Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology

Projects by current Phd Students

PhD Projects
Project Naam University Yeargroup
Using social relationships and community networks Gijs van der Gun UU 2026
How firms structure ethnic inequality in career trajectories Pedro Mette Tauil UVA 2026
Intergroup attitudes among ethnic minorities in Western-Europe Büşra Kaplan UU 2026
Inter-minority contacts in Western-Europe Hanne Wolthuis UU 2026
The (Mis)Perception of Social Norms in Dynamic Social Networks Max Neuhaus UU 2026
Bridging the Virtual and the Real Zikang Chen RUG 2026
Minimum standards for livelihood security Mano van Holten UU 2026
Inclusive and effective citizen engagement in the energy transition Greetje Scheller RUG 2026
Why do firms have long-term effects on careers Libero Rambaldi UVA 2026
Mapping Older Migrants’ Family Networks Sebastián F. Navarrete Vergara RUG 2026
Providing Informal Care to Loved Ones Jadwiga Michlewicz RU 2026
Polarization in Families and Workplaces Sam Londonck Sluyk UU 2026
Lifelong learning among people with a migration background Myrthe Jeuken RU 2026
The Impact of Migrant-Group-Specific Policies on Social Cohesion Frank Götz RUG 2026
SHaping Unequal Futures through Inherited Networks Mees Geenen RU 2026
Money in post-divorce families Fay de Lange UU 2026
How firms structure gender inequality over careers Paul Coudry UVA 2026
Collective Action, Cohesion and Inequality Floor Boudestijn UU 2026
Behavioural sociology outside the lab Filip Tiljak UU 2026
Recognition of adolescents’ multicultural strengths Bobby Kunst UU 2025
Gender Inequality in Dutch Secondary Education Koen Lucas RU 2025
Taking a detour. How flexibility in the educational system shapes educational inequality in higher education Lisanne van Dam UU 2025
The effect of flexible work hour arrangements on the number of working hours Juliët van Herpen UU 2025
Social and individual mechanisms behind choices for work hours Silke Kagenaar UU 2025
Communities at a Crossroads: the sustainability of bottom-up care and energy services in rural communities Lieselot Vroom RUG 2025
Caring in the Workplace: Reducing Work-Care Conflicts for unpaid caregivers Kevin Peeters RU 2025
Realistic computational models of human behavior in cascading disasters: Agent-based models and citizen science to enhance disaster risk preparedness in Groningen Shivam Sen RUG 2025
Reliable modelling of Social Network data Gabriele Braghelli RUG 2025
Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness in Education Emanuel Hentes UU 2024
Social Unsafety in Organisations Nina Branten RU 2024
The Labor Market Outcomes of LGBT People with a Migration Background Katia Aviles Quiroz UU 2024
Reproducing gender inequality: The intergenerational transmission of paid and unpaid work patterns Emily Kruidhof UU 2024
Minimum standards for livelihood security Laura Custers UU/SCP 2024
Substance Use to Get In or Get Out? Examining Substance Use and Risk Taking Among At-Risk Youth Jan Behrens RUG 2024
The bright and dark sides of immigrant-origin minorities’ perceptions of host-country ownership in multi-ethnic societies Janique Schep UU 2024
Prominent Reduction of Loneliness among Older Migrants through Interventions and Social Engagement (PROMISE) Mirjam Kingma RUG 2024
Inequality of opportunity and selection in primary education Elke Buschman UvA 2024
Substance use and the relation with high school social networks Melissa A. González Loyola RUG 2024
A gender lens to facilitate sustainable climate actions Maike Weiper UU 2023
Graph Neural Networks for Social Network Analysis Pau Vila Soler RUG 2023
Decentralized Science (DeSci): Promises and Limitations of Blockchain Based Initiatives for Sustainable Value Creation in Academia? Lidia Yatluk RUG 2023
Corporate quotas and gender equality within organizations Sören Tumeltshammer RUG 2023
Do migrants in Europe age well? A mixed methods and intervention study in four countries (MIG-AGE) Tuğçe Tezel RUG 2023
