PhD candidates
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Communication Science
 | Anika Batenburg Project: When Story-Telling Makes a Difference: Effects of Writing and Reading Online Health Narratives Supervisors: prof. U. Ritterfeld, dr. E.H.H.J. Das |
 | Xanthe Plaisier Project: Peer rejection, emotions and anti-social media preferences Supervisor: prof.E.A.Konijn |
_tcm31-193708.JPG "Takens") | Janet Takens Project: Short term media logic and the long-term viability of democracy Supervisors: prof.dr.J.Kleinnijenhuis, dr. A.M. J. van Hoof, dr. W. van Atteveld |
 | Jolanda Veldhuis Project: Peer influence on the effects of media-induced body dissatisfaction Supervisor: prof.dr. E. A. Konijn |
Governance Studies
 | Ine Apapoe
Project: Governing tribal Ndyuka society in Suriname: What is de quality of governance of the dual system of traditional and state governance? Supervisors: prof. dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts; dr. J.M. Ubink |
 | Maud van Bavel Project: Informal and Formal guardianship in the neighbourhood context Supervisor: prof.dr. J.C.J. Boutellier |
 | Leonie Heres Project: Ethical Leadership Across the Publicc-Private Continuum Supervisors: prof.dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts, dr. K.Lasthuizen |
 | Hidde Rinze Koornstra Project: A Matter of Governing Capacity: Activating Labour Market Policies and the Governability of New Welfare Supervisors: prof.dr. W. Trommel, dr. D.B.D. Bannink, mr.dr. H. Bosselaar |
 | Peggy Purperhart
Project: Suriname at a crossroads. A tale of institutional change Supervisor: prof.dr.W.Trommel, dr.J.R.Hulst |
 | Anne-Marie Reynaers Project: Public values in Public-Private Partnerships Supervisors: prof.dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts, dr. G. de Graaf |
 | Deborah Rice Project: The activation of unemployed citizens in The Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom: a micro-institutionalist perspective Supervisors: prof.dr. W. Trommel, dr. D.B.D. Bannink, mr.dr. H. Bosselaar |
 | Jeroen Rodenberg Project: The integrated governance of heritage Supervisors: prof.dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts, dr. J.R. Hulst |
 | Anna Schonewille Project: Citizenship, new welfare and governance Supervisors: prof.dr. W. Trommel, dr. D.B.D. Bannink, mr.dr. H. Bosselaar |
 | Judith van de Veer Project: Manufacturing local governance: welfare state reform in Dutch municipalities Supervisors: prof.dr. L.W.J.C. Huberts, prof.dr. W.A. Trommel |
Organization Sciences
 | Julie Birkholz Project: Dynamics of collaboration: a network approach to understanding collaboration mechanisms in science Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen , prof.dr. H. Akkermans |
 | Femke Brandt Project: Farm Dwellers, the forgotten people? Consequences of conversions to private wild-life. Networking Livelihoods in South Africa: the impact of private farm conversions to wildlife production on the construction of farm dwellers livelihoods in the Eastern Cape Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Dahles, dr. M.J. Spierenburg |
 | Nicole Brenninkmeijer Project: Honour related violence in The Netherlands; the rise and development of a new organizational field Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Ghorashi, prof.dr. M. Veenswijk, dr. C.M.Roggeband |
 | Nicoletta Dimitrova Project: Quality Management in the Face of Error: On Staying Task Focused Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr. C. van Dyck, dr. E.A.J. van Hooft |
 | Leonore van der Ende Project: The Power of Rituals in Infrastructure Megaprojects Supervisors: prof.dr. A.H. van Marrewijk, dr.ir. F.K. Boersma |
 | Maya Fiolet Project: Entrepreneurship in the care for the elderly Supervisors: prof.dr. T. Elfring , prof.dr. M. Boekholdt, dr.C. Teelken |
 | Sothy Khieng
Project: Resource Diversification Strategies of NGOs in Cambodia: The Relevance of Social Enterprise (2010-2014) Supervisors: prof.dr. H.Dahles, prof.dr. G. Junne, dr. W. Verkoren |
 | Anne Kok Project: Corporate social responsability: the corporate's or the social's responsibility? Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr.ir. F.G.A. de Bakker |
 | Sander Merkus Project: Struggling for meaning within an infrastructural venture: A narrative approach to the administrative culture of decision-making Supervisors: prof.dr. J.M. de Heer, prof.dr. M. Veenswijk, dr.ir. F.K. Boersma |
 | Christine Moser Project: The Development of Social Structures in Online Innovating Communities Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, prof.dr. M.H. Huysman |
