit schilderen' van kernwaarden. In M. Ten Hooven (Ed.), Ware tolerantie: Hoe we onszelf kunnen zijn en elkaar toch kunnen verdragen Uitgeverij Van Gennep.
2021
- Nissen, E., & de Waal, T. (2021). Veel gewijzigd, weinig verbeterd: De nieuwe Wet inburgering. Asiel & Migrantenrecht, 12(10), 516-523. https://migratieweb.stichtingmigratierecht.nl/article-publication/07-12-2021-asielmigrantenrecht-2021-nr-10-de-nieuwe-wet-inburgering-veel [details]
2019
2018
- de Waal, T. (2018). Alleen een gegrilde burger is een echte burger. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht, 2018(5), 231-232. [44]. http://deeplinking.kluwer.nl/?param=00D046BC&cpid=WKNL-LTR-Nav2 [details]
- de Waal, T. M. (2018). Voorwaardelijk burgerschap. In S. L. de Lange, & J. Zuure (Eds.), #WOEST: de kracht van verontwaardiging (pp. 194-210). AUP. https://www.raadopenbaarbestuur.nl/documenten/publicaties/2018/03/05/woest-over-de-kracht-van-verontwaardiging
2017
- Burgers, L., & de Waal, T. (2017). Activisme via de rechter. Wijsgerig Perspectief, 57(4), 24-33. https://www.filosofie.nl/nl/artikel/48567/activisme-via-de-rechter.html [details]
2012
- de Waal, T. (2012). De juiste spiegels. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 33(1), 89-94. https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/rechtderwerkelijkheid/2012/1/RdW_1380-6424_2012_033_001_008 [details]
2019
- de Waal, T. M. (2019). Tussen kwetsbaarheid en weerbaarheid: Over het belang van burgerschap . Nationaal Comité 4-5 mei & Platform WO2. https://www.4en5mei.nl/app/uploads/2021/03/Tussen-kwetsbaarheid-en-weerbaarheid.pdf
2014
- de Waal, T. (2014). Integratie als instrument tot uitsluiting [Bespreking van: R. van Oers (2013) Deserving citizenship: citizenship tests in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom]. Recht der Werkelijkheid, 35(1), 133-136. https://doi.org/10.5553/RdW/138064242014035001013 [details]
Prize / grant
- de Waal, T. (2019). Honourable mention Faculty Prize for Best Publication of the Academic Year 2018-2019.
- de Waal, T. (2019). VWR prize for best dissertation in legal philosophy.
- de Waal, T. M. (2014). Derde prijs essaywedstrijd 'Werkelijkheid in Perspectief' met essay 'Het Perpetuum Mobile van Europa".
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Ancillary activities
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Stichting Civic
Voorzitter Stichting Civic, platform voor beter inburgeringsbeleid -
Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Lid wetenschappelijke klankbordgroep parlementaire enquêtecommissie -
De Groene Amsterdammer
Columnist 'In Den Haag'
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Stichting Civic
de Waal, T., & Duyvendak, J. W. (2022). The majority oppressed? On asymmetrical multiculturalism and majority rights. Comparative Migration Studies, 10, [42].