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Completed PhD dissertations


All completed PhD dissertations at the Population Research Centre are published by Rozenberg/ Thela-Thesis Publishers , Amsterdam.

Below is a list of all completed PhD dissertations since 1994 at PRC. They are listed chronologically. Information on how to order the dissertations can be found at the bottom of this page.

For some of the dissertations an online full-text version is available through the University Library, in which case a link is provided below. If the publication is not available online, the printed version can be found in the  catalogue of the University Library .

An overview of the cover pages of disserations in demography is provided here.

For dissertations in the other departments of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, click here .

 

Erka Caro (2011)

Biswamitra Sahu (2010)

  • Background: Master of Arts in Sociology at Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, Master of Philosophy at International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai
  • Collaboration:
  •                 JSS Institute for Economic Research, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
  •                 Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  •                 International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Title dissertation: " Religion, minority status and reproductive behaviour among Muslims and Hindus in India and Bangladesh". Promotores: Professor Inge Hutter and Professor Leo van Wissen
  • Available online: Project Information , Full text of dissertation , Summary in Dutch  [PDF], Summary in Oriya  [PDF]
  • Public defense: 16 December 2010

  Mieke Reuser ( 2010)

  • Background: Business administration (Maastricht University), Development economics (University of Geneva) and Demography (European Doctoral School of Demography, Rostock). 
  • Funding: Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW) fund for Demography-Epidemiology-Actuarial Science (DEA)
  • Collaboration: NIDI
  • Title dissertation: " The effect of risk factors on disability : a multistate analysis of the U.S. health and retirement study ". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens and Dr Luc Bonneux.
  • Available online: Project Information , Full text of dissertation , Summary in Dutch  [PDF]
  • Public defense: 28 October 2010
  • Mieke Reuser is working as an Actuarial Analist Health Care at UVIT

Beata Nowok (2010)

  • Funding: University of Groningen
  • Collaboration:The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute ( NIDI )
  • Title dissertation: " Harmonization by simulation : a contribution to comparable international migration statistics in Europe". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens
  • Available online: Project Information , Full text of dissertation , Summary in Dutch  [PDF]
  • Public defense: 28 October 2010
  • Beata Nowok is working as a Research Fellow School of Geography and Geosciences, St Andrews University, UK

  Karen Haandrikman (2010)

  • Background: Netherlands; BSc Human Geography, MSc Demography, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
  • Funding: University of Groningen
  • Collaboration: Statistics Netherlands, Demography Unit
  • Title dissertation: "Geographic Dimensions of Partner Choice". Promotores: Professor Inge Hutter and Professor Leo van Wissen.
  • Available online: Project Information, Full text of dissertation, Summary in Dutch, Summary in English
  • Public defense: 21 Juni 2010.
  • Karen Haandrikman is working as a Postdoc researcher at the Stockholm University Demography Unit, located at the department of Human Geography of Stockholm University, Sweden

 

Samir KC (2009)

  • Background: Nepal; MSc Statistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • Funding: NWO/WOTRO; 2001-;
  • Title dissertation: "Lung health in rural Nepal. Multi-state modeling of health status and economic evaluation of integrated respiratory care guidelines". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens and Professor Louis Niessen. The project is part of the research programme "Assessing the cost-effectiveness of integrated respiratory guidelines". Programme funded by NWO/WOTRO; coordination by Prof.dr. F. Rutten and dr. L. Niessen, Institute of Medical Technology Assessment, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
  • Available online: Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 29 January 2009.
  • Samir KC is working as a research scholar at the World Population Program at IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Ajay Bailey (2008)

  • Background: India; MSc Population Studies, University of Groningen; MA Anthropology, University of Pune, India; Bachelor in Anthropology, Economics and Political Science from Karnatak University, India
  • Funding: Ubbo Emmius Fellowship, University of Groningen, 2004-2007
  • Title dissertation: "Culture, risk and HIV/AIDS among migrant and mobile men in Goa, India". Promotor: Professor Inge Hutter. ISBN 978-90-5170-873-8.
  • Available online: Project information, Full text of dissertation, Summary in Dutch.
  • Public defense: 12 June 2008.
  • Ajay Bailey is a postdoctoral researcher at the PRC Groningen.

Sarbani Banerjee (2006)

  • Background: India; MA Sociology, University of Hyderabad, India; MSc Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India; MSc Demography, University of Groningen
  • Funding: Ubbo Emmius Fellowship, University of Groningen; 2002-2006
  • Title dissertation: "Higher education and the reproductive life course. A cross-cultural study of women in Karnataka (India) and the Netherlands". Promotores: Professor Inge Hutter and Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-3610-035-6.
  • Available online: Project information, Summary, Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 23 February 2006.
  • Sarbani Banerjee currently lives in Mumbai, India.

