Lecturers and their specialisations

Below you will find a list of lecturers teaching a course at the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences. Except for a short (academic) biography, you will find links to the Master's programme s a lecturer is teaching in. If available, a link to a personal webpage is included.

Please note that this list contains the biographies of lecturers who will teach a course in ISHSS Master's programme s during the academic year 2007-2008.

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Touraj Atabaki

Professor Touraj Atabaki studied theoretical physics (BSc, MSc) and history at National University of Iran and University of London. Worked at Utrecht University, where he acquired MA and PhD. Holds the endowed chair of “Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia” at the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East of the Leiden University. He holds the Senior Research Fellow position at the International Institute of Social History in charge of the Department of the Middle East and Central Asia. Visiting senior research fellow, the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. Visiting fellow at the Academy of Sciences of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Touraj Atabaki is member of the Academic Committee of the International Institute of Asian Studies and member of editorial boards of: Journal of Iranian Studies, Journal of Azerbaijani Studies, Review of International Affairs, Journal of Iran and the Caucasus and Journal Central Asian Survey. Main research interest: Historiography of everyday life and comparative subaltern history.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Isabel Awad Cherit

Isabel Awad Cherit is a lecturer at the Department of Communication Science. Her research interests focus on journalism, media ethics, cultural diversity, and social inclusion. She is the academic advisor of the Master's programme in European Communication Science.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Media and Communication

B

Michiel Baas

Michiel Baas (1975) obtained his BA degree in International Management in 1998, and studied Cultural Anthropology & Non-Western Sociology from 2000-2003. He did research among the IT professionals of Bangalore (India) for his MA thesis and graduated (cum laude) in December 2003. In March 2004 he joined the ASSR as a Ph.D. student. His project is entitled: Flexible Transnationalism - Displaced Indian Students In Between Legality and Illegality in India and Australia. This project deals with the legal and (semi-) illegal practices that new migrants make use of while making their way in the world.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Asia

Evelyne Baillergeau

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Evelyne Baillergeau.
Programme:
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas

Isa Baud

Isa Baud holds the International Development Studies chair at the Universiteit of Amsterdam.She is adjunct-director of the research institute AMIDSt and board member of the national research school CERES and one of three vice-presidents of the European Association of Development Institutes (EADI). She is also currently member of the international Advisory Board of the Institut Universitaire d’Etudes du Développement (Graduate Institute of Development Studies) in Geneva, and member of the EUDN, the European hub of the Global Development Network. Her research interests include: urban governance, urban environmental management, small-scale enterprise development, informal employment, and gender relations in economics. She is a member of the examination committee of the programme.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Region(s):
Asia

Michiel Baud

Michiel Baud is director of the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) and Professor of Latin American Studies (UvA). His current research interests are indigenista ideologies and their influence on present-day academic interpretations of the Andes, the role of ethnic movements in Latin American politics, the social history of Latin American borders, the analysis of Latin American modernity and the construction of collective memories in present-day Latin America.
For a more elaborated biography, please check the webpage on Michiel Baud.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
South/Central America

Gerd Baumann

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Gerd Baumann
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Region(s):
North America
South/Central America
Europe

Maarten Bavinck

Maarten Bavinck completed his masters in development sociology at the Free University of Amsterdam. After working as a consultant in the field of development co-operation for a number of years, he joined the University of Amsterdam in 1994, completing his Ph.D. four years later. Maarten Bavinck is director of the Center for Maritime Research (MARE), a joint initiative of the Universiteit van Amsterdam and Wageningen University. He is senior lecturer at the C.M. Kan Institute and attached to the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt). Special areas of interest include fisheries and fisheries management, governance of natural resources, and coastal zone development. Maarten's regional specialisation is South Asia.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Paul de Beer

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Paul de Beer
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Master's programmeComparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Region(s):
Europe

Niels Beerepoot

Niels Beerepoot is academic advisor for the Master's programme in International Development Studies. He was trained at Utrecht University in International Economics and Economic Geography before he moved to the University of Amsterdam to pursue his PhD research. His research interests include: small enterprise development, entrepreneurship, industrial clustering, innovation systems and labour markets.
Programme(s): Master's programme International Development Studies

