Associate professor
Jan Mewes is associate professor and reader (docent) in sociology. He holds a doctorate in social sciences from the University of Bremen, Germany.
Jan’s research interests include social trust, welfare states, migration and public opinion.
His teaching covers the subject areas quantitative methods, social policy, development, welfare states and welfare administration.
For an overview about Jan's publications, please check his Google Scholar profile.
Publications
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Welfare-state selectivity, universality, and social trust in Europe, 2002–2019 : Bringing deservingness back in
Jan Mewes
(2024) Journal of European Social Policy, 34 p.20-35
Journal articleCan Bureaucrats Break Trust? Testing Cultural and Institutional Theories of Trust with Chinese Panel Data
Malcolm Fairbrother, Jan Mewes, Rima Wilkes, Cary Wu, Nick Giordano
(2022) Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 8
Journal articleExperiences matter: A longitudinal study of individual-level sources of declining social trust in the United States
Jan Mewes, Malcolm Fairbrother, Nick Giordano, Cary Wu, Rima Wilkes
(2021) Social Science Research, 95
Journal articleChinese Citizen Satisfaction with Government Performance during COVID-19
Cary Wu, Zilei Shi, Rima Wilkes, Jiaji Wu, Zhiwen Gong, et al.
(2021) Journal of Contemporary China, 30 p.930-944
Journal articleWelfare Nationalism Before and After the 'Migration Crisis'
Maureen A. Eger, Christian Albrekt Larsen, Jan Mewes
(2020) Globalization and Welfare Series , p.177-198
Book chapterTrust, happiness and mortality: Findings from a prospective US population-based survey
Alexander Miething, Jan Mewes, Giuseppe Nicola Giordano
(2020) Social Science & Medicine, 252
Journal articleTrust and all-cause mortality: a multilevel study of US General Social Survey data (1978–2010)
Giuseppe Nicola Giordano, Jan Mewes, Alexander Miething
(2019) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73 p.50-55
Journal articleSelf-rated health, generalized trust, and the Affordable Care Act : A US panel study, 2006–2014
Jan Mewes, Giuseppe Nicola Giordano
(2017) Social Science and Medicine, 190 p.48-56
Journal articleGen(d)eralized trust : Women, work, and trust in strangers
Jan Mewes
(2014) European Sociological Review, 30 p.373-386
Journal articleHorizontal Europeanization and identification with Europe
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes
(2013) Post-identity? : Culture and European Integration , p.176-190
Book chapterGlobalization, socio-economic status and welfare chauvinism : European perspectives on attitudes toward the exclusion of immigrants
Jan Mewes, Steffen Mau
(2013) International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 54 p.228-245
Journal articleWhat determines subjective socio-economic insecurity? Context and class in comparative perspective
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes, Nadine M. Schöneck
(2012) Socio-Economic Review, 10 p.655-682
Journal articleHorizontal Europeanisation in Contextual Perspective : What drives cross-border activities within the European Union?
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes
(2012) European Societies, 14 p.7-34
Journal articleUnraveling Working-class Welfare Chauvinism
Jan Mewes, Steffen Mau
(2012) Contested Welfare States : Welfare Attitudes in Europe and Beyond , p.119-157
Book chapterDie Produktion sozialer Sicherheit Beschäftigungssicherheit, Einkommenssicherung und gesundheitliche Versorgung in ländervergleichender Perspektive
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes, Nadine M. Schöneck
(2011) Berliner Journal fur Soziologie, 21 p.175-202
Journal articleUngleiche Netzwerke-Vernetzte Ungleichheit : Persönliche Beziehungen im Kontext von Bildung und Status
Jan Mewes
(2010) Netzwerkforschung
BookClass divides within transnationalisation - The German population and its cross-border practices
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes
(2009) Mobilities and Inequality , p.165-185
Book chapterCosmopolitan attitudes through transnational social practices?
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes, Ann Zimmermann
(2008) Global Networks, 8 p.1-24
Journal articleUngleiche Transnationalisierung? : Zur gruppenspezifischen Einbindung in transnationale Interaktionen
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes
(2008) Transnationalisierung sozialer Ungleichheit , p.259-282
Book chapterTransnationale Soziale Beziehungen. Eine Kartographie der Deutschen Bevölkerung
Steffen Mau, Jan Mewes
(2007) Soziale Welt, 58
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