Prof. Beate Völker
Research area(s)
Toggle- Social capital and social networks
- Friendships through the life course, neighborhood relationships
- Social Cohesion: conditions, threats, and consequences
- Urban social structures: safety and wellbeing in cities and neighborhoods
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Toggle| 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 |
Ancillary positions
Toggle- Figurehead Dutch National Science Agenda, Conflict and Cooperation (unpaid)
- Chair of board James Coleman Association, ICS (unpaid)
- Board member Foundation Future Visions of Technology (Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek)
- EU-Programme Committee Member: CHANSE/Norface (unpaid)
- Vice chair Johannes Juda Groen Stichting for interdisciplinary research on social behavior (unpaid)
- Chair of final committee for secondary school exams in the social sciences (CVTE/CITO, paid)
- Chair of scientific board Foundation Friendships in the Netherlands (unpaid)
- Editorial board Social Psychological Quarterly (unpaid)
- Editorial board of Social Networks (unpaid)
- Member of KHMW (unpaid)
- Member of EAS (unpaid)
Publications
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2019
2013
Personal networks of prisoners prior to incarceration. A comparison with the general Dutch population
Recent contributions by Beate Völker
NSCR is part of the Institutes Organisation of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).