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Staff members with discipline Cultural Studies

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.

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K.J. (Karlijn) Achterberg
Contact
k.j.achterberg rug.nl
Function
Research Assistant and Seminar Instructor
Legal socialization, legal literacy, narrative studies, prison studies
G.A. (Gonzalo Albornoz barra) Gonzalo Albornoz Barra, MA
Contact
g.a.albornoz.barra rug.nl
Function
PhD student
English and Anglophone Literatures and Cultures; Ecocriticism; Travel and Mobility; Life Writing; Bildungsroman; Children’s Writing; Heterotopia; Diaspora; Transculturality.
V. (Vera) Alexander, Dr
Contact
v.alexander rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor (UD1)/Senior Lecturer
Dutch language history; Early Modern History; History of Ostfriesland; Church History; German Literature; Speculative & Science Fiction; the Interwar Period.
G.W.M. (Gijs) Altena, MA
Contact
g.w.m.altena rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Julia Alting is a PhD candidate at the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG), where she researches nonlinear approaches to art historical time. Her research and writing have appeared in publications like Metropolis M, Rekto/Verso, ... read more
J. (Julia) Alting, MA
Contact
j.alting rug.nl
Function
PhD Candidate
Modernism, Post-Modernism, the Enlightenment, Theory and Philosophy, Post-Humanism, Imperialism, Cultural Geography, Poetry, Poetics and Publishing
D.M. (David) Ashford, Dr
Contact
d.m.ashford rug.nl
Function
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Contact
l.n.bakker rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate
Heritage in post-conflict societies, contested heritage, culture, identity, representation, story-telling, nationhood
S.B. (Shanade) Barnabas, Dr
Contact
s.b.barnabas rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Cultural Heritage and Identity: Material and Intangible Heritage
Semitic Languages and Cultures, Medieval Hebrew Language and Literature, Medieval Hebrew Poetry (Piyyut), Judeo-Islamic culture, Middle Eastern Studies, European Jewish History.
prof. dr. W.J. (Wout) van Bekkum
Contact
w.j.van.bekkum rug.nl
Function
Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
As Professor of Auditing & Assurance at the University of Groningen (Faculty of Economics & Business, department of Accounting & Auditing) I take a special interest in the study of culture, leadership, and governance in the realm of the auditing and... lees meer
prof. dr. O.P.G. (Olof) Bik, RA
Contact
o.p.g.bik rug.nl
Function
Professor of Audit & Assurance
I belong to the Chair of European Culture and Literature, and my main supervisor is Prof. Dr. Pablo Valdivia.

I am a PhD Candidate and researcher at the University of Groningen (RUG) and the National Research School for Literary Studies in the Netherlands...
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R.A. (Rosmery-Ann) Boegeholz Castillo
Contact
r.a.boegeholz rug.nl
Function
PhD student
dr. S.L. (Leonieke) Bolderman
Contact
s.l.bolderman rug.nl
+31 50 36 33413
Function
Field / Discipline
- Digital Media Use
- Digital Literacy
- Digital Inclusion
- Media Education in Schools 
- Media and Migration
- Inter- and Transcultural Communication
C. (Çigdem) Bozdag Bucak, Dr
Contact
c.bozdag rug.nl
Function
Associate Prof.
C.H.D. (Carmen) van Bruggen
Contact
c.h.d.van.bruggen rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Jazz dance history researcher & equality, diversity and inclusion specialist
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Contact
k.campos.mc.cormack rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Long-term human-environment relationships; Indigenous history and archaeology across the circumpolar Arctic; Tuniit (Late Dorset Pre-Inuit) and Inuit culture history; Indigenous knowledge systems; ethnoarchaeology; zooarchaeology; multi-, inter- and... read more
S.P.A. (Sean) Desjardins, Dr
Contact
s.p.a.desjardins rug.nl
+31 6 3198 3992
Function
Assistant Professor of Anthropological Archaeology
Digital humanities, social networks, history of philosophy, interdisciplinary research, literary theory
S.J. (Silvia) Donker, MA
Contact
s.j.donker rug.nl
Function
PhD student & Lecturer in Digital Humanities
Cultural History, Intellectual History, South Asian Studies, History of British India, Modern German History, Cultural Studies
A. (Arnab) Dutta, MA
Contact
a.dutta rug.nl
Function
Lecturer of European Politics and Society
Field / Discipline

