| 2021-now | Director NSCR |
| 2019-21 | Head of Department Human Geography and Spatial Planning Utrecht University |
| 2014-19 | Professor of Sociology, Chair of Research Group ‘Institutions, Inequalities and Life Courses’ University of Amsterdam |
| 2007-14 | Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University |
| 2001-07 | Associate Professor Department of Sociology, Utrecht University (Vidi fellowship) |
| 1996-00 | Postdoctoral Fellow Utrecht University (Veni and KNAW fellowships) |
| 1995-97 | Postdoc Groningen University, Dept. of Sociology |
| 1996 | Interim full professorship Aken University |
| 1990-95 | PhD, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University |
| 1983-89 | Study Psychology, Heidelberg University |
Recent contributions by Beate Völker