 | Adina Nerghes Project: Inter-Organizational Dynamics of the Economic Crisis Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr.I.Hellsten, dr.Y. Taminiau |
 | Annemiek van Os Project: Communication about errors in organizations: An intergroup perspective Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr. C. van Dyck, dr. T.C. de Gilder |
 | Sylvia van der Raad
Project: Inclusive Thinking: The Policy and Practice of Diversity in the Netherlands in Historical Context Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Ghorashi |
 | Vera Scholmerich Project: Inequality, poverty and perinatal health Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Ghorashi, prof. dr. P. Groenewegen |
 | Karen Smits Project: Cultural Change in the Infrastructural Sector/Collaboration in Infrastructural Mega Projects - Cultural Interfaces in the Panama Canal Expansion Project Supervisors: prof.dr. M. Veenswijk, prof.dr. A.H. van Marrewijk |
 | Dhoya Snijders Project: Farm Dwellers, the Forgotten People? Consequences of Conversions to Private Wildlife Production in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape/Private Wildlife and the State - An institutional approach to wildlife ownership in post-Apartheid South Africa Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Dahles, dr. M.J. Spierenburg, dr. H. Wels |
 | Evaline Stam Project: Entrepreneurship and the Dutch Health Care: Engaged to be married…? – Social network dynamics Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr. I. A.M. Wakkee |
| San Tea
Project: The South Korean investment boom: an opportunity for Cambodia entrepreneurship? Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Dahles, dr.P.C van der Sijde, dr. N. Chanrith | |
 | Marieke van Wieringen Project: Care networks of frail elderly people: the cooperation and tuning among care providers Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, prof. M.I. Broese van Groenou |
 | Gea Wijers Project: Negotiating a river by its bends. How Cambodian returnee-migrants build, broker and bargain for structural reform of Cambodian economic institutions Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Dahles, dr. G.Junne, dr. T. Gilberg |
 | Michiel Verver Project: The revitalization of ethnic Chinese business networks in Cambodia/Chinese capitalism in Cambodia? Exploring ethnic Chinese entrepreneuring in Phnom Penh Supervisors: prof.dr. H. Dahles, dr. J.B.M. Koning, dr. T. Gilberg |
 | Jeroen Wolbers Project: Lost in translation. Knowledge exchange and inter-organizational coordination processes in the Complex Adaptive Reality of Emergency Management in the Netherlands Supervisors: prof. dr. P. Groenewegen, dr.ir. F.K. Boersma, dr. F.P. Wagenaar |
 | Natalia Zborowska Project: The Europeanisation of gambling organisations and the regulation of gambling within the European Union/How do developments within the organisational and regulatory gambling arrangements within the member states of the EU relate to the European level? Supervisors: prof.dr. H.W. Overbeek, dr.ir. S.F. Kingma |
Political Science
 | Jeanine Bezuijen Project: Multilevel Governance Beyond the Nation-State: Explaining the structure of authority in the international arena Supervisor: prof.dr. L. Hooghe, prof.dr. G. Marks |
 | Judith Bretthauer Project: Resource Scarcity and Violent Conflict: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Social, Economic and Political Conditions in Causal Pathways to Conflict Supervisors: prof.dr. H.W. Overbeek, dr.F.Biermann |
 | Martijn Dekker Project: Human security from below Supervisors: prof.dr. M.J. Faber |
 | Glenn Diesen Project: The external effect from the rise of inter-democratic security institutions: invoking cooperation or conflict? Supervisor: prof.dr. W. Wagner |
 | Verena Dräbing Project: Social Investment in Europe Supervisors: prof.dr. A.C. Hemerijck, dr. B. Vis |
 | Annemarie van Elfrinkhof Project: Party Profiling and Mapping Supervisors: prof.dr. L. Hooghe, dr. A.P.M. Krouwel |
| Svetlana Frenova
Project: The role of intersectoral partnerships in the (global) environmental governance and transition towards sustainable development Supervisor: dr. P. H. Pattberg | |
 | Naná de Graaff Project: The transnational dimension of geopolitical conflict over energy resources. Rising influence of state-owned energy corporations and shifts in governance of energy security Supervisors: prof.dr. H.W. Overbeek, dr. E.B. van Apeldoorn |
