Dr. K. (Kobe) De Keere
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Cultural Sociology
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Kamernummer: B6.04
Postadres
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Postbus 15508
1001 NA Amsterdam
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Profile
Kobe De Keere is assistant professor in sociology and spends a big chunk of his time figuring out the moral and cultural dimensions of our economic lives. He holds Master’s degrees in philosophy (Ghent University) and sociology (Free University of Brussels) and received a Ph.D. in sociology from the Free University of Brussels. He teaches several courses in economic and cultural sociology on Bachelor and (Research) Master level. His PhD research involved an analysis individualism as a classed discourse. He published on topics such as educational inequality, language conflicts, cultural class boundaries, moral position taking, meaning of work and hiring. Currently, his main research focus is on subjects such as economic valuation, employee hiring, and the cryptocurrency market.
He is a member of the program group Cultural Sociology of the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam and a fellow of the Norbert Elias Foundation. He held the Gak Fellowship (2021) at The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (KNAW) and is affiliated scholar of the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion (Harvard University). He has been a part of the TOR-research group of the Free University of Brussels and was visiting scholar at the Affective Science Group of the Social Psychology Department at the University of Oslo. Recently, he has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Polytechnic University of Turin and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has received several research grants from the Dutch Research Council (Veni and Open competition XS Grant) and is a member of the editorial boards of Tijdschrift Sociologie, Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change and Cultural Sociology.
For an overview of current research projects visit (e)valuating work(ers) and Imagining a crypto world
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Publicaties
- refereed (24)
- wetenschappelijk (3)
- vakpublicatie (2)
- populair wetenschappelijk (6)
- congresbijdragen (4)
- erkenning (11)
- supervised theses (1)
2023
- De Keere, K. (2023). Justifying employee gatekeeping: A video-elicitation and comparative study on resolving the moral unease of hiring. Organization. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084231195435
2022
De Keere, K. (2022). Evaluating Self-Presentation: Gatekeeping Recognition Work in Hiring. Cultural Sociology, 16(1), 86-110. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755211032527 [details]
2021
- De Keere, K., Thunnissen, E., & Kuipers, G. (2021). Defusing moral panic: Legitimizing binge-watching as manageable, high-quality, middle-class hedonism. Media, Culture & Society, 43(4), 629-647. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443720972315 [details]
2020
- De Keere, K. (2020). Als in een film: waarom een wereld in crisis soms niet helemaal echt lijkt. Tijdschrift Sociologie, 1, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.38139/TS.2020.10 [details]
- De Keere, K. (2020). Finding the moral space: Rethinking morality, social class and worldviews. Poetics, 79, Article 101415. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2019.101415 [details]
- De Keere, K., & Reinink, R. (2020). Geen naam voor ons: symbolische grenzen en voornamen. Tijdschrift Sociologie, 1, 75-100. https://doi.org/10.38139/TS.2020.11 [details]
2019
- Boyle, B., & De Keere, K. (2019). Aesthetic labour, class and taste: Mobility aspirations of middle-class women working in luxury-retail. The Sociological Review, 67(3), 706-722. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119827753 [details]
- De Keere, K., & Spruyt, B. (2019). ‘Prophets in the pay of state’: The institutionalization of the middle-class habitus in schooling between 1880 and 2010. The Sociological Review, 67(5), 1066-1085. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118822824 [details]
2018
- De Keere, K. (2018). (Nog eens) een theorie van een kameleon klasse: [Bespreking van: E. Currid-Halkett (2017) The sum of small things: A theory of the aspirational class]. Sociologie, 14(1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.5117/SOC2018.1.003.BOEK [details]
- De Keere, K. (2018). Cultuursociologie: een veld zonder doxa? Sociologie, 14(2/3), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.5117/SOC2018.2/3.002.KEER [details]
- De Keere, K. (2018). Disentangling Individualism: Toward a Heuristic Tool for Cultural Analyses of Evaluations of Self and Society. Journal for Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 3(2), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.20897/jcasc/3993 [details]
- De Keere, K. (2018). Political distinction: Searching for a structural similarity between class and politics in Flanders (Belgium). European Societies, 20(3), 375-400. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2017.1371320 [details]
2016
- Spruyt, B., De Keere, K., Keppens, G., Roggemans, L., & Van Droogenbroeck, F. (2016). What is it worth? An empirical investigation into attitudes towards education amongst youngsters following secondary education in Flanders. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(4), 586-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.960960 [details]
2015
- De Keere, K., de Korte, K., & Glorieux, I. (2015). Daarna eentje drinken? Profiel en activiteiten van bezoekers aan cultuur- en gemeenschapscentra. In J. Lievens, J. Siongers, & H. Waege (Eds.), Participatie in Vlaanderen 2: Eerste analyses van de participatiesurvey 2014 (pp. 91-106). Leuven: Acco.
