René Veenstra member Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW)

The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities has appointed René Veenstra as as new member.

René Veenstra

René Veenstra is professor in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Scientific Director of the Research School ICS and  Head of the Department of Sociology. He has been studying the development of prosocial and antisocial behaviour, friendships, bullying and parent-child interactions. His work forms part of TRAILS (TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey), a research project into the physical and mental health of children heading towards adulthood.

Veenstra lectures on bullying and social network analysis, and criminality and safety. He is coordinating the introduction and evaluation of the KiVa anti-bullying programme into the Netherlands.

Oldest ‘Learned Society’ in The Netherlands

The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW: Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen) is the oldest ‘Learned Society’ in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1752 under the name Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen to promote science in the widest possible sense. Ever since its establishment, the Society has been involved in promoting science and facilitating exchange between academia and society.

It has traditionally had a two-tier structure: a college of administrators with an academic interest, i.e. the Directors, and a group of academics, i.e. the members, who are responsible for the Society’s academic activities