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Stef Aupers

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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

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Professional experience

Present position
Associate Professor
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
Department Capaciteitsgroep Sociologie
Country The Netherlands
   

Research

Stef Aupers (1969) is a sociologist of culture. He works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, is a member of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR), and is an editor of the Dutch journal Sociologie Stef Aupers published various articles in national and international journals on manifestations of 'posttraditional religion' in a supposedly secular, rationalized and 'disenchanted' world. Several of these are published in collaboration with Dick Houtman (Erasmus University Rotterdam). With Anneke van Otterloo (University of Amsterdam) he wrote the book New Age. Een godsdiensthistorische en sociolologische benadering (New Age. A historical and sociological approach; Kok, 2000). In February 2004 he defended his Ph.D.-thesis In de ban van moderniteit. De sacralisering van het zelf en computertechnologie (Amsterdam: Aksant (Under the Spell of Modernity. The Sacralization of Self and Computer Technology)). For doing research on the enchantment of computer technology in Silicon Valley, he received a Fulbright Scholarship from the Netherlands America Commission for Educational Exchange. His current research on online gaming is part of the research program Cyberspacesalvations. Computer Technology, Simulation, and Modern Gnosis. It started in April 2004 and is funded by the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO) (main applicant: Peter Pels (Leiden University); co-applicants: Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman). The provisional title for his new book on online gaming is Escape Inc. On Modernity, Computer Games and the Culture Industry and will be finished in 2007.

Publications

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Academic publications (88)
  • Bohemen, S.R.J.M. van, Zoonen, E.A. van & Aupers, S. (2013). Performing the "Fun" Self: How Members of the "Red Hat Society" Negotiate Cultural Discourses of Femininity and Ageing (forthcoming). European Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • Aupers, S. (2013). Spiritual Play. Encountering the Sacred in World of Warcraft’. In V. Frissen, J. de Mul & J. Raessens (Eds.), Homo Ludens 2.0: Play, Media and Identity. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Aupers, S. (2013). Invisible Religion. In R. Segal & K. von Stuckrad (Eds.), Vocabulary for the Study of Religion. Leiden: Brill Publishers.
  • Harambam, J., Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2013). The Contentious Gap: From digital divide to cultural beliefs about online social interaction (forthcoming). Information, Communication & Society.
  • Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2012). Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality. In P. Heelas (Ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World: Volume Three (pp. 3-28). London: Routledge.
  • Otterloo, A. van, Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2012). Trajectories to the New Age: The Spiritual Turn of the First Generation of Dutch New Age Teachers. Social Compass, 59(2), 239-256.
  • Aupers, S. & Kregting, J. (2012). Religie in Nederland: van verzuiling tot polarisatie. In J.W. Duijvendak, C. Bouw, K. Gërxhani & O. Velthuis (Eds.), Sociale kaart van Nederland: over maatschappelijke instituties (pp. 69-82). Den Haag: Boom.
  • Houtman, D., Heelas, P. & Aupers, S. (2012). Christian Religiosity and New Age Spirituality: A Cross-Cultural Comparison? In P. Heelas (Ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World: Volume One (pp. 425-437). Leiden: Routledge.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S. (2012). The Spiritual Turn and the Decline of Tradition: The Spread of Post-Christian Spirituality in 14 Western Countries, 1981-2000’. In P. Heelas (Ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World: Volume One (pp. 390-412). London: Routledge.
