IN MEMORIAM: CORA MAAS

Completely unexpected, Cora Maas passed away on February 8, 2010. Cora has been among our very first PhD students. Starting her PhD project in 1987 at ICS-Utrecht, she was a member of our second yeargroup. read more >

Promotion Richard Zijdeman (ICS UU): April 23, 2010

Richard Zijdeman (ICS UU, year group 2003) will defend his dissertation at April 23, 2010 at 14.30 in Utrecht. The title of his dissertation is:
Status attainment in the Netherlands, 1811-1941. Spatial and temporal variation before and during industrialization. read more >

Promotion Birgit Paukzstat (ICS RuG): April 1 2010

Birgit Paukzstat (ICS RuG, year group 2005) will defend her dissertation at April 1, 2010 at 16.15 in Groningen. The title of her dissertation is: Speaking up in organizations: Four studies on employee voice read more >

Promotion Nicole Tieben (ICS RU): March 4, 2010

Nicole Tieben (ICS RU, year group 2004) will defend her dissertation at March 4, 2010 at 10.30 in Nijmegen. The title of her dissertation is: Transitions, Tracks and Transformations. Social inequality in transitions into, through and out of secondary education in the Netherlands for cohorts born between 1914 and 1985. read more >

Davide Barrera and Werner Raub successful in NWO Open Competition

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) have awarded Davide Barrera and Werner Raub funding for their project proposal in the NWO Social Sciences (MaGW) Open Competition.
The three-year postdoc project is entitled The Feasibility of Cooperation under Various Sanctioning Institutions. read more >

Beate Völker appointed a member of the board of NWO Social Sciences

The Governing Board of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) appointed Beate Völker a member of the board of NWO Social Sciences (MaGW) with effect from 01 January 2010. read more >

Vidi grant for Frank van Tubergen

Frank van Tubergen (ICS/Utrecht) has been granted € 800.000 for his proposal 'Immigrants, Natives and the Occupational Career: Do Social Contacts Matter?' by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). read more >

Veni Grant for Karien Dekker

Karien Dekker (ICS/Utrecht) has been granted €250.000 for her proposal 'Neighbourhood Deprivation, Exit, and Voice: Searching for Mechanisms of Decline' by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

 

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Promotion Miranda Sentse (ICS RuG): March 4, 2010

Miranda Sentse (ICS RuG, year group 2006) will defend her dissertation at March 4, 2010 at 14.45 in Groningen. The title of her dissertation is: Bridging Contexts: The interplay between family, child, and peers in explaining problem behavior in early adolescence.

 

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Promotion Renske Keizer (NIDI/UU): February 12, 2010

Renske Keizer (ICS/NIDI, year group 2005) will defend her dissertation at February 12, 2010 at 14.30 in the Academiegebouw, Utrecht. The title of her dissertation is: Remaining childless. Causes and consequences from a life course perspective.

 

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