16 september 2005

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Education

       PhD – Political Communication and Public Opinion; Amsterdam School of Communications Research, 1999-2005 (with reservation). 

       Doeltreffend presenteren op colleges en congressen; Centrum voor Nascholing Amsterdam, januari 2003.

 Methoden voor Survey Onderzoek & Sampling Designs; Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS), June 2002.

       MA - Political Science & Methods and Statistics of Social Scientific Research; Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1995-1998. Masters’ courses with a specialization in Statistics and Methods of Social Scientific Research, and a subsidiary in Information, Communication, and Organizations. Graduated: Cum Laude. 

       Propedeuse - Communication Science; Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1994-1996. Bachelor's  (BA) courses in Communication Science.

       BSc (Ing) - Telecommunication and Information Engineering; Hogeschool van Utrecht, 1989-1994. Graduation Courses with a specialization in Business Administration and Marketing. 

Academic experience

       QMSS [ESF]. Instructor/assistent for workshop/Seminar on Cross-National and Cross-Sectional Data Analysis; Oxford, August, 2005. This workshop is one of a series of workshops subsidized by the ESF.

       NIAS Fellow. During the academic year 2003-2004 I was invited by the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) to study at Wassenaar. During that year I worked with the theme group 'a new view on survey research', coordinated by prof. dr. Willem Saris (Univeristy of Amsterdam, ESADE Business School in Barcelona). Other members of the theme group were: prof. dr. Wil Dijkstra (Free University of Amsterdam), prof. dr. Milton Lodge (State University Stony Brook, USA), prof. dr. Akos Münnich (University of Debrecen, Hungary), prof. dr. Jaap Murre (Univeristy of Amsterdam, University of Maastricht), dr. Bregje Holleman (University Utrecht), dr. Antonio Chessa (University of Amsterdam), and dr. Stasja Draisma (Free University of Amsterdam).

       QMSS [ESF]. Instructor/assistent for workshop/Seminar on Measurement, Data Collection, and Data Quality; Lugano, August, 2004. This workshop is one of a series of workshops, subsidized by the ESF, aimed at (1) increasing the number of European social scientific researchers trained in quantitative techniques; (2) encouraging the development of a new generation of methodologists through enabling pan-European networking; (3) sharing of new methodologies appropriate for the analysis of some of the ever more complex datasets available to the social sciences; and thus to generate networks leading to the development of new methodologies; and (4) to provide illustrative analyses of the large pan European datasets such as the European Social Survey or the Luxembourg Income (or Employment) studies and thus to generate further analyses of these rich data.

       Teaching at the Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam,  1995-2005. Courses are in the field of Social Science Methodology, with a special focus on survey research. Past courses are among others: Inleiding Politicologie voor Communicatiewetenschap, Meetfouten in vragenlijstonderzoek, Communicatie Onderzoek III, Methoden van Communicatie Onderzoek I, Methoden van Communicatie Onderzoek II, Practicum Empirische Onderzoeksvaardigheden, Practicum Literatuur Onderzoek.

       Development of a Survey Quality Prediction (SQP) System, 1998-present. The Survey Quality Prediction (SQP) System is a set of computer applications that are used for the prediction of the quality of single survey items. This program intends to push the development of survey questionnaires to a higher, more scientific, level.

       Doctoral research project. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, 1999-present. The topic of my research focuses on opinion strength, data quality, and the survey response: the survey response process.

       Teaching at the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, 2001-2005. Courses are in the field of Social Science Methodology, with a special focus on survey methodology. Past courses are among others: Cross-sectie vragenlijstonderzoek naar Politieke Tolerantie, Enquêteren, Gegevens Analyseren: Multivariaat.

       I have run a small business (M.O.O.), 1998-2002. The core business was analyses of survey data and the development of survey research tools (software development).

       Administrator and Webmaster of the RUSSET Panel, 1996-present day. Administration of a nation wide panel study (1993-1999) in Russia, see www.vanderveld.nl. 

       Software development and testing of CASIP (a EUROSTAT-project), spring 1997. CASIP is the acronym for 'A complete automated system for information processing', and is an integrated application system for survey research.

       Traineeship Hogeschool van Utrecht, 1993. I have designed an trainee vacancy system for the internet, especially for our department. With this system companies and students could find each other on the Internet by either placing a vacancy in the system or by supplying a curriculum vitae on the Internet.

       Traineeship OMEGA Software, 1992. I have made (implemented, and tested) the application programmers interface (API) of SPIDER (Shell PlottIng in a Distributed EnviRonment). With this API graphical pictures (in the Shell case pictures of oil and gas fields) can be viewed (WYSIWYG) and printed from any platform and on any printing device without any differences in color and shape.

       Bond for students of the faculty Electro technical Engineering and Telecommunication, 1991- Present. I am one of the founders and an honorary member of Bond for students of the faculty Electro-technical Engineering and Telecommunication at the Hogeschool van Utrecht.

       Utrechtse Studenten HockeyClub (USHC) 1993-1997. I played in the second team during my membership, furthermore I have been a member of the following committees: Fund-raising committee (93-94); Member of the editorial staff of our weekly information magazine 'Stickpraet' (96-97); Editorial Committee of the yearbook of the USHC (96-97); Committee member of the Reunion association RUSHC, 1998-2002.

       Unitas Studiosorum Rheno-Trajectina (USR) 1993-present. I am a member of the fraternity USR and have been a (committee) member of some sub-associations such as the debating club ‘A.D.C. Forsete Wara’ and the dining-room committee La Groupe Michelin.

       Stichtse Cricket en Hockeyclub (SCHC) 1997-present. I play at the IXth team in the fourth division, and I was one of the two members of the committee for the organization and management of the men’s teams, which we did from 2000-2003.

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