 | Benjamin Neudorfer Project: Consequences of Multilevel Governance Supervisor: prof. dr. L. Hooghe, prof. dr. G. Marks |
 | Michal Onderco Project: Make money, no rogues? Explaining policies towards rogue states Supervisor: prof.dr. W. Wagner |
 | Falk Ostermann Project: France Between Autonomy and Influence? Discourse and Change in Foreign Policy Identity since the 2000s Supervisor: prof.dr. W. Wagner |
 | Jerome Schaefer Project: Senior Commission Official's Role Perceptions in a Changing Europe Supervisors: prof. dr. L. Hooghe, dr. B.J.J. Crum |
 | Menno Soentken Project: Supervisors: prof.dr. A.C. Hemerijck, dr. B. Vis, dr. M.L. Nelson |
 | Matthias Stepan Project: Modern social policies in China: From work units towards a fragmented welfare state Supervisor: prof. dr. A.C. Hemerijck |
Social and Cultural Anthropology
| Maria Paula Adinolfi
Project: Exhibiting the other, exhibiting the self: Afro-Brazilian objects, memorials, temples and the politics of cultural heritage in Brazil Supervisors: prof.dr. M. van de Port, prof.dr. H. Roodenburg | |
| Donya Alinejad
Project: Diaspora identities and the Internet: How Iranian Migrant Communities are Imagined Online and Offline Supervisors: prof.dr. B. Meyer, prof.dr. H. Ghorashi | |
| Theodoros Atreso
Project: Foreign Large Scale Food Production and Land Use in Ethiopia Supervisors: prof.dr. G.J. Abbink, dr. S.J.T.M. Evers | |
| Andre Bakker
Project: Streaming Meditations. Traditional Cosmology, Pentecostal Christanity and Modern Mass Media in an Indigenous Community in Brazil Supervisors: prof.dr. B. Meyer, dr. M.E.M. de Theije, prof.dr. M. van de Port | |
| Markus Balkenhol
Project: Memory work. Trauma, truth, and slavery in the Netherlands Supervisor: prof.dr. H. Roodenburg | |
| Maaike Benders
Project: Conceptualisations of human rights and democracy among transnational Burmese civil society actors Supervisors: prof. H.Schulte Nordholt, dr. F.Colombijn | |
 | Daan Beekers Project: Dutch Christians and Muslims: a comparative study of religious youth in a liberal consumer society Supervisors: prof.dr. A. van Harskamp, prof.dr. B. Meyer |
 | Lidewyde Berckmoes Project: Coming of Age in Burundi: Youth's Social Navigation in Fragile Contexts Supervisor: prof.dr. G.J. Abbink, dr. E.W. Bal, prof. dr. R. Reis (AISSR/Lumc) |
| Mienke van der Brug
Project: Losing Parents to AIDS: Grief, Bereavement and Psychological Well-being among Orphans in Namibia Supervisors: prof.dr. G.J. Abbink, dr. S.J.T.M. Evers | |
| Scott Dalby
Project: Critically drawing upon theories of religion, media, and the body, this PhD project seeks to understand how overseas Chinese and non-Chinese people in New York and Hong Kong are incorporated into Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual discipline and movement persecuted in mainland China Supervisor: prof.dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink | |
| Annette Jansen
Project: Supervisor: dr. F. Colombijn | |
| Duane Jethro
Project: Between a Hill and a Horn: The Politics and Poetics of Post-Apartheid Heritage Formation | |
| Sothy Khieng Project | |
| Priscilla Koh
Project: Vietnam's Familiar Strangers - Narratives of Home, Homeland and Belonging among the Second Generation Viet Kieu in Saigon Supervisors: prof. dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink, dr. E.W. Bal | |
| Patcharin Lapanun
Project: Transnational marriage: Negotitation of Local Women and Mein in Rural Northeast Thai Village Supervisors: prof.dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink, dr. L. S. Nencel, dr. C. Vaddhanaphuti, dr. I. Stengs | |
 | Margot Leegwater Project: Ethnic antagonism and land competition. A comparative study of Burundian and Rwandan national land policies and local practices Supervisor: prof.dr. G.J Abbink |
 | Maja Lovrenovic Project: Making sense of the war-ridden past: violence, memory and the historical imagination in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina Supervisors: prof.dr. M. van de Port, prof.dr.T.Sunier |
| Josh Maiyo
Project: Development as a Trojan House? Chinese 'Eco-Cities' in Uganda's Lake Victoria Free Trade Zone (LVFTZ) Supervisors: prof. P. Nyiri, dr. S.J.T.M. Evers | |
 | Inge Melchior Project: Europe's contested pasts: remembering Nazism and Communism within Estonian families Supervisors: prof. dr. P.D. Nyiri, dr. F. Colombijn |
| Hanneke Minkjan
Project: Neo-paganism in the Netherlands Supervisors: prof.dr. A. van Harskamp, dr. P.G.A. Versteeg, prof.dr. A.F. Droogers | |
| Erik van Ommering
