Vita
Boris Heizmann studied Sociology at the Free University of Berlin and graduated in 2007 with a Diplom (MA equivalent). He conducted his PhD studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena where he earned his Dr.phil. in 2012. In 2011 he was a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2012 to 2016 he was a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Hamburg, Faculty for Economic and Social Sciences, Department Socioeconomics (Prof. Dr. Petra Böhnke). From 2016 onwards he is a research associate at GESIS in the department Survey Data Curation (formerly Data Archive for the Social Sciences), Team International Studies.
To topService
User service for and provision of data from the Eurobarometer surveys.
To topResearch
Migration and integration, labour market and social inequality, social policy and the welfare state, migration-related attitudes in comparative perspective, intergenerational transmission processes, poverty research, political sociology
To topPublications
Publication
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Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth-Stöckle. 2023. "The nexus between attitudes towards migration and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 11 European countries." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49 (15): 3774-3795. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2022.2114889.
Veerman, Gert-Jan, Boris Heizmann, and Maja Schachner. 2022. "Conditions for cultural belonging among youth of immigrant descent in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom: Comparative analysis of intergroup experiences and classroom contexts." Ethnic and Racial Studies 45 (16): 659-683. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2136010.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2021. "Economic conditions and perceptions of immigrants as an economic threat in Europe: Temporal dynamics and mediating processes." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 62 (1): 56-82. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715221993529.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2020. "Ausmaß und Ursachen von zuwanderungsbezogenen Bedrohungswahrnehmungen in Ost- und Westdeutschland." Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren : ISI (65): 28-33. doi: https://doi.org/10.15464/isi.65.2020.28-33.
Ziller, Conrad, and Boris Heizmann. 2020. "Economic conditions and native-immigrant asymmetries in generalized social trust." Social Science Research 87 102399. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102399.
Heizmann, Boris, and Conrad Ziller. 2020. "Who is Willing to Share the Burden?: Attitudes towards the Allocation of Asylum Seekers in Comparative Perspective." Social Forces 98 (3): 1026–1051. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soz030.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2019. "Bedrohungsgefühle und die Befürwortung selektiver Einwanderungskriterien im internationalen und temporalen Vergleich." Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren : ISI (61): 12-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.15464/isi.61.2019.12-17.
Heizmann, Boris, and Petra Böhnke. 2019. "Immigrant life satisfaction in Europe – The role of symbolic and social boundaries." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2019 (45:7): 1027-1050. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1438252.
Heizmann, Boris, Alexander Jedinger, and Anja Perry. 2018. "Welfare chauvinism, economic insecurity and the asylum seeker "crisis"." Societies 8 (3): 83. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8030083.
Schachner, Maja, Jia He, Boris Heizmann, and Fons van de Vijver. 2017. "Acculturation and School Adjustment of Immigrant Youth in Six European Countries: Findings from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)." Frontiers in Psychology 8 1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00649.
Heizmann, Boris, Anne Busch-Heizmann, and Elke Holst. 2017. "Immigrant Occupational Composition and the Earnings of Immigrants and Natives in Germany: Sorting or Devaluation?" International Migration Review 51 (2): 475-505. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.12209/full.
Heizmann, Boris, and Petra Böhnke. 2016. "Migrant Poverty and Social Capital: The Impact of Intra- and Interethnic Contacts." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 46 73-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2016.08.006.
Heizmann, Boris. 2016. "Symbolic Boundaries, Incorporation Policies, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: What Drives Exclusionary Policy Preferences?" Ethnic and Racial Studies 39 (10): 1791-1811. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2015.1124128.
Heizmann, Boris. 2015. "Social Policy and Perceived Immigrant Labor Market Competition in Europe: Is Prevention Better Than Cure?" Social Forces 93 (4): 1655-1685. http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/1655.
Schachner, Maja, Alaina Brenick, Fons van de Vijver, Peter Noack, and Boris Heizmann. 2015. "Structural and Normative Conditions for Interethnic Friendships in Multiethnic Classrooms." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 47 (5): 1-12. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147176715000498.
Dören, Martina, Boris Heizmann, and Dagmar Vinz. 2009. "Arbeitslosigkeit und Gesundheit : eine intersektionale Analyse." Femina Politica 18 (1): 35-47. http://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/feminapolitica/article/download/1670/1303.
