Academic Board / Aletta Fellows

Prof. Dr. Rina Knoeff

Director

Aletta Jacobs Chair of Health and Humanities

Miente Pietersma, MA

Coordinator

PhD Student History

Prof. Dr. Hilde Bras

Board Representative History

Prof. Dr. Mike Huiskes

Board Representative Communication Studies

Dr. Chris Tonelli

Board Representative History of Art, Architecture & Landscape

Prof. Dr. Cor Wagenaar

Board Representative History of Art, Architecture & Landscape

Dr. Nadine Voelkner

Board Representative International Relations and International Organization

Dr. Simone Sprenger

Board Representative Linguistics, Semantics and Cognition

Prof. Dr. Christoph Jedan

Board Representative Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society

Dr. Anja Visser-Nieraeth

Board Representative Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society

Affiliations

• Aletta Jacobs School for Public Health
• Expertisecentre Architecture, Urbanism, Health
• University Museum
• Centre for Religion, Health and Wellbeing

The Centre for Religion, Health and Well-being connects researchers working on health- and well-being-related themes in the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society at the University of Groningen. Their research covers such diverse topics as the experience of meaning and spirituality in mental and physical health, the ethical questions surrounding the end of life, and the diversity in religious and cultural attitudes to sickness and health.