Staff members with discipline History of Science
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.
Theory and history of developmental psychology (esp. the Cold War popularization of Jean Piaget by American psychologists and educators), archival history (esp. Piaget's unpublished causality manuscripts), historiography, knowledge translation & indigenization / internationalization, taxonomic incommensurability, indeterminacy in translation, digital humanities, PsycINFO
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j.t.burman rug.nl
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Senior Assistant Professor
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Theory and History of Science applied to the sciences studying human beings.
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Full Professor, emeritus
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Jeroen J.H. Dekker is Honorary Professor (from 1991 to 2019 Full Professor) of History and Theory of Education at the University of Groningen. Before, he was Senior Lecturer in History and Head of the History Department at the University of Maastricht, and Lecturer in History of Education at the University of Utrecht, where he graduated in history (BA; MA and PhD cum laude) and in philosophy (BA, abridged). Next, he participated in the weekly seminar of Jacques Revel at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He was a visiting professor at the History and Civilisation Department of the European University Institute in Florence, the European Institute of Columbia University in New York and the University of Sassari, and Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung) in Berlin.A former President of the International Association for the History of Education (ISCHE), of the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Education (BENGOO) and of the Groningen Research School for the Study of the Humanities, he is Honorary Life Member of ISCHE and BENGOO, one of the conveners of the Standing Working Group ‘Growing up in out-of-home care: Histories of children and youth in foster families and residential homes’, Editor of Paedagogica Historica, International Journal of the History of Education, Member of the Editorial Board of History of Education, Member of the Advisory Board of Historia y Memoria de la Educación, Member of the scientific committee of Annali di storia dell’Educazione e delle Istituzioni Educative, member of the Leuven Research Community on Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education and chair of the Board of the Stichting Paedagogica Historica. From 2016 to 2019 he was a Member of the Committee for the Study on Institutional Child Abuse set up by the Dutch government. His publications deal with the longue durée social and cultural history of education, parenting, childhood, schooling, and children at risk.
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Professor of History and Philosophy of Education
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Public Engagement. History of universities. Eise Eisinga. History of mathematics. History of the book. Podcast. Frisia.
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a.f.b.dijkstra rug.nl
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Director of the University Museum
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Social networks, historical networks, digital humanities, interdisciplinary research
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s.j.donker rug.nl
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PhD student in Digital Humanities
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l.georgescu rug.nl
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Geschiedenis van de natuurwetenschappen, museale collecties.
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j.w.huisman rug.nl
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registrar/collectionsmanager
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v.kleian rug.nl
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Specialist wetenschappelijke informatie
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early modern history, history of (anatomical) collections, cultural history of the body, Dutch medicine in the Enlightenment, History of alchemy and chemistry, medical humanities
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Aletta Jacobs Chair of Health and Humanities
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Libraries, Information Literacy, Exact sciences, Citation analysis, History of science
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Scientific information specialist /Historian of chemistry
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- Early Modern Geopolitical Epistemologies (esp. the XVIC Hispanic Empire)
- Historical Epistemology and International Relations
- The Politics of Global Connectivities
- Geopolitics and Connectivity
- Mapping, critical cartography, and spatial epistemologies
- The Politics of Uncertainty
- Biopolitics of Security
- Post-structuralism in International Relations
- Insurance and liberal governance
- Historical Epistemology and International Relations
- The Politics of Global Connectivities
- Geopolitics and Connectivity
- Mapping, critical cartography, and spatial epistemologies
- The Politics of Uncertainty
- Biopolitics of Security
- Post-structuralism in International Relations
- Insurance and liberal governance
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l.e.lobo-guerrero rug.nl
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Professor of History and Theory of International Relations, Head of Department
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Studies on the human mind (19th and 20th century); History and philosophy of psychology, and the following topics:• Early experimental and applied psychology• Criminology and juridical psychology• Practices of psychological testing and measurement• Crisis debates in psychology • Boundaries of science and the history of spiritualism
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a.c.mulberger rug.nl
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Theory & History of Psychology
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European Sport and Movement Cultures (1400-1600); History of Embodied Technique; History of Science; Experimental History
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m.pietersma rug.nl
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PhD student
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Citizenship education, history of pedagogy and education policy, science and technology studies, political and continental philosophy
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p.d.van.rees rug.nl
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PhD-student
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Early modern philosophy, Spinoza, Cartesian debates, Early modern science and natural philosophy, Causation, Continental philosophy, Martin Heidegger, Emanuele Severino, Digital humanities, Computational history of ideas, Ancient Buddhist thought
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a.sangiacomo rug.nl
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Associate Professor
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Professor of Medieval History
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Working in international and interdisciplinary scholarly teams and networks; experience in leading groups inside and outside the university; experience in publishing professional journals and book series; commitment to teaching.
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European cultural history from antiquity through today, with a focus on religion in diverse cultural settings; Diversity of knowledge systems; Method and theory in the study of religion; Discursive study of religion; Esoteric discourses in European culture, with special emphasis on astrology and kabbalah; Religion, philosophy, and nature; Religion and secularity
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European cultural history from antiquity through today, with a focus on religion in diverse cultural settings; Diversity of knowledge systems; Method and theory in the study of religion; Discursive study of religion; Esoteric discourses in European culture, with special emphasis on astrology and kabbalah; Religion, philosophy, and nature; Religion and secularity
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c.k.m.von.stuckrad rug.nl
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Professor of Religious Studies
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cosmology, cosmic structure formation, large scale structure of the Universe, computational geometry & topology, history of astronomy
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Professor
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