28 June 2010
NWO grant for Anne-Rigt Poortman & Tanja van der Lippe (ICS-UU)
Anne-Rigt Poortman, Tanja van der Lippe (Utrecht University ICS/Sociology ), Katharina Boele-Woelki and Wendy Schrama (Utrecht University Law) have obtained a grant for two PhD-students in the NWO competition "Jeugd en Gezin". read more >
17 June 2010
Promotion Olav Aarts (ICS-RU): July 1, 2010
Olav Aarts (ICS RU, year group 2004) will defend his dissertation at July 16, 2010 at 10.30 in Nijmegen. The title of his dissertation is: Religious diversity and religious involvement. A study of religious markets in Western societies at the end of the twentieth century. read more >
17 June 2010
Promotion Rianne Kloosterman (ICS-RU): June 16, 2010
Rianne Kloosterman (ICS RU, year group 2005) will defend her dissertation at June 16, 2010 at 10.30 in Nijmegen. The title of her dissertation is: Social background and children's educational careers.The primary and secondary effects of social background over transitions and over time in the Netherlands. read more >
02 June 2010
June 11 2010: Inaugural lecture of Frank van Tubergen (ICS-Utrecht)
On June 11 2010, from 16.15 - 17.00 Frank van Tubergen (ICS Utrecht University) will have his inaugural lecture in the Academy Building, Utrecht University. The title of his lecture is 'Social Networks and Integration'. read more >
12 May 2010
Royal Decoration for Louk Hagendoorn (ICS-Utrecht)
Thursday 29 April 2010 prof.dr. Louk Hagendoorn received a Royal Decoration in the 'Academiegebouw', Utrecht. He was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. read more >
12 April 2010
NWO grant for Ineke Maas, Marco van Leeuwen (ICS-UU) & Hilde Bras (VU)
Hilde Bras (VU), Ineke Maas and Marco van Leeuwen (both ICS/Sociology - UU) received €462.000 from NWO (Middle-size Investment Program) for the project Linking historical lives (LinkedLives): a database with 150 years of life courses of kinship. read more >
08 April 2010
Rubicon grant for Rense Corten (ICS-UU)
Rense Corten (ICS-UU) has received a Rubicon grant (NWO) for his project "Experimental Studies on Cooperation in Dynamic Networks". He will conduct his research for one year at Stanford University, starting September 2010. read more >
30 March 2010
Melinda Mills (ICS-RuG) elected as Secretary/Treasurer ECSR
As of 2010, Melinda Mills has been elected as the Secretary/Treasurer of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR). She has been a member of the Board since 2008. read more >
22 March 2010
Outstanding results of evaluation: research master’s programs MERM and SaSR
The Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie: NVAO), the authoritative agency for assessing and accrediting higher education programs in the Netherlands, has concluded the evaluation of the research master's programs Migration, Ethnic Relations, and Multiculturalism (MERM) and Sociology and Social Research (SaSR) that are both offered by the Utrecht location of the ICS and are embedded in the Graduate School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Utrecht University. read more >
11 February 2010