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Staff members with discipline Demography

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

Family demography
A. (Alyona) Artamonova
Contact
a.artamonova rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Historical demography; Reproductive health; Maternal and child health; History of nursing; Gender; Inequalities; Medical and health humanities; sub-Saharan Africa
prof. dr. H.A.J. (Hilde) Bras
Contact
h.a.j.bras rug.nl
Function
Aletta Jacobs Professor of Economic and Social History, with special attention to Global Demography and Health
Development Studies, Social Policy, Women & Gender Rights, Disability Rights, Sexualities, Masculinities, LGBTQ+ Rights, Body Autonomy, Abortion, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) & Family Planning, and Public Health | Capability Approach,... read more
R. (Rupankar ) Dey
Contact
r.dey rug.nl
Function
PhD Researcher
Subjective Wellbeing, Ageing, Qualitative research, In-depth interviewing, Participatory research
L.E. (Linden) Douma, MSc
Contact
l.e.douma rug.nl
+31 50 36 36602
Function
PhD researcher
Field / Discipline
A.M.H. (Anne) Gauthier
Contact
a.m.h.gauthier rug.nl
Function
Honorary Professor of Comparative Family Studies
Field / Discipline
Sexuality education; reproductive autonomy and decision-making, sexual and reproductive health and rights; qualitative research; Uganda
dr. B. (Billie) de Haas
Contact
b.de.haas rug.nl
+31 6 3198 3231
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Child nutrition, Global Health, Capability Approach, Inequalities
prof. dr. ir. H.H. (Hinke) Haisma
Contact
h.h.haisma rug.nl
+31 6 3198 3229
Function
Prof Child Nutrition and Population Health, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Head of Dept Demography
mortality, ageing, mortality forecasting, health determinants, lifestyle, smoking, sex and  country differences
prof. dr. F. (Fanny) Janssen
Contact
f.janssen rug.nl
+31 70 356 5242
Function
Honorary Professor "Mortality and Longevity" (Faculty of Spatial Sciences) & Grant Proposal Trainer (University Services)
Field / Discipline
Quantitative research, methods, statistics, demography, datacollection, family and life course, divorce, migration, social inequality, intergenerational relations.
prof. dr. M. (Matthijs) Kalmijn
Contact
m.kalmijn rug.nl
310 703 5652 76
Function
Professor at NIDI
Field / Discipline
Themes: place attachment, home-making, well-being, mobility, health literacy
Target groups: older adults, stroke survivors 
Methodology: qualitative research, participatory approach, geographical analyses (GIS)
prof. dr. L.B. (Louise) Meijering
Contact
l.b.meijering rug.nl
+31 6 3198 3236
Function
Professor in Health Geography
Field / Discipline
demographics; high-dimensional data; health; labour market
M.C. (Melinda) Mills, Prof
Contact
m.c.mills rug.nl
Function
Professor of Data Science & Public Health Policy
Internal migration, residential mobility, households, family relations
prof. dr. C.H. (Clara) Mulder
Contact
c.h.mulder rug.nl
Function
Professor of Demography
Field / Discipline
Residential (im)mobility, internal migration, family networks, metropolitan areas, neighbourhoods
dr. M.I. (Isabel) Palomares Linares
Contact
m.i.palomares rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Economic and Social History, Economics, Regional History, Demography,
dr. R.F.J. (Richard) Paping
Contact
r.f.j.paping rug.nl
Function
Associate professor (with ius promovendi)
mortality, health, migration, historical demography, young adults
A.P.P. (Adrien) Remund, Dr
Contact
a.p.p.remund rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
dr. M.H.F. (Maurice) Ridder de van der Schueren
Contact
m.h.f.ridder.de.van.der.schueren rug.nl
+31 50 36 37205
Function
Assistant professor business administration and researcher empirical sociology
Health geography
Mobility
Data management
Z. (Zeinab) Sattari Najafabadi, MSc
Contact
z.sattari rug.nl
Function
Data steward
fertility outcomes; data science in the social sciences; simulation; R; visualisation; human behavioural ecology; biosocial approach; height
prof. dr. G. (Gert) Stulp
Contact
g.stulp rug.nl
Function
Professor Computational Social Sciences, in particular Family Sociology
As a (junior) academic teacher, I am involved in both giving workshops that are offered by SCOPE and researching the well-being of students.

I believe that every student benefits from expanding its worldview. This can be done by having an open attitude...
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M. (Miranda) Trippenzee, MSc
Contact
m.trippenzee rug.nl
Function
(Junior) academic teacher
S.R. (Soeren) Tumeltshammer, MA
Contact
s.r.tumeltshammer rug.nl
Function
PhD student
A. (Abigail) Tun Mendicuti, MSc
Contact
a.tun.mendicuti rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
International migration, demographic characteristics and behaviour of migrant populations, family formation, intergenerational relationships
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Contact
h.a.g.de.valk rug.nl
Function
Honorary Professor of Migration and the life course
Field / Discipline
Child wellbeing and parental imprisonment
Parent-child relationships and parental imprisonment
Prison-based interventions aimed at strengthening parent-child relationships
Child-friendly prisons
S.D. (Simon) Venema, MSc
Contact
s.d.venema rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Demography, Migration, Transition from Education to the Labour Market, Labour market dynamics
dr. V.A. (Viktor) Venhorst
Contact
v.a.venhorst rug.nl
+31 50 36 38658
Function
Associate Professor
prof. dr. L.J.G. (Leo) van Wissen
Contact
l.j.g.van.wissen rug.nl
Function
Professor Economic Demography
Field / Discipline
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