Project: The dual nature of education in contexts of violent conflict: a classroom-based analysis of the violence inducing and -averting capacities of primary schools in Lebanon Supervisors: prof.dr. B. Meyer, dr. S.J.T.M. Evers | |
| Mehmet Sahin
Project: The Golden Generation: Islam, Inspiration, Ethical techniques of binding within the Gülen Movement Supervisors: prof. T. Sunier, prof. dr. M. van Bruinessen | |
| Caroline Seagle
Project: The mining conservation nexus: New regimes of 'sustainable development' in Madagascar Supervisors: prof.dr. G.J. Abbink, dr. S.J.T.M. Evers | |
| Mijke de Waardt
Project: The identity construction of members of organizations of victims of political violence in Peru Supervisor: dr. T. Salman | |
 | Joan van Wijk Project: Domestic Violence in a Mexican Tourist Area: a Study of Masculinities, Violence and Substance Abuse in an Era of Social Transformations Supervisors: prof. dr. O.J.H.M. Salemink, prof.dr. J.A.M. Richters, dr. T. Salman, dr. L. S.Nencel |
Sociology
 | Marije Boekkooi Project: A network perspective on mobilization campaigns Supervisor: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans |
 | Tamara Bouwman Project: V2ME: virtual coach reaches out to me Supervisor: prof. dr. T.G. van Tilburg, prof. dr. N.L. Stevens, dr. M.J. Aartsen |
 | Marjoka van Doorn Project: Can tolerance be learned? Supervisors: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans, dr. J. van Stekelenburg |
 | Laila Faulk Project: Ethnic Minority Women’s Multiple Inequalities: Analyses of the Impact of Discrimination on Ethnic Minorities’ Unemployment Levels Supervisors: prof.dr. S.Keuzenkamp, dr. J.Dagevos |
 | Marianne Jacobs Project: Care networks of frail older adults: the cooperation and tuning among care providers Supervisor: prof. M.I. Broese van Groenou |
 | Micha Keijer Project: The influence of family and school on future life plans of adolescents Supervisors: prof.dr. A.C. Liefbroer, dr. F.A. Nagel |
 | Annouk van Leeuwen Project: How contextual characteristics and i nteraction between demonstrators and the police determine the atmosphere at street demonstrations Supervisors: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans, dr. J. van Stekelenburg |
 | Jantine van Lisdonk Project: Experiences of same-sex sexuality of young Dutch people Supervisors: prof.dr. S.Keuzenkamp, dr. L. S. Nencel |
 | Jacomijne Prins Project: Storytelling as an identity strategy among Moroccan adolescents in The Netherlands Supervisors: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans |
 | Jamile Santos Nascimento
Project: The sustained participation among the members of the Landless Workers Movement (MST - Brazil) Supervisors: prof. dr. P.G. Klandermans, dr. M. de Theije |
 | Eric Schoenmakers Project: Effectiveness of campaigns to combat loneliness Supervisors: prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg |
 | Heike Schroder Project: Scaling the Grades: Educational qualifications are among the most important variables in social scientific research Supervisors: prof.dr. H.B.G. Ganzeboom |
 | Tamira Sno Project: Patterns of occupational status attainment among Surinamese in Suriname and elsewhere Supervisors: prof.dr. H.B.G. Ganzeboom, dr. J. Schuster |
 | Efe Kerem Sözeri
Project: Political baggage and ideological remittance: The effect of migration on political attitudes and voting preferences of Turkish migrants Supervisors: prof. dr. H. B. G. Ganzeboom, dr. A. Guveli, dr. J. C. Muis |
 | Elske Stolte Project: Adaptive Ambient Empowerment of the Elderly (A2E2), 3D relational agents for elderly Supervisors: prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg, dr. P.H.M.P. Roelofsma |
 | Biance Suanet Project: Towards active ageing? The effects of societal dynamics on formal and informal social participation of older adults Supervisors: prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg |
 | Dunya van Troost Project: Emotions in the context of protest Supervisors: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans, dr. J. van Stekelenburg |
 | Saskia Welschen Project: Making sense of unity in diversity: the construction of national identity by young South Africans Supervisors: prof.dr. P.G. Klandermans, dr. H. Wels |
 | Demet Yazilitas Project: Choice or consequence? Explaining differences in the participation of women in mathematics, science and technology (MST) in the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey Supervisor: prof.dr. S. Saharso |
 | Mioara Zoutewelle - Terovan Project: Criminality and family formation Supervisor: prof.dr. A.C. Liefbroer |
