CV

Educational background
· Ph.D. Sociology (1996); Erasmus University of Rotterdam
· M.Sc. Sociology (1990); Erasmus University of Rotterdam 
 
Professional employment
· 2002 – present: Professor Research Program Growing up in the City, Faculty of Pedagogics, Rotterdam University, Rotterdam
· 2000 - 2005 Head of Research Department Policy and Governance, Verwey-Jonker Institute, Utrecht
· 1998 - 2000 Senior Researcher, Ministry of Finance, National Tax Department, Section Monitoring and Future Studies, Utrecht
· 1996 - 1998 Senior Researcher, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Department of Law, Section Sociology of Law, Rotterdam
· 1990 - 1996 Researcher, City of Rotterdam, Social Services Department, Section Research, Rotterdam
 
Professional activities
· 1994-2003, Member Editorial Board journal ‘Passage-Journal for Rehabilitation’
· 1998-2004, Board Member Basisberaad Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg Rotterdam
 
Grants
· 2007-2008 ProDelta, Program Overtref jezelf in Rotterdam Zuid, € 150,000 Together with M.Clement
· 2007-2008 City of Rotterdam, Program Pact op Zuid, Monitoring Progress, € 150,000 (with P.Bik)
· 2006 Ministry of Education Foudation for Innovation Alliance/Regional Attention and Action for Knowledge Circulation (SIA/RAAK), € 250,000 Project 5 Partnerships for Youth Development (with T. Notten).
· 2006 HBO-Raad, Stichting Mobiliteitsfonds, 44.000, Learning from Rotterdam South (with O. Keulers).
· 2004-2005 City of Rotterdam, Department of Education: € 30,000 Project Keurmerk.
· 2004 broad range of research projects, € 241,000 as Coordinator of the Research Department Policy and Government of the Verwey-Jonker Institute, for instance € 59,000 for a project on Disabled Youths for the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Affairs.
· 2003-2005 City of Rotterdam, Deelgemeente Delfshaven, € 15,000 Three year Project measuring the development of social cohesion.
· 2004 broad range of research projects, € 168,000 as Coordinator of the Research Department Policy and Government of the Verwey-Jonker Institute, for instance € 92.000 for a Program Improvement Social Infrastructure City of Rotterdam.
· 2002 broad range of research projects, € 441,000 as Coordinator of the Research Department Policy and Government of the Verwey-Jonker Institute, for instance € 65,000 ZonMW/NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) Program Gezond Leven ‘Community Interventions and Health Problems Capo Verdi in Rotterdam’.
· 2001 broad range of research projects, F 528,000, as Coordinator of the Research Department Policy and Government of the Verwey-Jonker Institute, for instance F 350,000 for a project on Local Social Policy City of Leeuwarden.
· 2000 several research project as Head of Research Department Policy and Government, F 318,000 Verwey-Jonker Institute, for instance F 115,000 Ministry of Education, project on the causes of absenteeism of workers.
· 1997 City of Rotterdam, Department of Social Services F 135,000 Project on Regional Policy for Homelessness. Erasmus University Rotterdam.
· 1997 City of Gouda, F 15,000 Project on Community Mediation, Erasmus University Rotterdam, with dr. W. De Jong and Dr. B. Peper.
 
Awards
· 1989 Bank of Dutch Municipalities, Culture Foundation, Thesis Award ‘Self Neglect, research into interventions’ (together with V. Kennis en Th.Van der Velden). See List of Publications under Books.