Jan Willem Duyvendak will become the new director of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW) on 1 January 2018. Duyvendak will combine his work as Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam with his new position. He succeeds Theo Mulder, who has served as the interim director of NIAS since 1 January 2017.

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NIAS-KNAW is an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and offers residential fellowships of three, five or ten months to individuals and groups of researchers. It provides a place to think, study and write, and the opportunity to interact with colleagues from around the world.