Mohsina Khatun (2005)

  • Background: Bangladesh; MSc Statistics, University of Jahangirnagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Funding: Fellowship University of Groningen
  • Title dissertation: "Contraceptive use dynamics. Application to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-3619-24-20.
  • Available online: Summary, Text on back cover of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 15 September 2005. 
  • Mohsina Khatun currently lives in Brisbane, Australia.

Alinda Bosch (2005)

  • Background: Netherlands; MSc Non-western Demography, University of Groningen, 1995
  • Funding: NWO-WOTRO, NIDI-HERA
  • Title dissertation: "Adolescents' reproductive health in rural Bangladesh". The study was carried out as a part of the larger research programme 'HEalthy Reproduction: Research for Action (HERA)', a joint initiative of PRC Groningen and NIDI. Promotores: Professor Inge Hutter, Professor Frans Willekens and Professor Jeroen van Ginneken. ISBN 90-3619-322-2.
  • Available online: Summary, Text on back cover of dissertation, Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 30 June 2005.
  • Alinda Bosch is researcher at NIDI, the Hague.

Tomáลก Sobotka (2004)

  • Background: Czech Republic; MSc Demography, Charles University, Prague, 1996
  • Funding: NWO-OIO, 2000-2004
  • Title dissertation: "Postponement of childbearing and low fertility in Europe". The project is part of the research programme "Towards a dynamics scenario model to explore the economic determinants of Europe’s population dynamics". Programme funded by NWO; coordination by Professor Leo van Wissen. Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens, Professor Leo van Wissen. ISBN 90-3619-102-5.
  • Available online: Text on back cover of dissertation, Summary, Summary in Dutch [PDF], Stellingen, Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 25 November 2004; cum laude.
  • Currently at Vienna Institute of Demography, Vienna, Asutria.

Roel Jennissen (2004)

  • Background: Netherlands; MSc Sociology, University Utrecht
  • Funding: NWO-OIO, 1998- ; working at NIDI, The Hague
  • Title dissertation: "Macro-econmic determinants of international migration in Europe". The project is part of the research programme "Towards a dynamics scenario model to explore the economic determinants of Europe’s population dynamics". Programme funded by NWO; coordination by Professor Leo van Wissen. Promotores: Professor Leo van Wissen, Professor Frans Willekens.  ISBN 90-3169-022-3.
  • Available online: Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 13 September 2004.
  • Currently at Research and Documentation Center of the Dutch Ministry of Justice (WODC).

Jeroen Spijker (2004)

  • Background: Netherlands; MSc Demography, University of Groningen
  • Funding: NWO-OIO, 1998- ; working at NIDI, The Hague
  • Title dissertation: "Socioeconomic determinants of regional mortality differences in Europe". The project is part of the research programme "Towards a dynamics scenario model to explore the economic determinants of Europe's population dynamics". Programme funded by NWO; coordination by Professor Leo van Wissen. Promotores: Professor Leo van Wissen, Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-3619-012-6.
  • Available online: Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 13 September 2004
  • Currently at Centre d'Estudis Demografics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Maaike den Draak (2003)

Hideko Matsuo (2003)

Vladimir Canudas Romo (2003)

  • Background: Mexico; MSc Population Studies, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico, 1999;
  • Funding: Max Planck Fellowship, 1999-2002, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) Scholarship.
  • Title dissertation: "Decomposition methods in demography". Promotores: Professor James Vaupel (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) and Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-5170-727-4.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of dissertation, Summary in Dutch,  Full text of dissertation.
  • Public defense: 30 June 2003.
  • Vladimir Canudas Romo is assistant professor at the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA.

Abdulah al Mamun (2003)

Louis Niessen (2002)

Salahudin Muhidin (2002)