  • Roeland, J., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2012). Fantasy, Conspiracy and the Legacy of the Counterculture: Max Weber and the Spirit of Contemporary Popular Culture’. In A. Possamai (Ed.), Handbook of Hyper-Real Religions (pp. 401-422). Leiden: Brill Publishers.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). ‘“We are all Gods”: New Age in the Netherlands 1960-2000’. In P. Heelas (Ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World: Volume Three (pp. 29-51). London: Routledge.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). ‘”Where the Zeroes Meet the Ones”: Exploring the Affinity between Magic and Computer Technology. In P. Heelas (Ed.), Spirituality in the Modern World: Volume One (pp. 339-358). London: Routledge.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). ‘“An Infinity of Experiences”: Hyper-Real Paganism and Real Enchantment in World of Warcraft’. In A. Possamai (Ed.), Handbook on Hyper-Real Religions (pp. 225-245). Leiden: Brill Publishers.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). Enchantment Inc: Online Gaming between Spiritual Experience and Commodity Fetishism’. In D. Houtman & B. Meyer (Eds.), Things: Religion and the Question of Materiality (pp. 339-355). New York: Fordham University Press.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). ‘“A World Awaits”: The Meaning of Mediatized Paganism in Online Computer Games’. In A. van der Kooij & W. Hofstee (Eds.), Religion: Public or Private? (International Studies in Religion and Society) Leiden: Brill Publishers.
  • Aupers, S. (2012). ‘“Trust no one”. Modernization, Paranoia and Conspiracy Culture’. European Journal of Communication, 26(4), 22-34.
  • Noomen, I.K., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2012). Naar hun eigen evenbeeld? Dilemma's van Katholieke, Protestantse en holistisch-spirituele webdesigners. In A. Benschop & C. Menting (Eds.), Zinzoekers op het web (pp. 83-111). Vught: Skandalon.
  • Achterberg, P., Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D. & Koster, W. de (2012). Two lefts and two rights. Class voting and cultural voting in the Netherlands. In D Houtman, S Aupers & W De Koster (Eds.), Paradoxes of Individualization (pp. 105-122). Farnham: Ashgate.
  • Bohemen, S.R.J.M. van, Zoonen, E.A. van & Aupers, S. (2012). Embodying the Fantasy. The Role of Fun and Fantasy in the Negotiations of Gender Performed by the "Red Hat Society". Paper presented at the 9TH CROSSROADS in Cultural Studies: Paris.
  • Aupers, S.D., Achterberg, P., Houtman, D., Mascini, P., Koster, W. de, Roeland, J. & Waal, J. van der (2012). Beyond the Domestication of Nature? Restructuring the Relationship between Nature and Technology in Car Commercials. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15(1), 3-18.
  • Noomen, I.K., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2012). Religion, Spirituality and the Internet. In B. Meyer & D. Houtman (Eds.), Things: The Question of Religion and Materiality (pp. 379-392). New York: Fordham University Press.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D. & Achterberg, P. (2012). Alledaags postmodernisme: De gezagscrisis van de hedendaagse wetenschap. Beleidsonderzoek online , 1(1).
  • Noomen, I.K., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2011). In Their Own Image? Catholic, Protestant and Holistic Spiritual Appropriations of the Internet. Information Communication and Society, 14(8), 1097-1117.
  • Houtman, D., Roeland, J.H., Achterberg, P.H.J., Aupers, S., Koster, W. de, Mascini, P. & Waal, J. van der (2011). Christian Religion in the West: Privatization or Public Revitalization? Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, 2, 119-134.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D. & Koster, W. de (2011). Paradoxes of Individualization: Social Control and Social Conflict in Contemporary Modernity. Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Achterberg, P.H.J., Heilbron, J., Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2011). A Cultural Globalization of Popular Music? American, Dutch, French, and German Popular Music Charts (1965-2005). American Behavioral Scientist (print), 55(11), 589-608.
  • Harambam, J., Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2011). Game over? Negotiating modern capitalism in virtual game worlds. European Journal of Cultural Studies , 14(3), 299-319.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S. & Wojtkowiak, J. (2011). Dromen over eeuwig leven: Vluchten voor de dood in een geseculariseerde samenleving’. In W. de Braal & H.J. Paul (Eds.), Dood voor onze ogen: Leven in het licht van de eeuwigheid (pp. 29-50). Kampen: Kok.