Cognitive science, Theoretical Psychology, Developmental Psychology

Thesis: Culture as Cognition. A thorough description, operationalisation and valorisation of a new overarching theory on the origin of human´s ability for culture, the basic skills and...
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drs. W.J. (Welmoed) Ekster
Contact
w.j.ekster rug.nl
+31 50 36 35841
Function
PhD student
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Contact
a.erdogan rug.nl
Function
PhD student
New Media and Digital Culture |Cultural Studies | Social History Studies | Media Studies | Information and Communication | Digital Humanities | Platform and Software Studies
A. (Arman) Eslambolchi, MA
Contact
a.eslambolchi rug.nl
Function
PhD researcher & Lecturer
Field / Discipline
My PhD research explores issues of maintenance and care-work through the history of textile repair. Blending archival study on early needlework samplers with auto-ethnographic and participatory action research in conservation laboratories, artists’... read more
L.E. (Ren) Ewart
Contact
l.e.ewart rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate
Dr. E Falade is an Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Sound and Media Cultures. Dr Falade is a Black queer, feminist DJ and ethnomusicologist whose research sits at the nexus between race, gender, sexuality and popular music studies. Dr Falade’s... read more
E.K.O. (Elizabeth ) Falade, Dr
Contact
e.k.o.falade rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Popular Music, Sound & Media Cultures
Field / Discipline
Popular music, jazz, Jewish music, American music, songwriting, music Industry, speech prosody
dr. C.N. (Niels) Falch
Contact
c.n.falch rug.nl
Function
Musicologist
Field / Discipline
Cultural memory; popular culture; modern German literature and culture; culture of the Weimar Republic; intermediality; intertextuality
C.H.F. (Chris) Flinterman, MA
Contact
c.h.f.flinterman rug.nl
Function
PhD student
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Contact
j.gallego.benot rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Arts and Cognition, Empirical Aesthetics, Arts and Gender, Neuroaesthetics, Philosophy of Art. 
H.G. (Héctor) Gallegos González, MA
Contact
h.g.gallegos.gonzalez rug.nl
+31 50 36 36070
Function
PhD student
Musicology
Cultural history
dr. J. van Gessel
Contact
j.van.gessel rug.nl
Function
Research
Mediaeval History; Cultural and Religious History; Human-Animal Studies; Critical Animal Studies; Posthumanism; Cultural Heritage; Mediaevalisms in Games

Public Engagement
Design of the educational board game, Monstrum.

Education

Coordination...
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S. (Sven) Gins, MA
Contact
s.gins rug.nl
+31 50 36 37318
Function
PhD Researcher / Dutch Studies Coordinator

