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CURRICULUM VITAE

ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND POSITIONS

Since 5/2021    Assistant Professor (tenured),  Department Interdisciplinary Social Sciences & European Research       Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Utrecht University                                                         

Since 2/2018    Assistant Professor, University of Groningen

2/2015-4/2018  Post-Doc NORFACE project 'Migrants'Attitudes towards the Welfare State'(MIFARE),                                                        Prof. Claudia Diehl, University of Konstanz

4/2015               PhD defense 'Over-Education of Immigrants in Germany'(magna cum laude), Berlin Graduate School                            of Social Science,  Berlin Humboldt University

                           Supervisors: Professor Ruud Koopmans and Professor Anette Fasang

9/2009-6/2011   Master of Science in Sociology and Social Research, Graduate School of Social and Behavioral                                       Science, Utrecht University

                           Master thesis: Job Search Methods among Non-Western Immigrants in the Netherlands. GPA: 3.9

                           Supervisor: Professor Frank van Tubergen

9/2006-6/2009   Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Chair of Statistics and Social Methods, University of Mannheim

                           Bachelor thesis: Social Capital-an International Comparison. The Influence of Social Capital and                                     Political Trust on the Satisfaction with Democracy in Germany and the Netherlands. GPA: 3.8

                           Supervisor: Professor Joseph Brüderle

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RESEARCH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

 

4/2023              NWO Open Competition XS Grant for the project ‘Why do contacts with natives increase migrants’                                chances on the labor market? The role of system knowledge’(~ 50,000 €)

12/2022            GAK-NIAS research fellowship granted at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) the                              project “Explaining Variation in Access to Welfare Services and Benefits among Migrants in the                                      Netherlands, start Feb 2024

11/2022            Seed money Migration and Societal Challenges Grant for the project: How to raise our children – The                            role of networks for migrants’ attitudes towards formal childcare

4/2022               PhD Fund Utrecht University (with Dr. Marleen Damman, Utrecht University) for the project:                                               Retirement Preparations among Migrants in Europe. Funding for 1 PhD student for 4 years (1fte)

11/2021             Seed money Migration and Societal Challenges Grant for the project: The Link between System                                       Knowledge and Healthcare Behavior among Turkish Migrants in the Netherlands (~ 9000 €)

12/2020             LISS Panel Grant (with Dr. Mara Yerkes, Utrecht University) for the project "From perceptions to

                           behaviour? Examining knowledge barriers to formal childcare usage among Dutch parents"   

9/2020               Summer School Grant (with Dr. Basak Bilecen) for the organization of the Summer School on 

                           Migration, Integration, and Social Networks, University of Groningen           

9/2015-2/2017   Konstanzia Fellowship, University of Konstanz

2/2016                Independent Research Start-Up Grant (IRSG), Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz

4/2013-2/2015   Doctoral scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des                                 deutschen Volkes)

10/2011-3/2013 Doctoral scholarship awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), funded by the Initiative                                 for Excellence Program of the German Federal and State Governments

9/2010-8/2011   German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst  [DAAD]

9/2010-8/2011   Student Scholarship awarded by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des                                   deutschen Volkes)

9/2009-8/2011   Utrecht Excellence Scholarship, Utrecht University, Netherlands

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RESEARCH VISITORSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Since 2/2018    Member of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), the   

                          Netherlands

12/2016             Visiting scholar, Aalborg University, Department of Political Science, Aalborg, Denmark                                                    (Professor Christian Larsen)

1/2014 – 2/2015 Guest researcher, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Research Unit “Migration, Integration and                                      Transnationalization”, Berlin, Germany ( Professor Ruud Koopmans)

9/2013-12/2013  Visiting Assistant in Research, Centre of Research on Inequalities and Life Course (CIQLE),                                                Yale University, New Haven, USA  (Professor Richard Breen)

2/2013-3/2013    Guest researcher , Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion  (EQUALSOC)                                                  Oxford University, Oxford, England (Professor Nan Dirk de Graaf and Professor Duncan Gallie)

9/2012-11/2012  Guest researcher , Institute of Social Science, University of ZurichZurich,  Switzerland                                                          (Professor Marc Szydlik)

12/2011- 4/2015 Guest researcher, research unit Migration, Integration, Transnationalization,                                                                         WZB Social Science Center Berlin (Professor Ruud Koopmans)

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TEACHING

05/2021-07/2021 Leeronderzoek, Utrecht University 

11/2020-01/2021 Master Course Work and Work Relations (Dutch), Sociology Department, University of Groningen 

                             (coordinator and teacher)

9/2020-11/2020   Bachelor Lecture Social and Institutional Change (Dutch and English), Sociology Department,                                         University of Groningen (coordinator and teacher)

9/2020-2/2021     Bachelor Course European Values (Dutch), Sociology Department, University of Groningen (teacher)

Since 9/2019       In the acquisition of the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), University of Groningen (expected                                 date of acquisition: May 2021)

 11/2019-2/2020  Master Course Work and Work Relations (Dutch and English), Sociology Department, University of                                 Groningen (coordinator and teacher)