  • Roeland, J., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (2011). Fantasy, paranoia en het romantisch erfgoed: Max Weber en de geest van de hedendaagse populaire cultuur. Sociologie, 7(1), 3-20.
  • Aupers, S. (2011). 'Een verwarrende tijd?' Naar een cultuursociologie van nieuwe kennis- en cultuurvormen'. In C. Brinkgreve, M. van de Haak, B. van Heerikhuizen, J. Heilbron & G. Kuipers (Eds.), Cultuur en Ongelijkheid (pp. 212-225). Diemen: Amb Press.
  • Aupers, S. (2011). ‘Technopagans: Online Magic and the Mysterious Manifestation of Cyberspace’. In A. Molendijk, P. Post & J. Kroesen (Eds.), Sacred Places in Modern Western Culture (pp. 321-326). Leuven: Peters Publishers.
  • Aupers, S. (Ed.). (2010). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
  • Aupers, S. (Ed.). (2010). Oxford University Press.
  • Aupers, S. (2010, november 17). Lecture: Playing Spirituality: Encountering the Sacred in World of Warcraft. Utrecht University, Conference: Homo Ludens 2.0. Play, Media and Identity.
  • Aupers, S. (2010, september 24). Lezing: Goden in cyberspace: De transhumanistische ethiek en de geest van Silicon Valley. Amsterdam, NWO Conference: The Future of the Religious Past.
  • Aupers, S. (2010, maart 08). Lecture: ¿We¿ll become gods¿: on transhuman spirituality in virtual realities. Birkbeck College, University of London, Seminar: The Sacred Senses: Exploring the Visual, Material, Aural and Virtual in Lived Forms of Religion and the Sacred.
  • Roeland, J.H., Aupers, S. & Houtman, D. (Eds.). (2010). Authenticiteit: De culturele obsessie met echt en onecht (Themanummer Sociologie, 6, 2). Amsterdam: Boom.
  • Roeland, J.H., Aupers, S., Houtman, D., Koning, M & Noomen, I.K. (2010). The Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam: Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy. Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, 1, 289-306.
  • Aupers, S. (2010). '"Where the Zeroes Meet the Ones". Exploring the Affinity between Magic and Computer Technology. In S.D. Aupers & D. Houtman (Eds.), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital (International Studies in Religion and Society, 12) (pp. 219-238). Leiden: Brill.
  • Aupers, S., Roeland, J. & Houtman, D. (2010). Authenticiteit: De culturele obsessie met echt en onecht. Sociologie, 6(2), 3-10.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S. & Huzeir, V. (2010). Yogho! Yogho!, bereid uit natuurlijke ingrediënten volgens eeuwenoude familietraditie? Constructie en deconstructie van authenticiteitsclaims in de reclame. Sociologie, 6(2), 105-124.
  • Roeland, J.H., Aupers, S., Houtman, D., De Koning, M. & Noomen, I.K. (2010). Zoeken naar zuiverheid: Religieuze purificatie onder jonge new-agers, evangelicalen en moslims. Sociologie, 6(2), 11-29.
  • Aupers, S. (Ed.). (2010). Sociologie.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2010). Chapter Eighteen: New Age Ethics. In M. Gray & S. Webb (Eds.), Ethics and Value Perspectives in Social Work (pp. 207-218). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2010). Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality. In S. Aupers & D. Houtman (Eds.), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital (pp. 135-160). Leiden: Brill.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2010). Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. In S. Aupers & D. Houtman (Eds.), Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital (International Studies in Religion and Society) (pp. 1-31). Leiden: Brill.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (Eds.). (2010). Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital (International Studies in Religion and Society). Leiden: Brill.
  • Aupers, S. (Ed.). (2010). Sociology of Religion.
  • Harambam, J., Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2009). Op jacht naar het ultieme spel: World of Warcraft, Second Life en de commercialisering van virtuele spelwerelden. Sociologie, 5(1), 27-47.