Alberto Godioli is Associate Professor in European Culture and Literature at the University of Groningen, and Programme Director of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL). He obtained his PhD in 2012 from the Scuola Normale Superiore...
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A. (Alberto) Godioli, PhD
Contact
a.godioli rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor (with Ius Promovendi)
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Contact
f.a.haarsma-wisselink umcg.nl
Function
PhD student 'better lives for people with psychosis'
Berber Hagedoorn is Assistant Professor Media Studies & Audiovisual Culture at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research interests revolve around screen cultures (representations and crossmedia storytelling practices, particulary around... read more
dr. B. (Berber) Hagedoorn
Contact
b.hagedoorn rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Media Studies & Audiovisual Culture
As a diplomat for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I worked on international development cooperation in the MENA region and Horn of Africa. In 2023, I co-founded Fikra: a Palestinian literary magazine that publishes essays, short stories, poetry,... read more
A.L. (Aisja) Hamed
Contact
a.l.hamed rug.nl
Function
Historical anthropology; medieval and cultural history; methods and theory; history of ideas, esp. the French intellectual tradition; the relationship between religion and the academic discourse; the relationship between texts and images.
dr. B.S. (Babette) Hellemans
Contact
b.s.hellemans rug.nl
+31 50 36 36035
Function
lecturer
Depression; anxiety; posttraumatic stress disorder; transdiagnostic variables
A. Hernández Posadas, MSc
Contact
a.hernandez.posadas rug.nl
Function
performing theory and analysis, contemporary theatre, evaluation processes and theatre criticism, theatrepolicy
drs. L.D.M.E. (Lucia) van Heteren
Contact
l.d.m.e.van.heteren rug.nl
310 503 6360 43
Function
docente theaterwetenschap
Qian obtained her PhD degree in 2022 from Erasmus University Rotterdam with her project The Assemblage of Social Death: Mapping Digital Vigilantism in China. She was also a visiting scholar at The University of Oxford China Centre in 2024. Qian's research... read more
Q. (Qian) Huang, Dr
Contact
qian.huang rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Critical Disaster Studies, Social Movement History, Social Reproduction Theory, Marxist-Feminism
P. (Peer) Illner, Dr
Contact
p.illner rug.nl
Function
Lecturer in American Studies
French and Francophone culture and literature
Populism in France and the Netherlands
Culture and identity politics
Gender studies
dr. J.F. (Judith) Jansma
Contact
j.f.jansma rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Modern Scandinavian literature, culture and history
(Trans)gender Studies
European early modern history
E. (Ester) Jiresch, Dr
Contact
e.jiresch rug.nl
+31 36 358 30
Function
Assistant professor
History and politics
Culture, memory, identity, and heritage
Central and Eastern Europe, especially Western Balkans/the former Yugoslavia
Language and literature, film and media
J.W. (James) Leigh, MA
Contact
j.w.leigh rug.nl
+31 50 36 35393
Function
Lecturer & PhD student - MA Euroculture
Critical theory, aesthetics, art criticism, philosophy of culture
dr. T.E. (Thijs) Lijster
Contact
t.e.lijster rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor Philosophy of Art and Culture
Field / Discipline
European Culture, European Crises; Cultural Production in Times of Conflict; Cultural Self-Reflection; Migration and Contemporary Culture
Literature and Film; Literary Theory; Visual Studies; Documentary Film; Film Theory
Sociology; Discourse Theory;...
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F.J. (Florian) Lippert, Dr
Contact
f.j.lippert rug.nl
+31 50 36 34655
Function
Associate Professor (UHD) in European Culture and Literature, Director Research Centre for the Study of Democratic Cultures and Politics
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century literatures; children's and young adult literature; the gothic; diaspora studies; gender studies; ecocriticism and the more-than-human; multilingualism and translanguaging; creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry... read more
S.M. (Suzanne) Manizza-Roszak, Dr
Contact
s.manizza.roszak rug.nl
Function
Universitair Docent (tenured)
