Biography
Julian Schaap (Rotterdam, 1988) is assistant professor sociology of music at the Department of Arts and Culture Studies and a member of Young Erasmus Academy and . His research focuses on stratification and well-being in cultural production and consumption practices, with popular music in particular. For more information, please see:
Combining cognitive and cultural sociology with the sociology of ethno-racial/gender stratification, Julian studied the (re)production of whiteness and masculinity of rock music reception for his dissertation research. For this project, entitled , he received grants from NWO, Fulbright (for a visiting scholarship at Emory University, Atlanta, GA) and the Erasmus Trustfonds. He defended his dissertation (cum laude) in October 2019 and received multiple awards for his work, including the and the Erasmus University Research Award 2020. In 2018, Julian published a book on , together with Pauwke Berkers (ESHCC). Since 2022 Julian has been working on his NWO-Veni funded research project 'No Music, No Life?' on how young adults use music for their well-being across social groups. At the same time, he works together with medical colleagues from Erasmus Medical Center (), doing various projects on music, well-being and pain, together with cultural partners such as the and the . Spearheading the music-agenda, he is also a member of the community.
Aside from teaching various courses in sociology of culture, Julian is co-organizer of a recurring series of artistic symposia called Music Talks, and he is coordinator of the educational minor program Mu$ic: The economy, sociology and practice of popular music.
Research interests: *culture, stratification, well-being, popular music*
Onderzoeksinteresses: *cultuur, ongelijkheid, welzijn, populaire muziek*
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- j.schaap@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Julian Schaap, Jeroen van der Waal & Willem de Koster (2021) - - Sociological Inquiry - doi: -
- Femke Vandenberg, Michael Berghman & Julian Schaap (2020) - - European Societies, 23 (51), 141-152 - doi: -
- Julian Schaap & Pauwke Berkers (2020) - - Consumption Markets & Culture, 23 (6), 599-615 - doi: -
- Julian Schaap & Pauwke Berkers (2020) - - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 6 (3), 416-430 - doi: -
- Thys Boer & Julian Schaap (2021) - - Urban Pamphleteer, 20-22 -
- Julian Schaap (24 December 2025) - Waarom staan er zoveel mannen in de Top 2000?
- Julian Schaap (4 December 2025) - Muziek in eigen taal doet het in heel Europa goed, blijkt uit Spotify-lijstjes. Hoe komt dat?
- Julian Schaap (1 December 2025) - Waarom is er zo'n buzz rondom Spotify Wrapped?
- Julian Schaap (17 July 2025) - Vertel socioloog Julian Schaap welke merch je draagt, en hij weet wie je bent
- Julian Schaap (2 July 2025) - Muziek als medicijn? Muziek, mentaal welzijn en wat kunstonderwijs daarin kan beteken.
- Julian Schaap, Antonia Becker & Emy van der Valk Bouman (1 July 2025) - Dat klinkt als muziek in de oren!
- Julian Schaap (16 June 2025) - Waar komen de bandshirts eigenlijk vandaan?
- Julian Schaap (2 February 2025) - Oranjesupporter versus Harry Styles-fanaat: de ene fan is de andere niet, maar waarom vinden we dat?
- Julian Schaap (4 December 2024) - Je Spotify Wrapped staat online: dit is waarom we ons eigen muzieklijstje zo leuk vinden
- Julian Schaap (25 November 2024) - Muziekliefhebbers keren Spotify de rug toe en graven hun oude iPods op: ‘Door jezelf te beperken, wordt wat je kiest betekenisvoller’
- Julian Schaap (2026) - Usages of Music for Mood Regulation across Age, Gender and ÃÀÅ®¸£ÀûµçÓ°ÔºÎçÒ¹al Groups: A National Population-Based Study (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Julian Schaap (2026) - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of network › Academic - Julian Schaap (2025) - Music, Platforms and Well-Being (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Julian Schaap, Antonia Becker & Emy van der Valk Bouman (2025) - Muziek in een ander licht: Maatschappij & Wetenschap Achter het Geluid (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Julian Schaap, Antonia Becker & Emy van der Valk Bouman (2025) - Muziek als medicijn? Je favoriete muziek als bron van welzijn (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Julian Schaap (2025) - Gender in the Production of Music (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Julian Schaap (2025) - Muziek vanuit de Sociologie (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Julian Schaap (2025) - Declerative vs. nondeclarative knowledge in cultural fields (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Julian Schaap (2025) - Why Metal Matters: A Sociological Deconstruction of Metal Music, Musicians and Community (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Popular - Thomas Calkins III, Julian Schaap & Michael Berghman (2025) - Bridging Nodes: How Race/Ethnicity Affects the Breadth of Cultural Tastes (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
- JCF (Julian) Schaap (2021) - New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2021
- Jacco van Sterkenburg, Amanda Paz Alencar, Julian Schaap & Pauwke Berkers (2021) - KNAW Science Communication Grant. Main applicant.
- Julian Schaap (2020) - Erasmus University Research Prize 2020
- Julian Schaap (2020) - Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Dissertation Prize
- Julian Schaap (2019) - EGSH Best Thesis Award 2019
- Year Level
- BA-1, BA-1
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CC1016
- Level
- Minor
- Year Level
- Minor
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CC2052
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-2, BA-3, BA-3, Minor
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CC2052B
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CC4008
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CC4050
- Level
- MA-2
- Year Level
- MA-2
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- CS5050