  • Achterberg, P.H.J., Aupers, S.D., Koster, W. de, Houtman, D., Mascini, P. & Waal, J. van der (2009). Dialectiek van secularisering: Hoe de afname van Christelijke religiositeit leidt tot haar wederopstanding in 18 westerse landen. Sociologie, 5(3), 324-342.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D. & Heelas, P. (2009). Christian Religiosity and New Age Spirituality: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(1), 170-180.
  • Achterberg, P.H.J., Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D., Koster, W. de, Mascini, P. & Waal, J. van der (2009). A Christian Cancellation of the Secularist Truce? Waning Christian Religiosity and Waxing Religious Deprivatization in the West. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(4), 687-701.
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D., Noomen, I.K., Roeland, J.H. & Koning, M (2009). The Quest for Religious Purity in New Age, Evangelicalism and Islam: Religious Renditions of Dutch Youth and the Luckmann Legacy. In Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion - Volume 1: Youth and Religion (pp. 289-306). Leiden: Brill.
  • Roeland, J.H., Aupers, S.D., Van Harskamp, A., Houtman, D. & Stengs, I. (2009). Trance Formations: Electronic Dance Music Culture and the Countercultural Heritage (1968-2010).
  • Houtman, D., Aupers, S.D. & Achterberg, P.H.J. (2009). 'Gewoon jezelf zijn': jongerencultuur veertig jaar na mei 1968. In P. Van Geest, J. Manesh, J. Prij & A. Van de Velde (Eds.), Tegengif in crisistijd (pp. 48-56). Amsterdam: Boom.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2009). "Groei of ik schiet?" Spiritualiteit in het bedrijfsleven in Nederland. In F. Jespers (Ed.), Nieuwe religiositeit in Nederland. Gevalsstudies en beschouwingen over alternatieve religieuze activiteiten (pp. 213-230). Budel: Damon.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2009). "The Force is Great". Enchantment and Magic in Silicon Valley. Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, 3(1), 153-173.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2008). In de ban van moderniteit. De sacralisering van het zelf en computertechnologie. Amsterdam (3e druk): Het Spinhuis/Maklu.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2008). Online gamer: tussen zelfexpressie en dwang. In M. van den Berg & M. Ham (Eds.), In de greep van de technologie: nieuwe toepassingen en het gedrag van de burger.(Jaarboek TSS) (pp. 231-246). Amsterdam: Van Gennep.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). Hoofdstuk 10. New Age: Post-Christelijke religie in het geseculariseerde westen. In M. ter Borg, E. Borgman, M. Buitelaar, Y. Kuiper & R. Plum (Eds.), Handboek religie in Nederland: Perspectief - overzicht - debat (pp. 290-308). Zoetermeer: Meinema.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2008). The Spiritual Revolution and the New Age Gender Puzzle: The Sacralisation of the Self in Late Modernity (1980-2000). In G. Vincett, S. Sharma & K. Aune (Eds.), Women and Religion in the West: Challenging Secularization (pp. 99-118). Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Pels, P. (2008). Cybergnosis: Technology, Religion and the Secular. In H. de Vries (Ed.), Religion: Beyond a Concept (pp. 687-703). New York: Fordham University Press.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). The Sacralization of the Self: Relocating the Sacred on the Ruins of Tradition. In H. de Vries (Ed.), Religion: Beyond a Concept (pp. 798-812). New York: Fordham University Press.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2008). Betovering Inc: De spirituele dimensie van online computergames. In M. van Well (Ed.), Deus et Machina: De verwevenheid van technologie en religie (pp. 138-143). Den Haag: STT.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2007). The Spiritual Turn and the Decline of Tradition: The Spread of Post-Christian Spirituality in Fourteen Western Countries (1981-2000). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 46(3), 305-320.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). God in cyberspace? Over goden, magiërs en managers in buitenwereldlijke werelden. Filosofie en Praktijk, 28(1), 70-82.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Better than the real world. On the Reality and Meaning of Online Computer Games. Fabula, 48(3/4), 250-269.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2006). De spelende mens. Over volwassen spel in de publieke sfeer. Sociologie, 2(1), 2-7.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2006). "Beter dan het echte leven". Over de aantrekkingskracht van computerspellen op het Internet. Sociologie, 2(1), 29-52.