Peter van den Besselaar

Peter van Besselaar studied mechanical engineering ('propedeuse' degree) at the Technical University of Eindhoven, mathematics (BSc) at the University of Utrecht, and philosophy (MA) at the University of Amsterdam. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam. He worked as researcher at the Dutch Universities Joint Institute for Social Research (SISWO) and as a lecturer in the philosophy of science at the University of Amsterdam). Currently Van den Besselaar is associate professor of social aspects of information technology in the Department of Social Science Informatics. His research interests are: computers, employment and the workplace, science and technology studies, science and technology assessment, information science, groupware and community networks, design science and methodology.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Thomas Blom Hansen

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Annemarie Bodaar

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Annemarie Bodaar
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
North America
Europe

Hajo Boomgaarden

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Hajo Boomgaarden
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Theme(s):
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Europe

David Bos

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

A.E. Bronner

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Kees Brants

Kees Brants is a senior fellow at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR). He holds a special chair of Political Communication at the University of Leiden. He is director of the Master's programme in European Communication Science.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Wouter van der Brug

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Wouter van der Brug
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Mariëtta de Bruïne

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Europe

Brian Burgoon

Brian Burgoon is a lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences. His current research focuses on national, international, and supranational political struggles over economic globalisation. He teaches a range of courses in international relations, comparative foreign policy, and international and comparative political economy.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

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Sébastien Chauvin

Sébastien Chauvin is an Assistant Professor at UvA’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and a researcher at IMES. His current areas of research range from labor sociology to gender studies, political ethnography and social movements, the sociology of race and immigration, sociological methods and social theory. In 2000-2001, he did research on sexual minority and transgender youth within African American underprivileged communities in Oakland, California. In 2002-2003, he studied sex worker movements in the Paris region. From 2003 to 2006, he taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago while conducting sociological fieldwork. His dissertation was an ethnographic study of mostly undocumented Hispanic immigrant day laborers in Chicago, including the staffing industry that employed them, and the social movements that mobilized them. From 2006 to 2008, he was a lecturer in sociology at the Université Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne. More recently has been working on a collective research exploring the labor-market experience and following the political mobilization of undocumented immigrant workers in France. He is currently studying the relationship between precarious work, the welfare state, and civic subordination in post-industrial societies, using the concept of “bridled citizenship.”
For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Sébastien Chauvin.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies

Freek Colombijn

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Freek Colombijn
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Sarah Coulthard

Sarah graduated from the University of York with a BSc in Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Science, which she followed with an Master's programme in Ecology at the University of Aberdeen. Sarah worked at the Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa as an Ecologist before coming to Newcastle where she is currently studying for a PhD funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on Integrated Coastal Management for Pulicat Lake a Coastal lagoon in South East India.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies

Will Critchley

Will Critchley is co-ordinator of the Natural Resource Management Unit of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam International Co-operation Centre, and involved in research and development programmes throughout Africa. His specialisations are the interface between people and their land, and the search to reconcile conservation of resources with sustained production. Farmer innovation in technology development within Africa is his current specific area of focus.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

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Johan Jeroen De Deken

Johan Jeroen De Deken is assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology. Previously he has taught at the Humboldt University in Berlin, at the Comenius University in Bratislava and at the Central European University in Prague. Currently his research interests include the impact of social policies on the labour supply; and the relationship between pension reform, financial systems, corporate governance and stake holding.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Ton Dietz

Ton Dietz is professor in political environmental geography at the University of Amsterdam, founding director of the research institute AGIDS (Amsterdam Research Institute for Global Issues and Development Studies) and member of the directorate of the Netherlands Research School for Resource Studies for Development (CERES). He did his PhD study among the Pokot in Kenya and his research activities are mainly on livelihood stress in drylands in Africa and India. He is currently involved in a major research project on the impact of climate change on tropical drylands. His research interests and experiences include: the geographical patterns of development aid, impact of climate change, transition to sustainable land use, entitlements to natural resources, pastoralism, livelihood security and geographical networks, impact of rural development programmes on poverty, and urban-rural linkages. He is a member of the examination committee of the programme.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Africa
Asia

