Vincent Buskens is Professor of Theoretical Sociology at Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Utrecht University since May 1, 2011. At February 13, 2014, he gave his inaugural lecture titled "Cooperation in context: Experimental sociology 2.0." Since September 1, 2024, Buskens has been head of the Sociology Department. Buskens is leader of the research line Cooperation in Social and Economic Relations within the Sociology Department and sits on the board of the national research school ICS. He is also a member of the board of the SUMMIT program SOCION, which conducts interdisciplinary research into social cohesion. His most prominent research covers the various forms of cooperation within our society. In addition, he conducts more specific research into the influence of social networks on cooperation. Some networks facilitate cooperation better than others. Buskens attempts, for example, to explain how networks can be used more effectively to promote desired collective action, such as in the energy transition.