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2006). La Spiritualità Come Concetto Sociologico. In G. Giordan (Ed.), Tra Religione e Spiritualità: Il Rapporto con il Sacro nell¿Epoca del Pluralismo (pp. 48-70). Milano: Franco Angeli.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2006). Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality. Journal of contemporary religion, 21(2), 201-222.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2006). De spelende mens (Themanummer van 'Sociologie'). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Boom.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2005). "Reality Sucks". On Alienation and Cybergnosis. Concilium: an international review of theology, 1, 81-89.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2005). We are all gods. New age in the Netherlands (1960-2000). In E. Sengers (Ed.), The Dutch and their Gods. Secularization and Transformation of Religion in the Netherlands since 1950 (pp. 181-201). Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren.
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Snel, E. (2004). Marginaal: 50 jaar Sociologische Gids. Een terugblik en een blik vooruit. Sociologische Gids, 51(4), 309-315.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2003). Oriental Religion in the Secular West: Globalization, New Age, and the Reenchantment of the World. Journal of National Development, 16(1), 67-86.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2003). Als engelen in cyberspace. De religieuze verbeelding van het Internet in Silicon Valley. In G. Kuipers, J. de Kloet & S. Kuik (Eds.), Digitaal contact: Het net van de begrensde mogelijkheden (pp. 66-88). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Sociologisch Tijdschrift.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Burgers, J.P.L. (2003). Vroeger kon je lachen: Een reactie op "Geld en de rest" van Henk de Vos. Sociologische Gids, 50(3), 312-318.
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Tak, I. van der (2003). Gewoon worden wie je bent": Over authenticiteit en anti-institutionalisme. Sociologische Gids, 50(2), 203-223.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2002). The Revenge of the Machines: On Modernity, Digital Technology and Animism. Asian Journal of Social Science, 30(2), 199-220.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2002). De virtuele tovertuin. Krisis, 3(3), 60-65.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2002). 'Everything is connected': Naar een sociologie van paranoia en complottheorieen. Sociologische Gids, 49(3), 313-326.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2001). Revenge of the machines. On modernity, (new) technology and animism. In The Spiritual Supermarket (Ed.), Cyberproceedings of the International Conference The Spiritual Supermarket: Religious Pluralism and Globalisation in the 21st Century (pp. 1-29). London: Spiritual Supermarket.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2001). De wraak van de machines: Over moderniteit, technologie en animisme. (Revenge of the machines. On modernity, technology and Animism). Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift, 28(3), 292-320.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2000). Werken aan lichaam, emoties en energie: een 'hertovering'? Sociologische Gids, 47(5), 350-365.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2000). De New-Age beweging: over de teloorgang van een utopie. In L.G. Jansma & D. Hak (Eds.), Maar nog is het einde niet: chilliastische stromingen en bewegingen bij het aanbreken van een millennium (pp. 149-161). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Otterloo, A. van (2000). New Age: een godsdiensthistorische en sociologische benadering. Kampen: Uitgeverij Kok.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2000). Is er dan echt niets meer echt? (Is there really nothing real any more?). Sociologische Gids, 47(6), xx-xx.
Professional publications (5)
  • Aupers, S. (01-05-2012). Religie, wetenschap en onsterfelijkheid in het Westen. Sociologie Magazine
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Boekbespreking [Bespreking van het boek Transforming the World: Bringing the New Age into Focus]. Journal of contemporary religion, 22(2), 287-289.