Gertjan Dijkink

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Theme(s):
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Asia
Europe

Jeroen Doomernik

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Jeroen Doomernik
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Leo Douw

Leo Douw is a lecturer in Modern Chinese History and Society, both at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is also a Fellow at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR). He specialises in the history of Chinese economic thought, ethnic Chinese transnational entrepreneurship and its impact on society, as well as politics in South China.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programmeInternational Relations
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Jan Willem Duyvendak

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Jan Willem Duyvendak
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Master's programme Urban Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

E

Yolande van Ede

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Yolande van Ede
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Africa
North America
South/Central America
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Marieke van Eijk

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Marieke van Eijk
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Region(s):
North America
Europe

E.R. Engelen

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

F

Annette Freyberg Inan

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Annette Freyberg-Inan
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

G

André Gerrits

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of André Gerrits
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Marieke de Goede

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Marieke de Goede
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Enrique Gomezllata

Enrique Gomezllata (born Mexico City 1972) is a historian specialized in contemporary Mexico. He received his MA in Social Sciences from the ISHSS with the Thesis entitled ‘Mexican Politics Online’. The focus of this investigation was placed on communication technologies, specifically the Internet. Currently he is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. The main topics of his doctoral Thesis are globalisation, communication technologies and the social, economic and political problematic in Latin America. The working title of his dissertation (in progress) is ‘Globalisation and Communication Technologies in Contemporary Mexico’.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
North America
South/Central America

Frances Gouda

For an academic biography, pelase check the personal webpage of Frances Gouda.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality ans Society

Dorine Greshof

Dorine Greshof is research associate in the Department of Sociology, specialising in urban studies. Her publications deal with urban poverty and homelessness.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies

H

Rob Hagendijk

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Rob Hagendijk
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Cees Hamelink

Cees Hamelink is a professor of International Communication at the Department of Communication Science. He studied moral philosophy and psychology at the UvA. He held several offices in international organisations and was President of the International Association for Mass Communication Research (1990-1994). At present he is theEditor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Communication Studies "Gazette". Cees Hamelink has lectured at universities in more than 45 countries, has produced numerous articles and books on international communication, culture human rights and information technology. His specialisations include: world communication and human rights.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Africa
Europe

Jeffrey Harrod

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Jeffrey Harrod
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development

Anja van Heelsum

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Anja van Heelsum
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Annemarie van Heerikhuizen

is a lecturer at the Department of European History. She has published various articles on modern history. Her latest book focuses on Dutch politicians who pioneered the idea of a united Europe.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration

Gert Hekma

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Gert Hekma
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Region(s):
Europe

Lotte Hoek

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Lotte Hoek
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Asia

Sonja van 't Hof

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Sonja van 't Hof
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Region(s):
Europe

Otto Holman

Otto Holman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences. His specialisations include: the transnational dimension of regime transformation in Central and Eastern Europe and the enlargement of the European Union.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme International Relations

Michaela Hordijk

Michaela Hordijk is Human Geographer and completed her PhD study on Community Participation in Urban Environmental Management in Lima. She is currently lecturing on development studies, urban environmental management, urban poverty alleviation and research methodologies in developing countries. She is lecturing at the C.M. Kan Institute and researcher at AMIDSt. Her research interests include: urban environmental movements, Local Agenda 21 planning methodologies and leadership characteristics. She is the director of the Master's programme International Development Studies.
For a more elaborated biography, please check the personal webpage of Michaela Hordijk
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Region(s):
South/Central America

I

J

Marie-Louise Janssen

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Marie-Louise Janssen
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
South/Central America
Europe

