March 2017-current:
Associate Professor (with ius promovendi) at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science/Ercomer

April 2013-February 2017:
Assistant Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science/Ercomer

2012-2013:
Postdoctoral research on intergroup attitudes at the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia - holder of the Endeavour Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010-2012: 
Postdoctoral research (Utrecht University, ERCOMER) on identity subversion and national identification among natives and immigrants in the Netherlands

2005-2010: 
PhD in sociology (Utrecht University) on the topic of social integration of immigrants in Western countries

2003-2005:  
Master of Science in Comparative Studies of Migration, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism (Utrecht University); graduated cum laude

2000-2003:   
Bachelor of Arts degree at University College Utrecht, with a major in Social Science (Politics, Psychology, and Anthropology); graduated summa cum laude