history of modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism / international transfer of urban and typological models / non-western regions / Bildung through Architecture and place making / post-conflict and - trauma urban renewal.
dr. A.M. (Aurora Marijke) Martin
Contact
a.m.martin rug.nl
+31 50 36 36093
Function
associate professor
Coloniality/Decolonialism
Latino politics
Texas history, culture and politics
Religion in American culture and politics
The U.S.-Mexico borderlands
Mexican American history, politics and culture
U.S. Catholic history
U.S.-Mexico relations
A.M. (Anne) Martinez, Dr
Contact
a.m.martinez rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor, American Political Theory and Culture (tenured)
Political, social and cultural history of 20th century France and Spain; history, politics and theory of the (European) Left; French and Spanish politics; French and Spanish culture; political theory, particularly ideas regarding violence and non-violence.
H.M. (Hugh) McDonnell, PhD
Contact
h.m.mcdonnell rug.nl
Function
Popular Music, American Music, Jazz, Audiovisual Arts, Gender and Music
K.A. (Kristin McGee) McGee, Dr
Contact
k.a.mcgee rug.nl
+31 50 36 34829
Function
Senior Lecturer
Modern English literature, print culture, book history, periodicals, publishing studies, typography, literary modernism, nationalism, James Joyce, genre fiction, contemporary romance, fanfiction, retellings, translingual and transcultural fiction,... read more
T.D. (Tekla) Mecsnóber, Dr
Contact
t.d.mecsnober rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
media industries, cultural studies, creator labor, gender studies, feminist studies
S.N. (Smith) Mehta, Dr
Contact
s.n.mehta rug.nl
Function
Decoloniality
Theory from the South
Media & National Identity
Digital & Emerging Media
Video Games
Media Theory
Critical Race Theory
Decolonial Ecopolitics
R.L. (Rachel Lara) van der Merwe, PhD
Contact
r.l.van.der.merwe rug.nl
Function
Qualitative and quantitative research into cultural represention of marginality, prison reading programmes, reader-response investigation, prison systems in South America, literary representation of marginal groups, early modern urban history (in... read more
dr. K. (Konstantin) Mierau
Contact
k.mierau rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor European Culture and Literature
Critical Discourse Studies
Gender studies
Rhetoric
M.P. (María Pilar) Milagros Garcia, PhD
Contact
m.p.milagros.garcia rug.nl
Function
Lecturer of English
Narrative studies and narratology
dr. S.J. (Sjoerd-Jeroen) Moenandar
Contact
s.j.moenandar rug.nl
+31 50 36 36939
Function
Assistant professor
Art History of China, prediominatly from the sixteenth century onwards; early and modern Chinese history; archaeology and material culture of China/East Asia; early and modern printing systems, including photography in China and Japan; classical... read more
O.J. (Oliver) Moore, Prof
Contact
o.j.moore rug.nl
Function
Chair, Chinese Language & Culture
Field / Discipline
Indian Studies, Textual Studies, Performance and Ritual in South Asia
E. (Elena) Mucciarelli, Dr
Contact
e.mucciarelli rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor for Hinduism in the Sanskrit Tradition - Gonda Lecturer
A. (Adina-Loredana) Nistor, MSc
Contact
a.nistor rug.nl
Function
Cultural Sociology
dr. B. (Beate) Peter
Contact
b.peter rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4065
Function
Assistant Professor of Cultural Sociology
M.E. (Manuel) Pinto Reyes, MA
Contact
m.e.pinto.reyes rug.nl
Function
Open Science Assistant Program Manager
Robert Prey is a media scholar who studies the relationship between technology, capitalism and culture. Dr. Prey's research and writings focus on algorithmic recommendation systems and the interdependent processes of ‘datafication’ and ‘platformization’.... read more
R. (Robert) Prey, PhD
Contact
r.prey rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Contemporary Russian literature and art
Postcolonial literatures and theory
Memory studies
Postsocialist and postcolonial studies
South African literature and culture
K. (Ksenia) Robbe, Dr
Contact
k.robbe rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor/Senior lecturer (UD 1)
Research methods, problem-based learning, social identity & cooperation
M. (Marina) Roos, MSc
Contact
m.roos rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Sabina is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Heritage at the University of Groningen, serving the multi-disciplinary faculty of Campus Fryslan.