To topChapter in an edited book
Huth, Nora, and Boris Heizmann. 2021. "Politische Orientierung, empfundene Bedrohung und die Befürwortung von Zuwanderungsbeschränkungen in Europa." In (In)Toleranz in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft?, edited by Sonja Schulz, Pascal Siegers, Bettina Westle, and Oshrat Hochman, Blickpunkt Gesellschaft, 55-95. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32627-2_3.
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2018. "Armut und intergenerationale Mobilität." In Handbuch Armut : Ursachen, Trends, Maßnahmen, edited by Petra Böhnke, Jörg Dittmann, and Jan Goebel, 131-143. Stuttgart: UTB.
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2014. "Die intergenerationale Weitergabe von Armut bei MigrantInnen zweiter Generation." In Zwischen den Generationen. Transmissionsprozesse in Familien mit Migrationshintergrund, edited by Hilde Weiss, Philipp Schnell, and Gülay Ateş, 137-166. Wiesbaden: Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-03123-7_6.
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Heizmann, Boris, and Reinhard Schunck, ed. 2021. Current Perspectives on Immigrant Integration in Europe and Beyond. Research Topic in Frontiers in Sociology (Section Migration and Society). https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/10984/current-perspectives-on-immigrant-integration-in-europe-and-beyond#articles.
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Lampert, Thomas, Christine Hagen, and Boris Heizmann. 2010. Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland. Beiträge zur Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes. Berlin: Robert Koch Institut. https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Gesundheitsmonitoring/Gesundheitsberichterstattung/GBEDownloadsB/soz_ungleichheit_kinder.pdf?__blob=publicationFile.
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Bechert, Insa, Evelyn Brislinger, Boris Heizmann, Markus Quandt, Evi Scholz, Ivet Solanes Ros, and Slaven Zivkovic. 2021. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme: Jahresbericht 2017-2018. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2018. GESIS Papers 2021/09. Köln: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften.
Bechert, Insa, Evelyn Brislinger, Boris Heizmann, Markus Quandt, Evi Scholz, Ivet Solanes Ros, and Slaven Zivkovic. 2021. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme: Tätigkeitsbericht 2019-2020. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020. GESIS Papers 2021/15. Köln: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften.
Bechert, Insa, Evelyn Brislinger, Kathrin B. Busch, Boris Heizmann, Dafina Kurti, Meinhard Moschner, Markus Quandt, Evi Scholz, and Ivet Solanes Ros. 2017. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme. Jahresbericht 2015. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2015. GESIS Papers 2017/05.
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Katsanidou, Alexia, Heiko Giebler, Jale Tosun, Ann-Kathrin Reinl, Steffen Pötzschke, Christina Eder, Boris Heizmann, Bernhard Weßels, Sandra Horvath, Nora Huth, Anne-Marie Parth, Constanza Sanhueza, and Julia Weiß. 2020. Everyday Life in Germany and Europe 2020 . doi: https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13787.
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Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2021. "COVID-19 und zuwanderungsbezogene Einstellungen." Solikris Policy Brief #7. https://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Policy_Brief__7.pdf.
Lecture
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Heizmann, Boris. 2023. "Good enough? A comparison of different harmonization procedures and their substantive consequences." European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2023 Conference , University of Milano-Bicocca, 2023-07-18.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2021. "COVID-19 und migrationsbezogene Einstellungen in 11 europäischen Ländern." "Europa uneins. Solidaritätskonflikte im europäischen Integrationsprozess", Online-Sektionstagung der Sektion Europasoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Online, 2021-03-18.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2019. "How do crisis phenomena affect immigration policy attitudes?: A comparative longitudinal perspective." 26th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, 2019-06-20.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2019. "Temporal Crisis Dynamics and Perceived Immigrant Threat in a Cross-National Perspective." 114th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 2019-08-10.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2018. "Wie beeinflussen Krisenphänomene Einstellungen zur Zuwanderungsbeschränkung? Eine komparativ-längsschnittliche Perspektive." GESIS Tagung zu Migration und interethnischen Beziehungen , 2018-10-11.
Heizmann, Boris, and Nora Huth. 2018. "Zum Einfluss persönlicher und gesellschaftlicher Krisen auf Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Europa: Individuelle Wahrnehmungen und objektive Bedingungen." 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), 2018-09-26.
Heizmann, Boris, and Conrad Ziller. 2017. "Willing to Share the Burden? Attitudes Towards the Allocation of Asylum-Seekers in Comparative Perspective." 24th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies.
Heizmann, Boris. 2016. "Die Arbeitsmarktintegration von Zugewanderten in Europa: Wohlfahrtsregime, Inkorporationspolitiken und Selektivität der Migration." 38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS).
