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Inaugural Lecture by Jochem Tolsma
Social divisions in the Netherlands are growing: more and more, we find ourselves in bubbles of people who resemble us.
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Volkswagen Foundation Grant for Basak Bilecen
Project 'Do migrants in Europe age well? A mixed methods and intervention study in four countries (MIG-AGE)’ rewarded
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Lazarsfeld award of the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association for Tom Snijders
Tom Snijders (Honorary Professor RUG & Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK) received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld award
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Tobias Stark
Research proposal ‘DualNets: Bridges in social networks: Harnessing dual identity to improve interethnic relations’ awarded
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ERC Starting Grant for Valentina Di Stasio
Research proposal 'TARGETS - What Makes People TARGETS: A Multi-Actor Study of How Ethnic Discrimination Is Perceived, Tackled and Avoided' awarded
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NWO VIDI Grant for Gert Stulp
Research proposal 'Understanding fertility outcomes by quantifying the (un)predictable' funded
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ERC Starting Grant for research on how work careers develop – by Thijs Bol
Thijs Bol (associate professor UvA) received an ERC Starting Grant (€1,5 million) for his project From School to Career: Towards A Career Perspective on the Labour Market Returns to Education
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Books by ICS members
ICS members Frank van Tubergen, Vincent Buskens & Rense Corten, and Tanja van der Lippe published interesting books
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Founding Father ICS Reinhard Wippler passed away
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wippler (1931-2020), one of the founders of the ICS Graduate School, passed away.
Read more2 awards for article “The Matthew Effect in Science Funding”
Thijs Bol (Associate Professor UvA), Mathijs de Vaan and Arnout van de Rijt (Professor UU) received two awards for their paper “The Matthew Effect in Science Funding”
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VENI Grant for Liliya Leopold (UvA)
Liliya Leopold (Postdoc UvA) received an NWO grant for her project ‘Social Norms, Body Weight, and Well-Being: A Multi-Method Comparison of Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, and the United States'
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VICI grant for Anne-Rigt Poortman
Anne-Rigt Poortman (UU, 1996) received an NWO VICI Grant for her project ‘Postdivorce family diversity and outcomes for children and parents’
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Volkswagen Foundation Grant for Basak Bilecen
Project 'Do migrants in Europe age well? A mixed methods and intervention study in four countries (MIG-AGE)’ rewarded