dr. S. (Stefan) Couperus

Academic positions

• July 2017 - today: Associate professor of European Politics and Society (with ius promovendi as of 2022)
• August 2014 - June 2017: Assistant professor of European Politics and Society and postdoctoral fellow (NWO VENI Grant, until March 2016) University of Groningen
• March 2012 - August 2014: Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer of political history Utrecht University (NWO VENI Grant)
• October 2008 - January 2012: Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer of political history Utrecht University (NWO Research Programme Contested Democracy)
• 2005: Marie Curie 'Building on the past' Fellow University College London 
• September 2003 - September 2008: PhD fellow University of Groningen

Education

• PhD in Arts (Modern History, with highest distinction) 2009 - University of Groningen
• MA (drs) in Modern History and Journalism 2003 - University of Groningen

Grants and awards

• Erasmus Mundus scholarship fall 2023 (Savitribai Phule Pune University)

• Rachel Carson - Simone Veil Fellowship 2021 (Rachel Carson Center / Project House Europe)
• Province of Groningen (external funding for research on history of provincial governance)
• Vision and theoretical conceptualization  of Differentiated Integration of Differentiated Integration 2019 (WP2) - with Dr P.D. Tortola (main applicant/coordinator) and Prof L.P. Rensmann (part of a H2020 RIA grant, SEP-210485814. The project involves 15 partners and is coordinated by the International Affairs Institute in Rome)
• DAM Architectural Book Award 2013 (as part of a team of authors)
• NWO Veni-grant 2011 
• European Doctorate Marie Curie 2009
• Cum laude PhD defence 2009 (highest distinction)
• Marie Curie 'Building on the Past' Fellowship 2005 
• Various bursaries/grants for international Summer Schools, Grant applications, Conferences and Workshops