Prof. dr. Beate Volker

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
3584 CB Utrecht

Prof. dr. Beate Volker

Professor
SGPL Office
+31 30 253 3206
b.g.m.volker@uu.nl

Activities

2018

INSNA Sunbelt ConferenceB.G.M. Volker (Organiser)
25 Jun 20181 Jul 2018

2014

Urban Affairs Review (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
Social, Science and Medicine (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
Social Networks (Journal)Beate Volker (Editorial board member)
2014
Social Forces (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
Housing Studies (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
European Sociological Review (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014
American Journal of Sociology (Journal)Beate Volker (Referee)
2014

2009

Context Overlaps in Personal NetworksBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2 Oct 2009
, Paper presented at the Conference on Two-Mode Social Network Analysis
Neighborhoods as places to dwell and to workBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
22 Jun 2009
, invited lecture university of Bielefeld (Bielenfeld, Germany)
"We're involved" "No, you're not" Explanations for different perceptions on involvement of civic organizations in neighborhood governanceBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2009
, Paper presented at the Dag van de Sociologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Voelt Jan Willem Duyvendak zich niet thuis? Over gebondenheid aan plaatsen, tweeverdieners en gemeenschappenBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2009
, presented at De Dag van de Sociologie (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Neighborhood social capital, an antecedent for health in the Netherlands?Beate Volker (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2009
, paper presented at De Dag van de Sociologie, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Co-referaat NSV dag van de sociologieBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
11 Jun 2009
, commentaar op NSV-lezing Jan Willen Duyvendak (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Neighborhoods and neighbors in the NetherlandsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
27 May 2009
, invited lecture University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
"We're involved" "No, you're not" Explanations for different perceptions on involvement of civic organizations in neighborhood governanceBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
7 Mar 2009
, Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Dutch neighborhood and network monitor: causes and consequences of neighborhood social and physical order for private and corporate actors, their networks and their ‘life chances’Beate Volker (Contributor)
2009
, NWO-medium investment grant (600K€) for data collection
Social Theory, Trust, Social Networks, and Social CapitalBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2009
, Five-day Workshop, August 11, 2009 − August 19, 2009
Prosocial behavior in schools, firms and in the neighborhoodBeate Volker (Contributor)
2009
, Grant from KNAW/van der Gaag for organization of symposium (12 K€)
North Carolina Central UniversityBeate Volker (Visiting lecturer)
2009
Networks and MarketsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2009
, QMSS workshop, together with Rafael Wittek/University of Groningen
Networks and life courseBeate Volker (Contributor)
2009
, Grant (80.000K€) for data collection plus foundation for one PhD project on life course, traits and social networks

2008

Ray-May HsungBeate Volker (Host)
3 Nov 20086 Nov 2008
Ray-May HsungBeate Volker (Host)
2 Nov 20087 Nov 2008
Vertrouwen op waarde geschatBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Lecture (SER/Verwey Jonker, Den Haag, The Netherlands, September 3)
Using a choice-constraint approach to study similarity in intimate relationshipsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Paper presented at Seminar on Inequality, religion and social or organization
Social contexts and changes in personal networksBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Paper presented at Cooperative Relations Seminar
Reproduction of inequality in the Netherlands through the creation of and returns to social capital?Beate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Paper presented at the International Social Capital Conference
Paper prepared for the Cinefogo Meeting, WP 31 ‘New Forms of Local Governance and Civil Society‘Beate Volker (Organiser)
2008
Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs AssociationBeate Volker (Organiser)
2008
On turtles and humans. Neighborhood composition, social capital, and collective actionBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Keynote speech on the International conference on Social Capital, volunteering and aging
Neighborhoods, communities, and collective goods and badsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Lecture (Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom, December 1)
Meeting opportunities and transitive triads in core discussion networksBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Paper presented at Fourth UK Social Network Conference
Does the network of civic organizations influence participation in neighbourhood governance?Beate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Paper presented at the ENHR conference
Buurten, gemeenschappen, collectieve goederen en - kwadenBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, NSV Actualiteitencollege (Den Haag, The Netherlands, November 11)
Buurten, breuklijnen en interventiesBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2008
, Lecture at Studiedag Sociale Netwerken (WODC, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, October 29)

2004

Gemeenschapszin is te manipulerenBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
2004

2003

Being shunned and educational performance. A network perspective on the effects of being avoided.Beate Volker (Invited speaker)
21 Nov 2003
, Paper presented for the NOSMO methodologendag (Amsterdam)

2001

the 2001 Annual Meeting of the ASA, in the Special Session on 'Urban Networks', Organizer: Bonnie H. EricksonBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
18 Aug 2001
Social Capital at the Workplace and PerformanceBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2001
, the SISWO-researchgroup on Life Course and Stratification
What we Owe to our Neighbours - Neighbor Relationships in Personal Networks in the NetherlandsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
18 May 2001
, Markstdag Sociologie (Antwerp, Belgium)
What we Owe to our Neighbours - Neighbor Relationships in Personal Networks in the NetherlandsBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
25 Apr 2001
, the XXI International Sunbelt Social Network Conference
Informal Relationships at WorkBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
25 Apr 2001
, the XXI International Sunbelt Social Network Conference

2000

Social Capital and Performance at WorkBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
3 May 2000
, Sociaal-Wetenschappelijke Studiedagewn SISWO (Amsterdam)
Sessie sociaal-wetenschappelijke Studiedagen SISWOBeate Volker (Organiser)
2 May 20003 May 2000

1998

Stress en coping strategieen. De situatie van politie agentenBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
30 Mar 1998
, Lezing op de training: conflicthantering en stress. Bond van politie agenten (Wageningen)
Ruimtelijke inrichting en sociaal gedragBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
11 Mar 1998
, Studiedag 'De macht van kennis', Koninklijk Intituut voor Ingenieurs (Den Haag)
Sociale Netwerken: instrumenten ter individualisering of bindmiddelen van de samenleving?Beate Volker (Invited speaker)
1998
, Landelijke Sociologendag
Networks at the Workplace and Job SatisfactionBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
1998
, XVIII Sunbelt and V European International Social Network Conference
HOVO-collegeBeate Volker (Participant)
1998
Dimensions of Social Capital and Job Satisfaction: an Analysis of Two Intra-Organizational NetworksBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
1998
, Sunbelt XVIII and Fifth European International Social Network Conference

1996

Getting ahead in the GDR: human capital and social capital in occupational attainment under communismBeate Volker (Invited speaker)
1 Feb 1996
, Fourth ESR Workshop on Transformation processes in Eastern Europe