Leonie Janssen-Jansen

Leonie Janssen-Jansen is a post doc researcher at UvA research center AMIDSt (Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies). She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional planning from the Universiteit Utrecht. Before starting her Ph.D. research, Leonie Janssen-Jansen has also been a researcher at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Netherlands. She is actively involved in the Dutch Association of Planners and Urban Designers (BNSP). Her teaching, research and publications focus on regional planning, Growth Management, regional governance, regionalisation, institutional planning.
For a more elaborate biography, please check the personal webpage of Leonie Janssen-Jansen.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Urban Studies

Jeroen Jansz

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Jeroen Jansz
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Theme(s):
Media and Communication

Gerd Junne

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Gerd Junne
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Master's programme International Relations
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development

K

Marta Kahancova

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Barak Kalir

Barak Kalir is an anthropologist and a member of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research. He is the Programme Director and Academic Advisor of the Social Theory and Public Affairs programme. His specializations include: international immigration, ethnic and religious dynamics among migrant groups, transnationalism, and notions of legality. He is currently coordinating a research programme entitled: Illegal but Licit: Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities in Asia, within which he carries a multisided fieldwork among Chinese labourers in Israel and upon their return in China.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
South/Central America
Asia

Michael Kemper

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Asia
Europe

Ruya Kocer

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Helen Kopnina

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Helen Kopnina
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies

Winny Koster

Winny Koster is a medical anthropologtist who worked for fourteen years in health-related development programmes, mainly in Africa. In April 2003 she defended het PhD thesis 'Secret strategies', on women and obortion in Yoruba society, Nigeria. The thesis was based on a three year applied participatoryresearch project of fertility regulation practices among the Yoruba. She presently teaches at the department of Anthropology.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies

Giselinde Kuipers

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Giselinde Kuipers
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Chunglin Kwa

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Media and Communication
Region(s):
North America
Europe

L

Courtney Lake

Courtney Lake studied political science and social sciences in the US and The Netherlands. Her PhD project, entitled 'Power, Influence and Urban Poverty: A Comparative Study of Mexico City and Los Angeles', is a critical empirical and theoretical analysis of the conceptualisations of poverty for the developed and developing world.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Master's programme in International Development Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
North America
South/Central America

Rob de Lange

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Region(s):
Europe

David Laws

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme in International Development Studies

S.K. Lecheler

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Reinoud Leenders

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Reinoud Leenders
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Joep Leerssen

Joep Leerssen is a professor of modern European literature and director of the Huizinga Institute. His specialisations include: Anglo-Irish literary and cultural relations and their mutual stereotypes; history of borders and borderlands and theories of national identity.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration

Ilse van Liempt

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Ilse van Liempt
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Kristoffel Lieten

Kristoffel Lieten studied at Antwerp, Reading, New Delhi and Nijmegen where he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the history of the trade union movement in Bombay. He holds the chair of Child Labour Studies at the University of Amsterdam and at the International Institute of Social History. Since 1978, he has been associated with the Anthropological-Sociological Centre at the University of Amsterdam. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute of Human Development in New Delhi. For contact information please check the UvA website.
Programme(s):
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile

Flip Lindo

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Flip Lindo
Programme(s):
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Diana Lucio Arias

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Jan van Luxemburg

Jan van Luxemburg (1936) studied classical languages and comparative literature at the University of Amsterdam. In 1993 he took his PhD by defending his study Rhetoric and Pleasure, in which he analysed the rhetoric and the implied ideologies in four 19th century European novels. With Mieke Bal and Willem Weststeijn he published two Dutch books on literary theory. He regularly published and publishes in Dutch, American, Norwegian, and South African journals. Recently he published an article about Abelard and Heloise, and pieces about Mason and Dixon, and Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. Jan van Luxemburg is married, father of two children, and grandfather of four children.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Europe

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Jeannette Mak

Dr. Jeannette Mak has been the coordinator of the Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies (ACS) since January 1st 2005. In that capacity, she is responsible for strengthening the curriculum and stimulating multidisciplinary research on conflict and conflict transformation at the University of Amsterdam, as well as increase public debate on the issue. Jeannette has a background in European Politics (PhD obtained from the European University Institute in Florence in 2002). Her main research interest concern the European public sphere, new forms of governance and informal politics.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Virginie Mamadouh