Structural discrimination and prejudice: a comparative, cumulative and intersectional perspective’. Ely Strömberg UvA 2023
You belong with me: Explaining ethnic minority citizens’ experiences of political inclusion Anuschka Peelen RU 2023
Social Movements in Iran: Why do Iranian Social Movements Fail? Mazlum Özkan RUG 2023
Examining pathways to more sustainable consumption – the role of social-norm interventions Joyce Pang UU 2023
Spatial Effects on Network Social Capital and Cohesion of Occupational Groups Zhiyi Jin RUG 2023
Women in Policing Gemma Geuke UU 2023
Recognition and Acknowledgement of Shared Economic Disadvantage Eduardo Campbell-Bethancourt UU 2023
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Sustainable Cooperation through Reputation Based Governance and Smart Consensus? Ilya Lavrov RUG 2023
Are dual identifiers (perceived as) social bridges in interethnic networks of youth? Lexin Chen UU 2023
The impact of recognizing dual identifiers on interethnic relations among youth Evangelos Dimosiaris UU 2023
Work-related gender norms in the Netherlands Annelie Brüning UU 2023
The role of self-regulation in understanding inequality in educational opportunity Nathalie Aerts UvA 2023
The role of religious cognition for the integration of Sunni Muslims Yağmur Rumeli UvA 2023
Per similarity in self regulatory abilities Alexandra Pior RUG 2023
Sustainable inter-organizational networks for post-disaster recover Lavinia Damaschin RUG 2023
Individual and collective strategies to improve unsatisfactory working conditions Jane Alexandra Siwa RUG 2024
Contextual effects on sexually and gender diverse youth’s school outcomes and health Miriam Dietz RUG 2023
Consensual bargaining strategies: the road tosustainable industrial relations in an era of liberalization and precarization Roos Winter RUG 2023
Why structurally integrated second-generation immigrants experience more discrimination from ethnic majority members. A two-sided approach to the integration paradox Chloé Lavest UU 2022
“Diverse We stand” – Organizational Leadership Diversity and sustainable value creation in Periods of Crises Giorgos Michelakis RUG 2023
Identities and Networks #1: social mechanisms linking group identities, social network structures and sustainable cooperation Daniel Cowen RUG 2022
Elderly Care of Chinese Immigrants in the Netherlands: Attitudes, Family Solidarity and Well-being Peiyao Zhang UU 2022
Cooperation Decay within Organizations Sayoni Santara RUG 2022
Rule compliance in Covid-19 era Rossella Vulcano RUG 2022
Recognizing dual ethnic/national identifiers in social networks: causes and consequences Anniek Schlette UU 2022
Retirement preparation among migrants in Europe Sara Marcora UU 2022
Women without a paid job and social benefits: a life course perspective Lea Kröner UU 2022
Teachers’ socialization of positive intergroup relations. Disentangling ethnicity and social class Iris Boer UU 2022
Understanding fertility outcomes by trying to predict them Lisa Sivak RUG 2022
Plugged in? Effects of network embeddedness of Community initiatives on their success Dennis Nientimp RUG 2022
“SPIN-OUT”: Predicting and preventing a spiral of mutually reinforcing negative outgroup attitudes (spin-out) in multi-ethnic classrooms Alla Loseva RUG 2022
A life-course simulation approach to understanding fertility outcomes Rolf Granholm RUG 2022
A life-course perspective on work-care patterns and their consequences Aysegül Güneyli RU 2022
Inclusivity Norms to Counter Polarization in European Societies Jan-Willem Simons UU 2021
Global Financial Governance Networks: Ruptures, Reforms, and the Rise of China Tiya (Jingting) Lei RUG 2021
The emergence of sustainable care cooperatives, the role of social networks Kevin Wittenberg UU 2020
Multiplexity in Criminal Networks Fenna van der Wijk RUG 2020
Subgroups in dynamic social networks Stepan Zaretckii RUG 2019
Cross-border network governance for sustainable training in health care Aliona Ignatieva RUG 2018
Perceiving peers’ relationships: Models for three-way social network data Jing Liu RUG 2017