  • Noomen, I.K., Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2006). Soul-Searching in Cyberspace. Christianity and New Age on the Internet. Kristu Jyoti journal: compendium of the social doctrine of the church, 22(2), 93-107.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2005). De terugkeer van Frankenstein. De academische boekengids, 51, 13-15.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2002). Gnosis, spiritueel management en technomystiek in de abstracte samenleving. In H. Van de Braak & T. Bevers (Eds.), De waarde van instituties. Essays voor Anton Zijderveld (pp. 29-45). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Popular publications (4)
  • Aupers, S. (05-06-2012). Media voedt wantrouwen in de wetenschap. Volkskrant, pp. 27.
  • Aupers, S. (07-01-2012). 'Einde der tijden is reinigingsritueel'. De Volkskrant, pp. 27-27.
  • Houtman, D., Achterberg, P. & Aupers, S. (10-04-2011). ‘Feiten, feiten... Wie maalt er nog om feiten?’. NRC-Handelsblad, pp. 46-47.
  • Aupers, S.D. (13-09-2006). Het geloof in complotten is religieus. De Volkskrant, pp. 11.
Other output (42)
  • Kemmers, R., Aupers, S., Houtman, D. & Waal, J. van der (2012). Popular Discontents about Dutch Government A Typology based on Letters to the Editor of de Telegraaf, 1950-1959 and 2000-2009. Dag van de Sociologie: Utrecht (2012, mei 23).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2009). Journal of contemporary religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2009). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D., Achterberg, P.H.J. & Houtman, D. (2009). A Cultural Globalization of Popular Music? American, Dutch, French, and German Pop Charts from 1965 to 2005. Congres `Classification in Art and Media': Rotterdam (EUR-FHKW) (2008, juni 18 - 2008, juni 20).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2009). Sociologie.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2008). Journal of contemporary religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2008). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D. & Malipaard, M.A.M. (2008). 'Mijn beste vrienden zitten online'. Over de ontwikkeling van sociaal kapitaal in online computer games,. Dag van de Sociologie: Leuven (2008, mei 29 - 2008, mei 29).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). Explaining the Spiritual Turn. Culture, Meaning and Identity beyond Tradition. Seminar `Inner-Life Spirituality': Windermere, UK (2008, juni 02 - 2008, juni 05).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). Managing the God Within. The New Age Ethic and the Spirit of Contemporary Capitalism. seminar `Inner-Life Spirtituality: Lancaster (2008, juni 02 - 2008, juni 04).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2008). 'You can Become a Real Hero'. Enchantment and Self-Spirituality in Online Computer Games. seminar `Inner-Life Spirtituality: Lancaster (2008, juni 02 - 2008, juni 04).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2008). Sociologie.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2008). Virtual Worlds, Real Enchantments. Neo-paganism in Contemporary Online Computer Games. Conferentie `Religion, public or private?: Leiden (Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions) (2008, maart 27 - 2008, maart 28).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). From the `Magic Circle' to the `Iron Cage'. Institutionalization and Social Pressure in World of Warcraft. Game Studies Seminar `Breaking the Magic Circle': Tampere (2008, april 10 - 2008, april 11).
  • Aupers, S.D., Harambam, J. & Houtman, D. (2008). The Quest for the Ultimate Game. World of Warcraft, Second Life and the Commercialization of Virtual Worlds. Dag van de Sociologie: Leuven (2008, mei 29 - 2008, mei 29).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (2008). Van magische cirkel tot ijzeren kooi. Institutionalisering en sociale druk in World of Warcraft,. Dag van de Sociologie: Leuven (2008, mei 29 - 2008, mei 29).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Malipaard, M.A.M. (2008). `My best friends are online': Affirming and Developing Social Capital in Online Games. Congres ESA / Sociology of culture: (2008, november 04 - 2008, november 08).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). A Second Job? The Emergence of Institutions in Online Computer Games. 102nd ASA Annual Meeting: New York (2007, augustus 11 - 2007, augustus 14).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Beyond Belief: Spiritual Experience and the (Dis)enchantment of the World. Keynote lecture op: Congres `The Future of the Religious Past¿: (2007, juni 11 - 2007, juni 12).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Voorbij geloof? Onttovering, spirituele ervaring en online games. Dag van de Sociologie: Rotterdam (2007, mei 31).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Een tweede baan? De convergentie van spel en werk in online computer games. Dag van de Sociologie: Rotterdam (2007, mei 31).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2007). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2007). Journal of contemporary religion, Referee.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2007). Sociologie.