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Virginie Mamadouh
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Ram Manikkalingam

Ram Manikkalingam is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam and an Advisor to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva. He was Senior Advisor on the Peace Process with the Tamil Tigers to the previous President of Sri Lanka. He was an Advisor on Peace and Security to the Rockefeller Foundation where he led the Foundation’s work in this area, including the setting up of a new organisation to report on the UN Security Council and global initiatives related to preventing conflict. Ram has a bachelors in physics and a doctorate in political philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently working on a manuscript on liberalism, pluralism and group conflict. He is also in the International Advisory Group of the Security Council Report and the East West Management Institute, both based in New York, and the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust, based in Sri Lanka.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Personal e-mail address: r.manikkalingam@uva.nl

Jan Mansvelt-Beck

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Jan Markusse

Anne-Laure Masclé-Allemand

Dr Anne-Laure Mascle-Allemand did her doctoral studies at the university of Toulouse in quantitative economics. The main goal of her PhD dissertation is to highlight some unexpected reactions of employers and workers to labour market institutions. From November 2006, she joined AIAS as a postdoctoral fellow with a specialising in the impact of labour market institutions on low-wage employment.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Valentina Mazzucato

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Valentina Mazzucato
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Africa

Marc van der Meer

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Marc van der Meer
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Region(s):
North America
Europe

Daniel Mügge

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Daniel Mügge
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Otto van den Muijzenberg

Otto van den Muijzenberg is a professor emeritus in Sociology and the Modern History of 'Non-Western' Societies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam as well as a board member of the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR) and Chairman/Convenor of the 7th International Conference on Philippine Studies (7th ICOPHIL). His regional interest being South and Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, and India, his work looks into human geography, Asian anthropology and sociology, labour relations, local histories, as well as theoretical and organisational aspects of developments in Southeast Asian studies in the Netherlands.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies

Ernst Mulder

No biography available yet. For contact information, please visit the UvA website.
Programme(s):
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile

Sako Musterd

finished his PhD research in 1985 with a dissertation on urban transformation processes. As off 1995 he is a full professor of Urban Geography at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. He published extensively on urban change, segregation, integration and neighbourhood effects; recently he is also involved in major international comparative research focusing on the conditions required for the settlement of creative and knowledge intensive industries. Musterd has also been involved in numerous other functions, most recently as an advisor of the mayor and aldermen of the municipality of Amsterdam on strategic spatial and social issues. He is chairman of the board of the Netherlands Graduate School of Urban and Regional Research. Most recent book: Neighbourhoods of Poverty (Palgrave Macmillan). For further information visit the UvA Digital Academic Repository.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Region(s):
Europe

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Olga Nieuwenhuys

Olga Nieuwenhuys studied Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Universities of Paris and Amsterdam. She worked as a researcher in India and as a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in children's work and welfare in the context of the survival strategies of poor households in rural and urban settings. She is the author of Children's Lifeworlds: Gender, welfare and labour in the developing world (London and New York: Routledge, 1994) and of a number of scholarly articles and reports. She is currently in charge of coordinating the research and training programme "Child Welfare for the Urban Poor in India and Ethiopia".
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Resarch Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Kwame Nimako

Kwame Nimako is a university lecturer and consultant. His specialisations include: the changing position of Africa in the world-system, and the position of ethnic minorities in the European Union.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Africa

Gerben Nooteboom

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme International Development Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Mario Novelli

Mario Novelli is a lecturer in International development. He lectures on the IDS Masters programme, co-teaches the political economy of development course, and gives occasional lectures on the research methodology course. He also coordinates the International Development Studies Lecture Series. His research interests explore the relationship between globalisation, education and international development and he is centrally involved in the IS Academy on Quality Education - a joint intitiative between Amidst and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also works on issues of labour and human rights, particularly in Colombia,and is currently carrying out research on the assassination and forced displacement of education workers in Colombia.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

