Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Jan Willem Duyvendak is full professor in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam since 2003, after he had been director of the Verwey-Jonker Research Institute for Social Issues (1999-2003) and Professor of Community Development at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. With regard to his background training, he received his master’s degrees in both sociology and philosophy at the University of Groningen. Moreover, he did his doctoral research in both Paris and Amsterdam which dealt with new social movements in France. His main fields of research currently are belonging, urban sociology, 'feeling at home' and nativism. His latest books include The Politics of Home. Nostalgia and Belonging in Western Europe and the United States (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Crafting Citizenship. Negotiating tensions in modern society. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

Jan Willem Duyvendak is hoogleraar sociologie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Van 1999 tot 2003 was hij directeur van het Verwey-Jonker Instituut. Van 1996 tot 2002 bekleedde hij als hoogleraar de leerstoel Wetenschappelijke Grondslagen van het Opbouwwerk aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Duyvendak studeerde sociologie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en in Parijs. Zijn proefschrift ging over (nieuwe) sociale bewegingen in Frankrijk. De laatste jaren richt hij zich vooral op 'belonging', stadssociologie, 'thuisvoelen', en nativisme. Zijn meest recente boeken zijn The Politics of Home. Nostalgia and Belonging in Western Europe and the United States (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) en Crafting Citizenship. Negotiating tensions in modern society. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:                W.G.J. (Jan Willem) Duyvendak

 

Nationality:          Dutch

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS & VISITING SCHOLARSHIPS

• 2003 - present Full Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

• 2011 - present Associate member, Urban Studies Initiative, City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center

• 2011 - present Associate fellow, Center for Migrations and Citizenship, French Institute of International Relations, Paris

• 2009 Visiting scholar, CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Sociology

• 2007 Visiting scholar, CUNY Graduate Center, Center for Urban Research

• 2006 Visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Sociology

• 1999 - 2003 Director, Verwey-Jonker Instituut, Research Institute for Social Issues, Utrecht

• 1996 - 2002 Professor, dr. Gr. Hendriks-Stichting Endowed Chair in Community Development, Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• 1994 - 1998 Post-doc position, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam

• 1993- 1996 Assistant Professor in Sexuality Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen

• 1992 - 1993 Post-doc position, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam

 

 

EDUCATION

• 1992 PhD Sociology, University of Amsterdam

• 1987 MA Philosophy, University of Groningen

• 1983 - 1984 Study at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris

• 1982 BA Philosophy, University of Groningen

• 1982 MA Sociology, University of Groningen

• 1977 BA Sociology, University of Groningen

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2003- :                   B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. courses in sociology

 

1996-2000:           M.A. courses on social policy

 

1993-1996:           Assistant professor, lecturing on emancipation processes

 

1985:                      Lecturer in social philosophy, University of Groningen

 

 

SELECTED SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY 2003-2012

 

• President, Dutch Sociological Association (Nederlandse Sociologische Vereniging) (link)

• Vice-chair, Immigration Research Group of the Council for European Studies (link)

• Board member, RC 21 (International Sociological Association) (link)

• Chair, Research Evaluation Committee of Social and Political Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles

• Chair, Evaluation Committee of the MA in Social Work & Social Policy, Flemish Universities

• Member of grant selection committees for numerous universities and national foundations

 

SELECTED ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS 2003-2012

• Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

• Co-director, AISSR program group Dynamics of Culture and Citizenship, University of Amsterdam (link)

• Board member, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam (link)

• Board member, ESPA-net Netherlands (link)

 

SELECTED EDITORIAL & ADVISORY POSITIONS 2003-2012

• Chair, Editorial Board of Sociologie

• Editorial Board member, Sexualities (link)

• Social Sciences Editorial Board member, Amsterdam University Press

• Editor, Care and Welfare Series of Amsterdam University Press

• Advisory Board member, Community Development Journal

 

 

 

GRANTS SINCE 2003:

•               European Union FP7-SSH, 2012. Social innovation. Empowering the young for the common good (€ 213,018)

•               Netherlands Fellowship Programmes / Nuffic, 2011-2014. Risk communication. The evolution of Vietnamese government strategies on infectious diseases over the past 30 years (€ 85,025)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2011-2013. Can't we leave that to volunteers?

 Changing relationships between professionals and volunteers in care and welfare (€ 637,680)

•               RAAK-PRO, 2010. Talent among youths at risk (€ 600,000)

•               The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, Electromagnetic Fields and Health, 2010-2014, EMF health risk perception. The effect of risk communication in its political context (€ 339,440)

•               Municipality of Amsterdam, 2010. Residents in motion. Residents' initiatives in Amsterdam's neighborhood approach (€ 80,503)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research / Municipalities of Enschede and Amsterdam, 2010-2011. The cementing effect of middle class people in mixed neighborhoods. Does gentrification contribute to trust? (€ 76,863)

•               Municipality of Amsterdam, 2011. Pilot project on the Social Support Act / Work and Benefits Act. Activating single men 50+ (€ 60,143)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2009-2013. Learning to participate. A program regarding the Social Support Act (€ 1,365,198)

•               Department of Housing, 2009. Evaluation of residential budgets (€ 59,381)

•               RAAK-PRO, 2009. Strong communities. A study on the effects of social interventions on social and cultural cohesion (€ 250,000)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2008-2012. The social mobility of neighborhoods and groups ( € 61,738)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research / Oxfam/Novib / Forum, 2008-2012. Citizenship, national canons and cultural diversity. The Netherlands in international perspective (€ 788,648)

•               Municipality of Amsterdam, 2007-2008. Anti-gay violence in Amsterdam (€ 76,517)

•               Municipality of Amsterdam, 2007. What inspires the caregiver? Cooperation between caregivers, volunteers and professionals (€ 83,374)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2007-2011. Democracy in risk society. The emergence of political identities in conflicts over mobile phone radiation policy (€ 59,448)

•               Département Sociétés Urbaines et Habitat (Paris), 2006-2008. La gentrification comme stratégie de renouvellement urbain (€ 94,076)

•               Municipality of Rotterdam, 2006-2008. Urban restructuring and social development in Hoogvliet         (€ 261,205)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2005-2007. Citizenship in light communitie 

                 (€132,000)

•               The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, 2005-2006. Attitudes towards Homosexuality (€ 96,122)

•               Municipality of Amsterdam, 2005. Neighborhood rise, coexistence and choice. A study of socio-spatial renewal in Amsterdam New West (€ 125,039)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2005-2007. Among the people? Between physical and social marginalization (€ 542,500)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2005-2006. Social climbing in the city. Based on the middle? (€ 186,38)

•               Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2005-2006. The social and the physical. Two of a kind (€ 75,415)

•               Ministére de l’Equipment (Paris), 2004-2005. La promesse de la mixité dans l’habitat. La promotion de la gentrification aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique et en Suéde (€ 34,598)

•               Municipalities and civil society organisations, 2003-2012. The Netherlands and the Anti-Apartheid movement, 1948-1994 (€ 60,000)