Education:

2006 Senior Qualification University Teaching, Utrecht University

2006 Senior Qualification Research, Utrecht University

1990 Ph.D. Sociology, Utrecht University. Title of dissertation: Participating in Cultural Activities: Substitution and Learning-effects

1989 Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (Utrecht): Postgraduate Courses 'Researcher in the Social Sciences'

1986 M.A. Sociology (with distinction), Utrecht University

Academic positions:

2012- Professor, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Chair: Long term trends in social openness and exclusion

2002- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University

2000-2002 Post-doctoral fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University

1991-2000 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin

1990-1991 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin

1986-1990 Ph.D. Candidate, Department Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University