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Daniela Obradovic

Dr. Daniela Obradovic is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam. Her specialisations include: European Union law and integration studies in general and the role of interest groups in European Union policy formation in particular. At present, she participates in the European Commission Sixth Framework Project 'New Mode of Governance' NEWGOV with the topic ‘Accountability of Civil Society Groups Participating in New Modes of EU Social and Economic Governance'.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration
Master's programme International Relations
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Jacobijn Olthoff

Jacobijn Olthoff is a lecturer in International Development Studies at the UvA and co-responsible for the European Master Program ‘Children’s Rights’. She is also teaching in the anthropology department at University College of Utrecht University. In May 2006, she finished her PhD research in anthropology on teenage girls in the poor migrant neighborhoods of Lima, Peru. Her research interests include: ‘youth and marginalization in Latin America’, ‘children’s rights in a global context’ and ‘alternative development strategies’.
Programme(s):
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
South/Central America

Wim Ostendorf

Wim Ostendorf (1948) is associate professor in Urban Geography at AMIDSt, Universiteit van Amsterdam. In his research he concentrates on processes of urbanization and on urban problems in metropolitan areas regarding population, housing, segregation and the impact of concentrated poverty. Recently he participated in the EU-funded research-projects URBEX (The Spatial Dimensions of Urban Social Exclusion and Integration: A European Comparison) and RESTATE (Restructuring Large Housing Estates in European Cities: Good Practices and New Visions for Sustainable Neighbourhoods and Cities).
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies

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Bowen Paulle

Bowen Paulle (Phd., Univ of Amsterdam, 2005) is an independent researcher, policy advisor and interventionist associated with The Bridge Research Partnership. Along side his work with professionals and policy makers in primary and secondary education, he has lectured at the University of Amsterdam since 2004. Paulle's main interest is in the reproduction and transformation of mechanisms of exclusion. More specific interests include (educational policy related to) de-segregation, "race" and "ethnicity" as principles of social vision and division, bodies and (collective) emotions as modalities of group formation, gender dynamics, classical and contemporary social theory.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
North America
Europe

Margriet Poppema

Margriet Poppema studied Educational Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. She worked extensively with NGO's in Colombia in the field of popular education. Since 1990, she has been the head of education at InDRA, coordinator of the lecture series andlecturer. Her major research interest is on development theory and practice, basic education, cultural diversity and international educational policies. Her recent research focuses on innovative educational practices in the field of multi-cultural and multi-lingual education within the context of basic education.
For a more elaborated biography, please check the personal webpage of Margriet Poppema
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
South/Central America

Mattijs van de Port

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Mattijs van de Port
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Media and Communication
Region(s):
South/Central America

Nicky Pouw

Nicky Pouw was trained as a development economist at the University of Amsterdam. After her graduation in 1996 she worked on various research and evaluation projects on poverty and gender related issues in African countries. She has completed a PhD on 'The Characterization and Monitoring of Poverty. Smallholder Farmers in Rural Uganda' at the Free University Amsterdam. Her research and teaching interests include development economics, poverty and inequality analysis, research methodologies, gender and economic theory and action research, economic literacy and household economics.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies

Bas van den Putte

Bas van den Putte has a master in methods of social-scientific research, a master in communication science and a PhD in psychology. He is associate professor at the department of communication and specializes in the effects of commercial communication and health communication.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

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Nuria Ramos Martin

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Nuria Ramos Martin
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
North America
South/Central America
Europe

Jan Rath

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Jan Rath
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Master's programme Urban Studies

S.L. Reijnders

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Andrea Roth
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Jan de Ridder

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Research Master's programme Social Sciences(Research Master)

Vincent de Rooij

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Vincent de Rooij
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Africa
Europe

Mirjam Ros-Tonen

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Mirjam Ros-Tonen
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Master's programme in International Development Studies
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
South/Central America

Andrea Roth

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Andrea Roth
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Mario Rutten

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Mario Rutten
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Asia

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Oscar Salemink

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Oscar Salemink
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Willem Salet

