05 October 2009
Vincent Buskens appointed as part-time professor at Erasmus, Rotterdam
Since October 1, Vincent Buskens (ICS / Sociology, Utrecht) has been appointed as part-time professor at the Erasmus Chair of Empirical Legal Studies, Erasmus School of Law.
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05 October 2009
ICS Annual Report 2008
To increase the use of the ICS website, the ICS Annual Report 2008 is not longer published as a booklet, but is released via this site. read more >
12 August 2009
NWO Graduate Programme: Prestigious Grant for ICS
The ICS secured one of the nine grants for research and graduate schools in the new NWO Graduate Programme. read more >
26 June 2009
June 2009: Evaluation of research in sociology at universities in the Netherlands - top results for the ICS in Groningen and Utrecht
Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities (QANU), the assessment agency that carries out external assessments of academic education and research programs on behalf of the Association of the Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) has published the results of the Research Review Sociology 2008 on June 22, 2009. read more >
25 June 2009
NORFACE grants for Frank van Tubergen
Two research proposals of Frank van Tubergen has been awarded grants within the NORFACE Transnational Research Program (under the theme 'Migration in Europe - social, economic, cultural and policy dynamics'). read more >
17 June 2009
NSV/VBO Prize for Policy Research 2009 for Jessica Pass
ICS PhD graduate Jessica Pass (yeargroup 2004), together with her her colleagues Marjolein Muskens, Bas Kurver and Marijn van Klingeren, was awarded the NSV/VBO Prize for Policy Research 2009 for their article (in Dutch): "Leidt kennis tot lenen en lenen tot leren? Het effect van informatie over lenen op leengedrag en studievoortgang van Nederlandse studenten". read more >
05 June 2009
Honorable Mention for Vincent Buskens
Vincent Buskens' paper Dynamics of Networks if Everyone Strives for Structural Holes was chosen to receive "Honorable Mention" in this year's Mathematical Sociology Outstanding Article Publication Award competition. read more >
22 April 2009
NWO subsidies for ICS projects
The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has announced eight new subsidies for PhD projects in the social and behavioral sciences (NWO MaGW Open Competition). read more >
16 April 2009
Lecture Anthony Heath: Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion
Monday, May 11 2009 Anthony Heath (Nuffield College, Oxford UK) will lecture on Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion.read more >
09 March 2009