- April 2020: Chair of Regulatory Governance, Utrecht University
- April 2018: Appointed member KNAW, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
- April 2015: chair of Public Institutions, Utrecht University
- 2011-2015: Associate professor, department of Criminology, School of Law, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- 2009-2011: Assistant professor, department of Criminology, School of Law, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- 2009: Visiting Scholar Center for the Study of Law & Society, University of California, Berkeley
- 2007-2009:Senior researcher (VENI GRANT), department of Criminology, School of Law, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- 2005 - 2009: Researcher at Scientific Research and Documentation Center(WODC), Dutch Ministry of Justice and Researcher at Erasmus Center for Law and Society, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (both part time)
- 2001-2005: Senior researcher B&A Groep Beleidsonderzoek en advies BV
- 1995-2001: PHD student, Political Science and Public Administration Department, Free University, Amsterdam. Dissertation January 2002
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