Willem Salet is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the UvA research center AMIDSt (Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies). Previously, he was appointed at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, part-time professor of Regional Governance at the Technical University Delft, and scientific director of the Amsterdam study center for Metropolitan Studies (AME).
As a sociologist and urban and regional planner he is specialized in the role of planning and governance in society and focuses on the coordination of public and private action related to urban and regional development in Europe . He takes an institutional approach into issues of spatial planning and policy. Keywords of his main research are strategic spatial planning, institutions and planning, planning and law, planning and sociology, metropolitan governance and spatial and institutional development in European regions.
For a more elaborate biography, please check the personal webpage of Willem Salet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Urban Studies

Willem van Schendel

Willem van Schendel is professor of Contemporary Asian Studies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute of Social History. His area of expertise is South Asia, and Bangladesh in particular. Recurring themes in his work are modern history, as well as Asian economies and underworlds.
Programme(s): Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Personal webpage: http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.w.vanschendel/

James Slevin

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of James Slevin
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Europe

Siemen Spinder

Siemen Spinder is senior lecturer Social Work at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and content manager of Pro Education/Hogeschool van Amsterdam (privatised institution for further education). His interests include: child protection, foster care, youth care in general and community based social work.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Rachel Spronk

Rachel Spronk teaches sexuality studies at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and she completed her Ph.D. at the Amsterdam School for Social-science Research (ASSR), both at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests are sexuality in the context of social, economic and political transformations in postcolonial societies; the bodily experience or sensuality of sex; and the further theorising of sexuality. She has published about female sexuality, sexual desire and pleasure, sexuality and HIV/Aids in Africa, sexuality and romantic love, and on representations of sexuality.
For more information, please check the personal webpage of Rachel Spronk
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Master's programme Social Theory and Public Affairs
Theme(s):
Health, Sexuality and the Body
Region(s):
Africa

Francesco Strazzari

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Francesco Strazzari
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Relations

Karen van Stapele

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Media and Communication

Thijl Sunier

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Thijl Sunier
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Urban Studies
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Media and Communication
Region(s):
Europe

Leonard Suransky

Dr Leonard Suransky is a professor of International Relations and is the Head of International Relations at Webster, Leiden. He has lived and taught in the UK, Denmark, the USA and South Africa. Dr. Suransky also designs and facilitates international crisis/conflict simulation games, particularly on the "First African War in the Congo" and "The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."
Programme(s):
Master's programme Conflict Resolution and Governance
Master's programme International Relations
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

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Jules Theeuwes

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Prof. dr. Jules Theeuwes
Programme(s):
Master's programme in Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies

Sharika Thiranagama

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Asia

Jean Tillie

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Sandra Trienekens

No biography available yet.
Programme:
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas

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Leonie van der Valk

Leonie van der Valk is senior lecturer in social work methodology at the School for Social Work of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Her research and interests include: diversity in Social work, Moroccan youth, religion in social work, Islam in social work, development of performance assessments in social work.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Master's programme Migration and Ethnic Studies
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Antoni Verger

Antoni Verger was awarded a PhD on Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) for his work on the WTO/GATS and the politics of Education. As a member of the research group 'Analysis of Social Policies Seminar' (UAB), he has worked in the research projects "Globalization and inequalities in Latin America" and "Beyond Targeting the Poor: Education, development and anti-poverty policies in South America". Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Mertopolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam. His principal research areas are the global governance of education and the politics of education and international development.
Programme(s):
Master's programme in International Development Studies
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
South/Central America

Piet Verhoeven

Piet Verhoeven is associate professor at the department of Communication Science and researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR). His specialisations are organisational communication and science in the mass media.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Floris Vermeulen

Floris Vermeulen studied Economic and Social History at the University of Amsterdam and is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) and the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include: local civil society, migrant organisations, local integration policies, and social policies programmes in a multicultural society.
Personal webpage:
http://www.imes.uva.nl/staff/vermeulen_f.html
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Policy and Social Work in Urban Areas

Sanderien Verstappen

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Sanderien Verstappen
Programme(s):
Master's programme Social Sciences (Research Master)

Nico Vink

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Nico Vink
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Africa
South/Central America
Europe