- De Keere, K., de Korte, K., & Glorieux, I. (2015). Should I stay or should I go. Ongelijke uitval bij bibliotheekgangers. In J. Lievens, J. Siongers, & H. Waege (Eds.), Participatie in Vlaanderen 2: Eerste analyses van de participatiesurvey 2014 (pp. 71-90). Leuven: Acco.
2014
- De Keere, K. (2014). From the self-made to the already made man: A historical content analysis of professional advice literature. Acta Sociologica, 57(4), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699314552737
2013
- De Keere, K. (2013). Van zelfcontrole naar zelfexpressie: een analyse van de transformatie van de geest van het kapitalisme. Sociologie, 9(1), 50-72. https://doi.org/10.5117/SOC2013.1.KEER
- De Keere, K., Spruyt, B., & Elchardus, M. (2013). Individualisme ontleed. Een theoretische en empirische analyse van individualisme-discoursen. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 34(3/4), 307-339.
- Elchardus, M., & De Keere, K. (2013). Republicanism in Mediated Society; A comparative analysis on public and private evaluation guided by the theory of symbolic society. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 26(3), 273-290.
2012
- Elchardus, M., & de Keere, K. (2012). Social control and institutional trust: Reconsidering the effect of modernity on social malaise. The Social Science Journal, 50(1), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2012.10.004
- de Keere, K., & Elchardus, M. (2012). Persoonlijk geluk en maatschappelijke verzuring. Een analyse naar de effecten van modernisering op de publieke en private evaluatie. In M. Elchardus, & I. Glorieux (Eds.), Voorspelbaar Uniek Leuven: LannooCampus.
2011
- de Keere, K., & Elchardus, M. (2011). Narrating linguistic conflict: a storytelling analysis of the language conflict in Belgium. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 3(32), 211-234.
2010
- Elchardus, M., & de Keere, K. (2010). Institutionalizing the new self. A comparative analysis. European Societies, 12(5), 743-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2010.514351
- de Keere, K. (2010). Wantrouwen in wetenschap: een kwestie van reflexiviteit of maatschappelijk onbehagen? Sociologie, 6(1), 26-45.
2024
- Bouris, D. (Author), Boussaid, F. (Author), Bracke, S. (Author), Fontana, S. (Author), Pallister-Wilkins, P. (Author), Bala, S. (Author), de Cesari, C. (Author), Dekker, M. (Author), De Keere, K. (Author), Ferrari Braun, A. (Author), Gaddam, S. (Author), Hamdan, A. (Author), Hegazy, M. (Author), Jansen, Y. (Author), Işleyen, B. (Author), Korkmaz, A. (Author), Loken, M. (Author), Moors, A. (Author), Pali, B. (Author), ... Vertommen, S. (Author). (2024). De ondraaglijke lichtheid van UvA’s neutraliteit. Web publication or website, Folia. https://www.folia.nl/opinie/161096/de-ondraaglijke-lichtheid-van-uvas-neutraliteit
2011
- de Keere, K., Elchardus, M., & Servais, O. (2011). Un Pays/Deux Langues. La Belgique au quotidien. Leuven: LannooCampus.
- de Keere, K., Elchardus, M., & Servais, O. (2011). Één Land/Twee Talen. België uit het leven gegrepen. Leuven: LannooCampus.
