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Staff members with discipline Social Sciences, Quantitative Methods

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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At the faculty BSS, I am employed on the chair Applied Statistics and Data Visualisation. 
My research focuses on the development of statistical models for applications in the social sciences. These models often contain dynamic or longitudinal components. Furthermore, I’m interested in science communication - for which data visualisation plays a key role - and the improvement of scientific practice in general.

Furthermore, I'm Director of Research of the Heymans Institute for Psychological Research.

See casperalbers.nl for details.

prof. dr. C.J. (Casper) Albers
Contact
c.j.albers rug.nl
+31 50 36 38239
Function
Professor of Applied Statistics and Data Visualisation / Director of Research Heymans Institute
Political Psychology
F.A. (Flavio) de Azevedo Neto, MSc
Contact
flavio.azevedo rug.nl
+31 50 –36 3677 6
Function
Assistant Professor
Economic Geography, Spatial Economics, Regional Science, Social and Spatial Inequalities,  Happiness and Well-being, Migration, Spatial Microsimulation, Geoinformatics
D. (Dimitris) Ballas, Prof
Contact
d.ballas rug.nl
Function
Professor of Economic Geography
Knowledge with respect to New Product Devleopment processes and project teams and how we can study these processes and teams 
dr. J.D. (Hans) van der Bij
Contact
j.d.van.der.bij rug.nl
+31 50 36 37347
Function
Associate Professor
dr. K.M. Bijlsma-Frankema
Contact
k.m.bijlsma-frankema rug.nl
Function
Senior Researcher
cultural diplomacy, cultural entrepreneurship, cultural leadership
D.Z. (Djamila) Boulil, MA
Contact
d.z.boulil rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Cooperation, Collective action, Social Innovation, Agent-Based Modelling, Experimental methods
dr. L. (Loes) Bouman
Contact
l.bouman rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Dialectometry
Phonetics
Sociolinguistics
Methodology and statistics
R.S.S.J. (Raoul) Buurke, MA
Contact
raoul.buurke rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Broadly speaking, my research centres on understanding the motivations behind advantaged group members behaving both anti- and pro-socially towards disadvantaged groups, utilising quantitative methods. In particular, I strive to uncover ways of enhancing... read more
H. (Hakan) Çakmak, MSc
Contact
h.cakmak rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Political parties, party image, electoral campaigns, content analysis, comparative studies, quantitative methods, text analysis
E. (Eugenie) De Saint-Phalle, MA
Contact
e.de.saint-phalle rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Metascience; science reform; research methodology; science and technology studies; RRI; open science; qualitative research methods
S.M. (Sarahanne) Field, PhD
Contact
s.m.field rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Social integration, Cooperation, Social networks, Agent-based modelling, Social complexity
A. (Andreas) Flache, Prof
Contact
a.flache rug.nl
+31 50 36 36214
Function
Professor
Statistics, missing data, multiple imputation, social network analysis
dr. J.M.E. (Mark) Huisman
Contact
j.m.e.huisman rug.nl
+31 50 36 36345
Function
Assistant Professor
Coordination dynamics within multiteam systems, Disruption management, Organizational resilience, Social network analysis

My current research explores how individuals, teams, and organizations effectively share information under high time pressure,...
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N. (Nevena) Ivanovic, Dr
Contact
nevena.ivanovic rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
My primary research interest revolves around the delivery of negative news in a workplace setting, such as layoffs, denied promotions, or negative performance evaluations. I am investigating how the communication of bad news influences the behaviors,... read more
Statistics, test theory, IRT
dr. E.M.L.A. (Edith) van Krimpen-Stoop
Contact
e.m.l.a.van.krimpen-stoop rug.nl
+31 50 36 36369
Function
Teacher
Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences,
Qualitative Data Analysis (Atlas.ti) ,
Social Network Analysis (including basics of statistical modelling via ERGM and SAOM)
M. (Marcel) Mallow, MSc
Contact
m.mallow rug.nl
Function
PhD candidate and Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in i-CONN ITN
Survey Research Methodology, Interviewer-respondent interaction in Survey interviews, Sequence Viewer
dr. Y.P. (Yfke) Ongena
Contact
y.p.ongena rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4036
Function
Senior Lecturer
Herman is a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Before returning to academia, he worked in various HR fields for over a decade. He has diverse research interests related to the impacts of contemporary work arrangements on employee well-being and performance. For his dissertation, he is researching how the combination of multiple roles across life domains shapes work outcomes. More specifically, he focuses on examining the diversity and sequence of daily roles within a person. Previously, he held a senior management position at Nutrifood Indonesia. During his professional industry career, he achieved several professional awards, such as the Top 3 Indonesia Future Human Resource Leader Award and the Top 5 Indonesia Young Business Leaders Award. He also serves as a guest lecturer at several universities and passionately delivers professional talk about People Analytics, Work Psychology, and related topics. His works have been presented at several conferences and publications, such as by the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, the Indonesian Association of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Indonesian Association of Social Psychology, and the Indonesian Association of Positive Psychology.
C.N. (Catia) Pinto Teixeira, PhD
Contact
c.n.teixeira rug.nl
Function
Post-doctoral researcher
Bullying, group processes and social status
Peer relations (social networks)
Intervention research 
Quantitative research methods for longitudinal research


dr. R. (Rozemarijn) van der Ploeg
Contact
rozemarijn.van.der.ploeg rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Banking, Corporate Finance, Political Economy
A. (Asad) Rauf, PhD MSc
Contact
a.rauf rug.nl
Function
Associate Professor of Finance
Research methods, problem-based learning, social identity & cooperation
M. (Marina) Roos, MSc
Contact
m.roos rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
social networks, multilevel analysis, stochastic models in the social and behavioral sciences, statistics
prof. dr. T.A.B. (Tom) Snijders
Contact
t.a.b.snijders rug.nl
+31 50 36 36189
Function
Full Professor
social networks, stochastic modelling
dr. C.E.G. (Christian) Steglich
Contact
c.e.g.steglich rug.nl
+31 50 36 36189
Function
Associate Professor
I am an assistant professor in Econometrics. My research focuses around estimating social networks and processes mitigated through them. 
L.S. (Lisa-Susanna) Stephan, PhD MSc
Contact
l.s.stephan rug.nl
Function
My main research theme involves explaining observed data, typically resulting from psychological research, with a meaningful and concise model. This task becomes really challenging when multivariate and/or longitudinal measurements are to be modeled... read more
prof. dr. M.E. (Marieke) Timmerman
Contact
m.e.timmerman rug.nl
+31 50 36 36255
Function
Professor of Multivariate data analysis
School careers, educational choice options, transition from primary to secondary education, teacher expectations, school leavers attainment tests, equality of opportunity in education, educational datamining, statistical methods
prof. dr. M.J. (Matthijs) Warrens
Contact
m.j.warrens rug.nl
+31 50 36 36691
Function
Professor (adjunct) of Educational Sciences
E.L. (Emma) Zaal
Contact
e.l.zaal rug.nl
Function
PhD
Social Network Analysis 
S. (Stepan) Zaretckii, M
Contact
s.zaretckii rug.nl
Function
PhD Candidate
Social and political implications of new media technologies, Political communication,Citizen (dis)engagement, polarization
Q. (Qinfeng) Zhu, PhD
Contact
qinfeng.zhu rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
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