May.31

May 31, 2019
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Travel Schedule 2019

On the evening ahead of my first work-related trip near the summer period, it’s worth dropping the conference schedule for 2019.

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Dec.14

December 14, 2017
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Dissertation Prize for Rob Timans

Yesterday, the Dutch Sociological Association (NSV) and the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) organized it’s annual Actualiteitencollege (“current affairs lecture”). The theme of this lecture was decentralization in care. Since 2015, the organization of long-term care has changed in the Netherlands; governments require more active participation from its citizens instead of passively relying on professional care. Based on scientific research, Peteke Feijten (Netherlands Institute for Social Research SCP), Marjolein Broese van Groenou (Free University of Amsterdam VU), and Jan Willem Duyvendak (University of Amsterdam UvA) responded to the question whether ‘close proximity’ is always better in case of long-term care. The host of the whole afternoon was Kim Putters, head of the SCP.

After the academic sessions, Paul Schnabel (University Professor at Utrecht University) awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Dutch Sociological Association – an event that I coordinated. The Prize was given to “Studying the Dutch Business Elite: Relational Concepts and Methods,” written by Rob Timans. Congratulations! Schnabel’s laudatio can be retreived from the NSV-website.

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Jun.13

June 13, 2017
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Dag van de Sociologie 2017

Last week, we celebrated the most important day for Dutch and Flemish sociologists, namely the Dag van de Sociologie at the VUB. One important moment during this annual meeting was awarding the NSV Master Thesis Prize to the best thesis of the year 2016. As board member of the Dutch Sociological Association NSV, I served as secretary for this prize. Chair of the jury was Geert de Vries. He awarded the prize to Kay Polidano (UvA) who wrote a magnificent thesis titled “Caring through a ‘Plastic Box’: An Inquiry into the Use of Remote Care Technology in Later Life”. The laudatio that Geert in name of all other jury members wrote can be retrieved from the NSV-website. The picture below was taken after the prize ceremony – credits go to Tom de Winter. From left to right: Geert de Vries (chair of the NSV Master Thesis Prize jury), laureate Kay Polidano, me, Rie Bosman (secretary of NSV).

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