2018
- De Keere, K., & Swyngedouw, E. (2018). Wie is welkom in de creatieve stad? Sociologos, 39(3), 203-209. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328688136_Wie_is_welkom_in_de_creatieve_stad [details]
- De Keere, K., & Swyngedouw, E. (Eds.) (2018). Wie is welkom in de creatieve stad? Sociologos, 39(3), 203-347. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328688136_Wie_is_welkom_in_de_creatieve_stad [details]
2019
- De Keere, K. (2019). Het oorverdovende gewicht van de stille massa. De Standaard. http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20190120_04116797
2018
- De Keere, K. (2018). Het IPCC-rapport is een alarmbel maar we blijven snoozen. De Volkskrant. https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/het-ipcc-rapport-is-een-alarmbel-maar-we-blijven-snoozen~b4104438/
2017
- De Keere, K. (2017). Gluren over de empathie-muur. De Nederlandse Boekengids, 2(6), Article 7-8. https://www.nederlandseboekengids.com/2017-6-kobe-de-keere/ [details]
2016
- De Keere, K. (2016). Doorbreek het taboe bij de kapper. De Standaard.
- De Keere, K. (2016). En daarom krijgen ze Brussel er nooit onder. De Volkskrant, Opinie en debat, 19. http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/en-daarom-krijgen-ze-brussel-er-nooit-onder~a4269580/
- De Keere, K. (2016). Grenzen laten vervagen is realistischer dan er nieuwe uit de grond te stampen. Mondiaal Magazine (MO*).
2017
- De Keere, K. (2017). Searching for the moral field: homology between class and morality. Paper presented at ESA Conference, Athens, Greece.
- De Keere, K. (2017). The moral field? A homology between class and moral thought styles.. Paper presented at Michèle Lamont workshop, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2016
- De Keere, K. (2016). 'Prophets in the pay of state’: a historical analysis of the transformation of teachers’ pedagogical discourse.. Paper presented at Annual BSA Conference 2016, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- De Keere, K., & Flemmen, M. (2016). Political distinction and the space of social classes: comparing Norway and Flanders. Paper presented at BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Inaugural Biennial Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Prijs / subsidie
- De Keere, K. (2017). Hiring on taste: revealing the hidden power of cultural capital within occupational recruitment procedures (NWO-Veni Grant).
Tijdschriftredactie
- De Keere, K. (member of editorial board) (2015-2018). Sociologos (Journal).
Spreker
- De Keere, K. (invited speaker) (30-10-2017). Morality and Social Class.
- De Keere, K. (invited speaker) (21-10-2017). Between fatalism and populism: a homology between class, morality and politics, Populism conference: between resentment and resistance, Amsterdam.
- De Keere, K. (speaker) & Achterberg, P. (speaker) (9-6-2016). Science to the people: What about class?, Dag van de Sociologie, Tilburg.
- De Keere, K. (speaker) (2016). 'Prophets in the pay of state’: a historical analysis of the transformation of teachers’ pedagogical discourse., Annual BSA Conference 2016, Birmingham.
- De Keere, K. (invited speaker) (2016). Science to the people: What about class?, dag van de sociologie 2016, Tilburg.
- De Keere, K. (speaker) (2016). Political distinction: search for a structural similarity between politics and class, sociology seminar, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
- De Keere, K. (speaker), Flemmen, M. (speaker), Spruyt, B. (speaker) & Vandebroeck, D. (speaker) (2016). Political distinction and the space of social classes: comparing Norway and Flanders, BSA Bourdieu Study Group’s Inaugural Biennial Conference, Bristol.
Andere
- De Keere, K. (organiser) & Bracke, S. A. E. (organiser) (23-11-2017). Getting Respect in The Netherlands: between redistribution and respect, Amsterdam. University of Amsterdam/ AISSR and Erasmus Prize Foundation (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- De Keere, K. (organiser), Weenink, D. (organiser), Velthuis, O. J. M. (organiser) & van Venrooij, A. T. (organiser) (19-6-2017 - 20-6-2017). Cultural Sociology Lowlands, 2017, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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De Keere, K. (2022). Evaluating Self-Presentation: Gatekeeping Recognition Work in Hiring. Cultural Sociology, 16(1), 86-110. Advance online publication.