She is a laureate of the prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her project “Transformation of Female...
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S. (Sabina) Rosenbergová, PhD
Contact
s.rosenbergova rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Cultural Heritage & Marie Curie Fellow
postcolonial theory, diaspora studies, memory studies, life writing, Middle East studies
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Contact
a.sathananthar rug.nl
Function
J.D. Schnepf's current research focuses on the literature and culture of the US security state, surveillance technologies, extractive infrastructures, domestic labor, and the War on Terror. Her writing has appeared and is forthcoming in academic journals... read more
J.D. Schnepf, PhD
Contact
j.d.schnepf rug.nl
Function
Contemporary cultural and media history - Specifically interested in: mediated memories, cultural practices, countercultures, amateur film & video, media technologies, and digital humanities
dr. T. (Tom) Slootweg
Contact
t.slootweg rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4137
Function
assistant professor
Memory Studies
Platform Studies
Critical AI Studies
Media Theory 
dr. P.H. (Rik) Smit
Contact
p.h.smit rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer Media Studies
Cultural Economy (Economy as Culture), Neoliberalism
Social Entrepreneurship, Solidarity Economy
Happiness, Creativity
Sociology of Space, Practice Theory, Governmentality & Subjectivity
Radical Politics, Protest, Radical Imagination
Greece, Egypt
Orientalism
Qu...
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D. (Dimitris) Soudias, Dr
Contact
d.soudias rug.nl
Function
Latin American Literature and Art
Gender Studies
Global Modernism
Literary Theory
C.G. (Camilla) Sutherland, Dr
Contact
c.g.sutherland rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor European Culture and Literature: Spanish
Field / Discipline
 International comparison studies, Inclusive Education, children's social and emotional development, qualitative research
R. (Run ) Tan
Contact
r.tan rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Hossein Tavazoni-Zadeh is a theatremaker and a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen. His research and creative productions primarily explore the sense and memory of place in film and performing arts, examining the socio-cultural dynamics through... read more
H. (Hossein) Tavazonizadeh, MA
Contact
h.tavazoni.zadeh rug.nl
+31 50 36 36078
Function
American Studies
Colonial America
The American Revolution
The Early American Republic
The US South
The early modern Atlantic World
Ethnicity, national identity, and race
M.L. (Mark) Thompson
Contact
m.l.thompson rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer of American Studies
archive; bloggen; writing stories Frisia
F. (Frida) van Til
Contact
frida.van.til rug.nl
Function
Scientific Information Specialist
Global Popular Music; Critical Theory and Cultural Studies; Theories of Voice and Vocality; Pastiche, Mimesis, and Representation; Experimental Music; Film Music and Sound; Sound and Mobile Music Studies
C.J. (Chris) Tonelli, Dr
Contact
c.j.tonelli rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in History and Theory of Popular Music
Field / Discipline
Contemporary Literature and Culture in French; Canadian Studies; Representation of space in the contemporary novel in Québec; Franco-Iranian womens' literature; Migrant and Minority Writing; Gender Studies; Identity and Exile; Life Writing
dr. J.M.L. (Jeanette) den Toonder
Contact
j.m.l.den.toonder rug.nl
+31 50 36 35891
Function
Assistant Professor / Director Centre for Canadian Studies
Fysische anthropologie
Anatomie 
dr. H.T.T.C. (Hilde) Uytterschaut
Contact
h.t.t.c.uytterschaut umcg.nl
Function
Tutor
I am a PhD student researching Low Saxon intangible heritage. What do people in the Low Saxon area see as their heritage, what does this mean for these people, and what can this tell us about our broader understanding of the concept of heritage? Heritage... read more
M. (Mariska) van der Velde, MA
Contact
mariska.van.der.velde rug.nl
Function
PhD Candidate
Dr. Pieter Verstraete holds a PhD degree in the Humanities from the Department of Theater Studies and the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis of the University of Amsterdam. His expertises are in Theatre and Performance Studies, Sound and Audio... read more
P.M.G. (Pieter) Verstraete, Dr
Contact
p.m.g.verstraete rug.nl
Function
Ass. Prof. in Arts, Culture and Media
Mediated political participation and citizenship; political and social theory; critical platform studies; content moderation and other aspects of platform governance; data colonialism
J.C. (João) Vieira Magalhães, PhD
Contact
j.c.vieira.magalhaes rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in Media, Politics and Democracy
European Union Law, culture, regulated markets, audiovisual sector, state aid, sport
A.A. (Aurélie) Villanueva, Dr
Contact
a.a.villanueva rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in European Union Law
Visser is a member of the Dutch Literary Society (Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde); member of the Royal Dutch Society of Sciences (Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen); member of the Deutscher Germanistenverband-Gesellschaft für Hochschulgermanistik and member of the Netherlands Graduate School for Literary Studies (OSL).
prof. dr. A. (Thony) Visser
Contact
anthonya.visser rug.nl
+31 50 36 37905
Function
Dean Faculty of Arts/Full Professor of Modern European, in particular German, Literature and Culture
Institutional Approach to Dutch Modern Literature, professionalization and internationalisation of the literary Field, reading Culture and book Science.
dr. S. (Sandra) van Voorst
Contact
s.van.voorst rug.nl
+31 50 36 35868 geen voic emai l
Function
Assistant Professor
toxicity, ecocriticism, time studies, nuclear aesthetics, cultural analysis, the body
dr. R.E. (Ruby) de Vos
Contact
r.e.de.vos rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Oscar Wilde
Victorian Literature and Culture
Neo-Victorian Literatre / contemporary appropriations of 19th century literature
Literary Theory
Postmodernism
Word and Music Studies
dr. K. (Kees) de Vries
Contact
kornelis.de.vries rug.nl
Function
Lecturer in English Language and Culture
Educational Development Officer Diversity and Inclusion; Intercultural Trainer
drs. R.F. (Rina) de Vries
Contact
r.f.de.vries rug.nl
Function
Educational Development Officer Diversity and Inclusion
Strategic and International Management; Management of the Arts and Cultural Industries, Cultural Entrepreneurship
dr. R.W. de Vries
Contact
r.w.de.vries rug.nl
+31 50 36 33458
Function
Lecturer - dept. Global Economics and Management, program International Business
Postcolonial European cultural identity; contemporary South African culture, the Afrikaans literary field, and the public sphere. Transnational cultural production. Interdisciplinary project-based education.
prof. dr. M.C. (Margriet) van der Waal
Contact
m.c.van.der.waal rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor and Director of Studies Erasmus Mundus Master Euroculture: European society, culture, and politics in a global context. Also Endowed Chair of South African literature, culture and history (University of Amsterdam)
Y. (Yiying) Wang, MSc
Contact
yiying.wang rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Lars de Wildt studies how media cultures and industries make contemporary worldviews. Examples are how media industries construct 'global' culture and how local audiences consume it; how Western game developers sold religion to secular audiences; how... read more
dr. L.A.W.J. (Lars) de Wildt
Contact
lars.de.wildt rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor in Media & Cultural Industries
philosophy of technology; aesthetics; philosophy of design; political philosophy
R.M. (Ryan) Wittingslow, Dr
Contact
r.m.wittingslow rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Researcher at the Knowledge Platform, which collects and shares knowledge and research that is relevant for social policy in the Groningen gas extraction area. The Knowledge Platform stimulates partnerships to create more attention for social impact. It... read more
A.A. (Aziza) Zijlstra, MA
Contact
a.a.zijlstra rug.nl
Function
Researcher Kennisplatform Leefbaar en Kansrijk Groningen
Regional Identity, Rural Studies, Low Saxon History and Culture, U.S. Politics, U.S. History, History of the U.S. South, American Studies, Southern Studies.
dr. M. (Maarten) Zwiers
Contact
m.zwiers rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer
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