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2016. "Intergenerationelle Weitergabe von Armut bei Personen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund." 38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS).
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2015. "Armut über Generationen – Zur intergenerationalen Transmission von Armut bei Personen mit Migrationshintergrund." Frühjahrstagung der DGS-Sektion Familiensoziologie .
Heizmann, Boris, and Petra Böhnke. 2015. "Immigrant Subjective Well-Being in Europe: The Role of Social and Symbolic Boundaries." BIGSSS International Conference 2015.
Heizmann, Boris, and Petra Böhnke. 2015. "Immigrant Subjective Well-Being in Europe: The Role of Social and Symbolic Boundaries." 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies.
Heizmann, Boris, and Petra Böhnke. 2013. "Migrant Networks and Poverty." XXXIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
Heizmann, Boris. 2013. "Public Preferences for Immigration Restriction in Europe: The role of Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Integration Policies." 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Heizmann, Boris. 2013. "Public Preferences for Immigration Restriction in Europe: The role of Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Integration Policies." 20th International Conference of Europeanists des Council for European Studies.
Heizmann, Boris. 2013. "The Role of Social Policy in the Formation of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments in Europe." Post-Doc-conference „The Future of Welfare State Studies“.
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2012. "Die intergenerationale Weitergabe von Armut: Ein Vergleich Einheimischer mit MigrantInnen zweiter Generation." Conference „Intergenerationale Transmissionsprozesse in MigrantInnenfamilien“ .
Heizmann, Boris. 2012. "Social Distance and Boundarymaking in Europe." Second ISA Forum.
Heizmann, Boris. 2012. "Soziale Distanz und Grenzziehung in Europa." 36. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS).
Heizmann, Boris, Anne Busch, and Elke Holst. 2011. "Immigrant Occupational Composition and the Earnings of Immigrants and Natives in Germany." 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Heizmann, Boris, Anne Busch, and Elke Holst. 2011. "Immigrant Occupational Composition and the Earnings of Immigrants and Natives in Germany." Fourth Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).
Heizmann, Boris. 2011. "Social Policy, Economic Conflicts and Perceived Economic Threat – Is Prevention Better than Cure?" 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Heizmann, Boris. 2011. "Social Policy, Economic Conflicts and Perceived Economic Threat – Is Prevention Better than Cure?" Seventh CRONEM/VISOR Conference "Global Migration and Multiculturalism: Religion, Society, Policy and Politics".
Heizmann, Boris. 2010. "Der Einfluss migrantenspezifischer Arbeitsmarktsegregation auf die Verdienste von MigrantInnen und Nicht-MigrantInnen." 35. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS).
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Huth, Nora, and Boris Heizmann. 2019. "Toleranz und Fremdenfeindlichkeit in Deutschland und Europa. Poster auf der Veranstaltung "Zukunft gestalten – Europa entwickeln. Europatag der Kölner Wissenschaftsrunde"." Zukunft gestalten – Europa entwickeln. Europatag der Kölner Wissenschaftsrunde.
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Heizmann, Boris. 2023. "Meet the Eurobarometer." GESIS Meet the Experts, 2023-03-30.
Böhnke, Petra, and Boris Heizmann. 2014. "Armut über Generationen - Zur intergenerationalen Transmission von Armut bei Personen mit Migrationshintergrund." Seminar „Erben – Zur Soziologie sozialer Reproduktion“ (Prof. Dr. Peter A. Berger).
Heizmann, Boris. 2014. "Fremdenfeindliches Europa?" Public panel discussion at the Körber-Stiftung.
Heizmann, Boris. 2013. "Fremdenfeindlichkeit in europäischen Ländern. Eine Analyse individueller, struktureller und politischer Faktoren." Endrunde des Deutschen Studienpreises 2013, Sektion Sozialwissenschaften.
Heizmann, Boris. 2011. "Social policy, economic conflicts and perceived economic threat? Is prevention better than cure?" Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop, University of California, Berkeley, 2011-03-18.
Organisation
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Jedinger, Alexander, Boris Heizmann, and Anna K. Schwickerath. 2017. "CESSDA Data Discovery Workshop: Data on Migration." 2017-11-13 - 2017-11-14.
Heizmann, Boris, and Alexander Jedinger. 2017. "Workshop on Methodological Issues in Surveying Immigrant Populations." 2017-11-14 - 2017-11-14.
Heizmann, Boris. 2013. "Migrants and their Networks (three sessions)." XXXIII. Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), 2013-05-21 - 2013-05-26.