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V\u00f6lker will be appointed for a period of five years: \u2018I consider it a huge honour to be able to lead this fantastic institute where fundamental and at the same time interdisciplinary research is done into highly relevant societal issues concerning criminal behaviour, justice and democracy.\u2019
\nThe choice for V\u00f6lker is the outcome of an international recruitment process and positive recommendations from the appointment committee, the institute advisory board and the NSCR works council. \u2018I\u2019m very pleased with the arrival of this new director\u2019, says Prof. Peter van der Laan, interim-director NSCR. \u2018She will further help NSCR to increase its national role, and thanks to her international network, she will help give shape to its external profile.\u2019 V\u00f6lker adds: \u2018As the new director, I want to focus on the connection between NSCR and universities, universities of applied sciences, police academies and other institutes. I want to help to build bridges between disciplines and organisations as well as between science and society.\u2019<\/p>\n

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V\u00f6lker works at Utrecht University, where she is chair of the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning (SGPL) and Professor of Urban Living and Social Networks. \u2018Her scientific stature combined with her people-focused approach will further enhance the internal cohesion of the NWO institute\u2019, says Prof. Marcel Levi, president of the NWO Executive Board. \u2018At the same time, her high level of ambition and successful track record of developing and sharing knowledge will further strengthen the position of NSCR in the national knowledge arena.’<\/p>\n

V\u00f6lker has held various management, governance and educational positions. Until 2019, she was head of the research group Institutions, Inequalities and Life Course of the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, where she focused friendships and on peoples\u2019 opportunities to establish relationships. Besides preferences, these opportunities mainly depend on the possibilities to make contacts, which in turn are determined by contexts, such as neighbourhoods, classrooms or places of work.
\n\u2018I want to contribute to the blossoming of research and innovative of ideas\u2019, says V\u00f6lker, looking ahead. \u2018In doing so, I also want to engage young researchers in the Netherlands and beyond because they are the researchers of the future. And they are welcome at NSCR.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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