International Sociology and International Sociology Reviews

‘Tolerance’ is our Topic of the Month for November 2023. On this topic, enjoy Free Access to this article by Kristof De Witte, Kaat Iterbeke and Oliver Holz (KU Leuven, Belgium) published in International Sociology, Teachers’ and pupils’ perspectives on homosexuality: A comparative analysis across European countries. Read on to know more about the authors’ trajectory and work.

Kristof De Witte

Kaat Iterbeke

Oliver Holz

Why are you working on this topic? Could you share an experience, a fact or a person who made you get engaged on that research?

K. De Witte: We are working on the topic in order to foster a more inclusive and tolerant society.

Do you have any video, recorded conference, or online material that you would like us to share with others?

K. De Witte: www.allinc.eu

O. Holz: https://homopoly.eu/

What would you emphasize about your academic trajectory? Can you highlight which have been your academic positions, universities, awards, departments and research centers?

K. De Witte: All of us are working in the research center Leuven Economics of Education Research, at KU Leuven.

For other work on the topic, I received multiple awards:

- American Sociological Association - Family Section Article of the Year Award 2022. This award recognizes a journal article that has made a significant contribution to the field of family sociology. - For the paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data. American Sociological Review 85 (5). 830-856.

- James Coleman Award. Best Article Award by the American Sociological Association 2021 - Sociology of Education Section. For the paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data. American Sociological Review 85 (5). 830-856.

- Highly influential article: “Received an extraordinary amount of attention”. Attention Score among the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric (https://sage.altmetric.com/details/91354776#score); and ranked 7th out of all published articles in the American Sociological Review overall. Paper: Mazrekaj, D., De Witte, K. and Cabus, S. (2020). School Outcomes of Children Raised in Same-Sex Families: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data. American Sociological Review 85 (5). 830-856.

Do you want to add any other information?

K. De Witte: See www.feb.kuleuven.be/Kristof.dewitte and www.feb.kuleuven.be/LEER.