09/2019-11/2019 Bachelor Lecture Social and Institutional Change (Dutch and English), Sociology Department,                                         University of Groningen (coordinator and teacher)

02/2019-06/2019 Bachelor Seminar Writing the Bachelor Thesis (Dutch and English), Sociology Department,     

                             University of Groningen (teacher)

 12/2018-8/2019  Supervision Master Theses (Dutch and English), Sociology Department, University of Groningen

9/2018-11/2018   Co-teaching Bachelor Lecture Social and Institutional Change, Department of Sociology,                                                 University of Groningen

10/2016-2/2017   Bachelor Seminar Migration and Gender, Department of Sociology, University of Konstanz

4/2016-7/2016     Bachelor Seminar Migration and the Welfare State, Department of Sociology, University of Konstanz

9/2011-1/2012    University of Zurich (Professor Marco van Steenbergen and Professor Thomas Gautschi), Zurich,

9/2012-1/2013    Switzerland

2/2008-6/2008    Teaching Assistant for Social Structures and Processes, Chair of Macro Sociology, University of   

2/2009-6/2009     Mannheim ( Professor Bernhard  Ebbinghaus), Mannheim, Germany

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ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONFERENCES AND THE PUBLIC

 9/2020  Organizer of the stream Migration, Integration, and the Welfare State (with Karen 

               Breidahl, Aalborg University), ESPAnet Conference, Leuven University

6/2020   "Targeting Older Migrant Populations in Survey Research", IMISCOE Annual Conference,

               Luxembourg

11/2019 "Targeting Migrants – How to Increase Response Rates among Migrant Populations in Surveys", Sociology                   Department, Konstanz University

9/2019   Organizer of the Stream Migration and the Welfare State (with Troels Hedegaard, Aalborg

               University), ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm University

9/2019  "Examining migrants’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Denmark, the                                                                    Netherlands and Germany", ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm University

8/2019  "Immigrants’ knowledge about their childcare rights in Denmark, the Netherlands, and

               Germany," RC28 Conference, Princeton University

8/2019  "Examining migrants’ knowledge about their healthcare rights", Annual meeting of the American                                     Sociological Association, New York

6/2019  "Social Network Building among Migrant Men and Women", Dag van de Sociologie,                                                          University of Amsterdam

3/ 2019  "Integration of migrants into host societies: Barriers and Facilitators", Symposium                                                               Interdisciplinary Inspiration: Let’s talk about disadvantaged groups”, University of Groningen

10/2018 "Migrants as beneficiaries of the welfare state? - A migrant perspective", Community in Crisis Workshop,                        Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany

10/2017 The Compatibility of Work and Family Life among Female Migrants in Europe"". Sociology Department,                        Zurich University

4/2017 “Why Family Matters: A Gender Perspective on the Emergence of Social Contacts to Natives among                               Migrants in Germany”, RC28 Spring Conference “Social Stratification and Mobility”, Cologne, Germany

4/2017 “Educational Trajectories and Migration Background” (with Maarten Buis, University of Konstanz), ”, RC28                      Spring Conference “Social Stratification and Mobility”, Cologne, Germany

8/2016 “The Family’s Influence on Inter-Ethnic Contact among Immigrants: A Gender Perspective”, RC28 Spring                         Conference “Economic  Inequalities, Deprivation, and Poverty”, Bern, Switzerland

7/2016 “Migrants’ Attitudes to Childcare. An explorative Overview of ten Migrant Groups’ Attitudes to formal                            childcare in the Netherlands  and Denmark”, 4th European Social Survey Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland

1/2016 “Barriers for Female Migrants on the German Labor Market”, Key note speaker, Conference of Migrantinnen-                Netzwerk Bayern, Nürnberg, Germany

11/2015 Expert participant at public panel discussion about “Immigration, Integration, Intolerance!?”, Science                          controversial, Wissenschaft im Dialog and Südkurier Newspaper,  

7/2014 “Social Support in Partnerships and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes in Germany?”, XVIII International                       Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology,RC28 Spring Conference “Social Stratification and                        Mobility”, Yokohama, Japan

5/2014 “Immigrant Over-Education in Germany: Human Capital Variation or Skill Underutilization?”, International                       Sociological Association, RC28 “Social Stratification and Mobility”, Central European University Budapest,                    Hungary

2/2014 “The Partner’s Role in Immigrant Labor Market Integration: Informational, Instrumental and Emotional                           Support” Graduate Network  Conference, Sciences Po, Paris

3/2013 “Determinants of Over-Education among newly arrived immigrants in Germany”, Graduate Network                                 Conference, London School of  Economics and Political Science, London

3/2012 “Qualified Immigrants in Germany and Great Britain: The Risk of becoming Over-Educated and its                                  Consequences for the Occupational Pathway”, Graduate Network Conference, Berlin, Germany

3/2012 “Qualified Immigrants in Germany and Great Britain: The Risk of becoming Over-Educated and its                                 Consequences for the Occupational Pathway”, Graduate Network Conference, Berlin, Germany

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