  • Otterloo, A. van, Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2007). Conversions to the New Age: An Analysis of the Biographies of Dutch New Age Trainers. 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society: Glasgow (2007, september 03 - 2007, september 06).
  • Houtman, D., Achterberg, P.H.J. & Aupers, S.D. (2007). Individualization and Cultural Polarization in the Netherlands: Trends in Moral Conservatism and Authoritarianism (1970-2000). 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society: Glasgow (2007, september 03 - 2007, september 06).
  • Houtman, D. & Aupers, S.D. (2007). Religions of Modernity: Relocating the Sacred to the Self and the Digital. 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society: Glasgow (2007, september 03 - 2007, september 06).
  • Aupers, S.D. (2007). Web 2.0. Een sociologische inleiding. Symposium `You & Second Life¿: Nijmegen (2007, maart 08).
  • Aupers, S.D. (). Cyberspace. Een digitale hemel? Symposium 'Game Zone': Antwerpen (2006, mei 25).
  • Aupers, S.D. (). Je moet gewoon jezelf zijn. Autenciteit als cultureel ideaal en dwingend regime. Symposium Paradoxen van individualisering: Rotterdam (2006, april 13).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2006). Numan: international review for the history of religions.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2006). Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2006). Sociologie.
  • Aupers, S.D. (). Als god in cyberspace? Symposium `Schaduwen van een dode god. Humanisme en religie in de 21ste eeuw¿: Rotterdam (2006, juni 12).
  • Achterberg, P.H.J., Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (). Contesting Individual Liberty. Moral Traditionalism and Authoritarianism in the Netherlands. Changing Cultures: European Perspectives. Research Network Sociology of Culture: Gent (2006, november 15 - 2006, november 17).
  • Aupers, S.D. (). A Second Job? The Emergence of Institutions in Online Computer Games. Changing Cultures: European Perspectives georganiseerd door Research Network Sociology of Culture: Gent (Belgie) (2006, november 15 - 2006, november 17).
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Snel, E. (Eds.). (2004). 50 jaar Sociologische Gids (1953-2003). Een terugblik en een blik vooruit (themanummer van 'Sociologische Gids'). Amsterdam: Boom.
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Snel, E. (Eds.). (2004). Sociologische Gids, 51(4).
  • Aupers, S.D., Houtman, D. & Tak, J. van der (). De sacralisering van het zelf: Neo-gnosticisme en anti-institutionalisme. Sociaal-Wetenschappelijke Studiedagen: Amsterdam (2002, mei 30).
  • Aupers, S.D. (). Revenge of the machines. On modernity, (new) technology and animism. International conference The Spiritual Supermarket: Religious Pluralism and Globalisation in the 21st Century: Londen (2001, april 19).
  • Aupers, S.D. & Houtman, D. (). Sociaal kapitaal en de de-institutionalisering van religie. Persoonlijke ervaring en individualisme in New Age en evangelische beweging. VVS/NSV Marktdag: Antwerpen (2001, mei 18).
  • Aupers, S.D. (Ed.). (2001). Sociologische Gids.
Doctoral thesis (2)
  • Aupers, S.D. (2005). In de ban van moderniteit. De sacralisering van het zelf en computertechnologie. Amsterdam: Aksant.
  • Aupers, S.D. (2004, februari 13). In de ban van moderniteit. De sacralisering van het zelf en computertechnologie. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (187 pag.) (Amsterdam: Aksant). Prom./coprom.: Prof.Dr. A.C. Zijderveld & Dr. D. Houtman.