  • Background: Indonesia; MSc Mathematics, Bogor Institute of Agriculture, Bogor; On leave from Demographic Institute, Faculty of Economics, Univ. of Indonesia 1997 - 2002; (sandwich programme)
  • Funding: Fellowship Government of Indonesia and RUG Fellowship Programme;
  • Title dissertation: "The population of Indonesia. Regional demographic scenarios using a multiregional method and multiple data sources". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens, Professor A. Ananta (Insitute of Southeast Asia Studies (ISEAS), Singapore). ISBN 90-5170-596-5.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Summary, Summary in Dutch, 'Stellingen', Full text of dissertation. 
  • Public defense: 2 May 2002. 
  • Currently at the Queensland Centre for Population Research at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Willem Jan van der Veen (2001) Melinda Mills (2000)
  • Background: Canada; MA Sociology, University of Alberta
  • Funding: Fellowship PRC-RUG 1996-1998; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1998-2000
  • Title dissertation: "The transformations of partnerships. Canada, the Netherlands and the Russian Federation in the age of modernity". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 5538-000-0.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Summary in Dutch. 
  • Public defense: 11 September 2000; cum laude.
  • Currently at the Department of Sociology of the University of Groningen on a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship.
Sabu Padmadas (2000)
  • Background: India; MSc Demography, University of Kerala; On leave from Population Research Centre, University of Kerala; 1996 - 2000 (sandwich programme)
  • Funding: RUG Fellowship Programme and PRC-RUG Fellowship
  • Title dissertation: "Intergenerational transmission of health. Reproductive health of mother and child survival in Kerala, India". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens, Professor P.S. Nair (University of Kerala). Co-promotor: Dr Inge Hutter. ISBN 5538-050-4.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Summary in Dutch, 'Stellingen'. 
  • Public defense: 22 June 2000. 
  • Currently at Division of Social Statistics, University of Southampton, UK.
Zhiwu Liang (2000)
  • Background: China; MS Probability and Statistics, Peking University; On leave from Institute of Population Research, Peking University
  • Funding: Peking University and Fellowship PRC-RUG; 1996 - 2000 (sandwich programme)
  • Title dissertation: "The Coale-McNeil model. Theory, generalisation and application". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens, Professor A.G.M. Steerneman (Faculty of Economics, RUG), Professor Zeng Yi (Duke University, USA). ISBN 5538-051-2.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book. 
  • Public defense: 22 June 2000. 
  • Currently at Proctor and Gamble, Market Research Division, Kyoto, Japan. 
Sergio Medina (2000)
  • Background: Mexico; MA Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
  • Funding: Government of Mexico, 1996 - 2000 (sandwich programme)
  • Title dissertation: "Human resources and population in Mexico at the dawn of the 21st century". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. Co-promotor: Dr J. Gomez de Léon (Colegio de Mexico). ISBN 90-5538-049-0.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book.
  • Public defense: 22 June 2000. 
  • Currently Director General Adjunto, Territorial Norte, Microrregiones, Government of Mexico.
Henk Hilderink (2000)
  • Background: Netherlands; MS Mathematics, University of Nijmegen; researcher, RUG
  • Funding: RIVM, 1996 - 2000
  • Title dissertation: "World population in transition. An integrated regional modelling framework". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. Co-promotor: Dr H.J.M. de Vries (RIVM). ISBN 90-5538-048-2.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Full text of this dissertation.
  • Public defense: 25 May 2000. 
  • Currently at RIVM.
Hendrika Lautenbach (1999)
  • Background: Netherlands; MA Demography, University of Groningen
  • Funding: NWO-OIO, 1994-1997
  • Title dissertation: "Population dynamics in the Teminabuan area of the Bird’s Head peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. Co-promotores: Dr J. Miedema (University of Leiden), Dr L. Visser (University of Amsterdam). ISBN 90-5538-040-7.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Summary in Dutch.
  • Public defense: 6 December 1999. 
  • Currently at Statistics Netherlands, Heerlen. 
Ernst Spaan (1999)
  • Background: Netherlands; MA Anthropology, University of Leiden
  • Title dissertation: "Labour circulation and socioeconomic transformation : the case of East Java, Indonesia". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. Co-promotor: Professor Graeme Hugo (University of Adelaide, Australia). Referent: Dr Frank Eelens (NIDI). ISBN 90-70990-77-6. Dissertation published as NIDI Report. 
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book. 
  • Public defense: 8 July 1999. 
  • Currently at NIDI, The Hague. 
Bart de Bruijn (1999)
  • Background: Netherlands; MA Non-Western Sociology, University of Leiden
  • Title dissertation: "Foundation of Demographic Theory. Choice, Process, Context". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-5170-474-7. 
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book, Full text of this dissertation.
  • Public defense: 7 January 1999. 
  • Currently at NIDI, The Hague: Census Advisor, Honiara, Solomon Islands (NIDI project). 
Markos Ezra (1997)
  • Background: Eritrea; MA Demography, University of California, Berkeley
  • Title dissertation: "Demographic responses to ecological degradation and food insecurity in the drought prone communities of Northern Ethiopia". Promotor: Professor Frans Willekens. ISBN 90-5170-415-1. 
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book.
  • Public defense: 17 April 1997.
Inge Hutter (1994)
  • Background: Netherlands; MA Non-Western Demography, University of Groningen
  • Title dissertation: "Being pregnant in rural South India: nutrition of women and well-being of children". Promotores: Professor Frans Willekens, Professor D.J. Speckmann. ISBN 90-5170-306-6.
  • Available on the web: Text on back cover of book.
  • Public defense: 20 October 1994; cum laude.
  • Currently Professor, Population Research Centre, University of Groningen. 
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