Karen Vintges

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Karen Vintges
Programme(s):
Master's programme Gender, Sexuality and Society
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
Region(s):
Africa
North America
Europe

Sikko Visscher

Sikko Visscher lectures on historical and contemporary themes in Asian Studies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and is the Academic Advisor and Coordinator of the CAS programme. His area of expertise is Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia and he focuses on processes of social and economic development, ethnic entrepreneurship and its institutions, and the Ethnic Chinese diaspora.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Contemporary Asian Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Asia

Jelle Visser

Jelle Visser is professor in the sociology of labour and organisation at the University of Amsterdam and is also the scientific director of AIAS. He is connected to the Max Planck Intstitut für Gesellschaftsforschung in Cologne. Previously he worked for the European University Institute in Florence and was a guest professor in Mannheim, Madison-Wisconsin, Stanford and Oxford University. Jelle Visser also works as a consultant for international organisations like the OECD, the ILO and the European Union.
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences

Rens Vliegenthart

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

Claes de Vreese

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Claes de Vreese
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Communication Studies

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Janelle Ward

Janelle Ward is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) and a lecturer at the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS). She teaches Crash Course – Introduction to Research Methodology, New Media, Politics and Youth, and Communication & Society. Her research interests include theoretical issues of democracy and citizenship, online media, and young people. She has recently published in the Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics and Information Polity.
Programme(s):
Undergraduate Certificate Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Media and Communication
Region(s):
North America
Europe

Herman van de Werfhorst

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Herman van de Werfhorst
Programme(s):
Master's programme Comparative Labour and Organisation Studies
Research Master's programme Social Sciences
Theme(s):
Social Policy, Labour Relations and Welfare State
Region(s):
North America
Europe

Michael Wintle

For an (academic) biography, please check the personal webpage of Michael Wintle
Programme(s):
Master's programme European Studies: Identity and Integration
Theme(s):
Ethnicity and Religion, Migration and Culture
International Relations, Conflict, Governance and Development
Region(s):
Europe

Fred Zaal

No biography available yet.
Programme(s):
Master's programme International Development Studies
Master's programme IDS - Children's Rights profile

Lecturers and their specialisations

Linda Adrichem

Metin Alkan

Mehdi Parvizi Amineh

Olga Amsterdamska

Touraj Atabaki

Isabel Awad Cherit

Michiel Baas

Evelyne Baillergeau

Isa Baud

Michiel Baud

Gerd Baumann

Maarten Bavinck

Paul de Beer

Niels Beerepoot

Peter van den Besselaar

Thomas Blom Hansen

Annemarie Bodaar

Hajo Boomgaarden

David Bos

A.E. Bronner

Kees Brants

Wouter van der Brug

Mariëtta de Bruïne

Brian Burgoon

Sébastien Chauvin

Freek Colombijn

Sarah Coulthard

Will Critchley

Johan Jeroen De Deken

Ton Dietz

Gertjan Dijkink

Jeroen Doomernik

Leo Douw

Jan Willem Duyvendak

Yolande van Ede

Marieke van Eijk

E.R. Engelen

Annette Freyberg Inan

André Gerrits

Marieke de Goede

Enrique Gomezllata

Frances Gouda

Dorine Greshof

Rob Hagendijk

Cees Hamelink

Jeffrey Harrod

Anja van Heelsum

Annemarie van Heerikhuizen

Gert Hekma

Lotte Hoek

Sonja van 't Hof

Otto Holman

Michaela Hordijk

Marie-Louise Janssen

Leonie Janssen-Jansen

Jeroen Jansz

Gerd Junne

Marta Kahancova

Barak Kalir

Michael Kemper

Ruya Kocer

Helen Kopnina

Winny Koster

Giselinde Kuipers

Chunglin Kwa

Courtney Lake

Rob de Lange

David Laws

S.K. Lecheler

Reinoud Leenders

Joep Leerssen

Ilse van Liempt

Kristoffel Lieten

Flip Lindo

Diana Lucio Arias

Jan van Luxemburg

Jeannette Mak

Virginie Mamadouh

Ram Manikkalingam