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Research Graduate School for the Humanities Research Current PhD research

Class of 2017

PhD candidates are affiliated to one of the following research institutes:

Centre for Language and Cognition

Name Project Title Research Group
Bjerva, J. (Johannes) - PhD ceremony 7 December 2017 One Model to Rule them All: Multitask and Multilingual Modelling for Lexical Analysis Computational Linguistics
Borleffs, L.E. (Elisabeth) - PhD ceremony 26 April 2018 Cracking the code: towards understanding, diagnosing and remediating dyslexia in Standard Indonesian Neurolinguistics and Language Development
Hiddink, F.C. (Frans) De leerkracht als coach bij het stimuleren van mondelinge taalvaardigheid en kennisconstructie binnen onderzoekend leren Discourse and Communication
Hou, J. (Junping) - PhD ceremony 13 July 2017 The dynamics of English writing development in advanced Chinese learners Neurolinguistics and Language Development
Jap, B.A.J. (Bernard) The processing of grammatical frequency: passives in standard Indonesian Neurolinguistics and Language Development
Keulen, S.A.M.T. (Stefanie) - PhD ceremony 18 May 2017 Foreign accent syndrome: a neurolinguistic analysis Neurolinguistics and Language Development
Kraay, A.P. de (Ton) - PhD ceremony 21 November 2016 Differentation to improve the articulation between levels: in the teaching of English in primary and secondary education in the Netherlands Neurolinguistics and Language Development
Koops van 't Jagt, R. (Ruth) - PhD ceremony 12 July 2018 Show, don't just tell: Photo stories to support people with limited health literacy Discourse and Communication
Oele, D.M. (Dieke) - PhD ceremony 15 March 2018 Automated Translation with Interlingual Word Representations Computational Linguistics
Schaaf, N.T. van der (Nynke) - PhD ceremony 3 November 2016 "Look what I can do!" Social practices in the interaction of children aged 4 to 8 years old in after-school care Discourse and Communication
Reitsma, L. (Liefke) Werkwoordsclusters in het Fries, tweetaligheid en taalverandering Neurolinguistics and Language Development

Groningen Institute of Archaeology

Name Project Title Research Group
Bakker, M. (Marco) The Frisian peat reclamations of the Late Iron Age and Roman Iron Age Pre- and Protohistory
Comis, S.Y. (Sandra) - PhD ceremony 23 November 2017 Zeventiende- en achttiende-eeuwse kleding van walvisvaarders opgegraven op Spitsbergen Arctic and Antarctic Studies
Dresscher, S.J. (Sarah) Surviving off the land and sea: understanding the expansion of European commercial hunting systems into the High Arctic - a case-study of Pomors on Spitsbergen (18th-first half 19th century) Arctic and Antarctic Studies
Varwijk, T.W. (Theun) Settlement development of Frisian terp sites from the Early Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages Pre- and Protohistory

The Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture

Name Project Title Research Group
Arian, A. (Anna) Patterns of Iranian alignment behavior towards great powers International Relations
Baack, S. (Stefan) - PhD ceremony 19 April 2018 Knowing what counts: how journalists and civic technologists use and imagine data Media and Journalism Studies
Damayanti, V.D. (Vera) History and cultural values of a river landscape at Banjarmasin River City South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia: Opportunities for public participation, landscape planning, and heritage management Arts in Society
Dobbelaar, A.J.C. (Tanny) Een morfologie van de hedendaagse Nederlandtalige familiegeschiedenis Historical Studies
Elk, N.J. van (Denise) The ethics of terrorism and counter-terrorism. A virtue-ethical investigation International Relations
Falch, C.N. (Niels) From Oy to Joy: Jewish Musical Style in American Popular Songs, 1909-1946 Arts in Society
Focanti, L. (Lorenzo) - PhD ceremony - 17 May 2018 The fragments of late antique 'patria' Historical Studies
Haar, A.D.M. van de (Alisa) - PhD ceremony 26 April 2018 - Cum Laude The Golden Mean of Languages: forging Dutch and French in the Early Modern Low Countries Historical Studies
Hansma, L.J. (Laurien) - PhD ceremony 18 June 2018 Oranje driften: Orangisme in de Nederlandse politieke cultuur (1780-1813) Historical Studies
Harmsma, J.S. (Jonne) Biography Jelle Zijlstra Historical Studies
Huberts, W.S. (Willem) - PhD ceremony 9 March 2017 In de ban van een beter verleden: het Nederlandse fascisme 1923-1945 Historical Studies
Jiang, B (Bin) Comparative analysis of the role and behavior of China and the EU in development during the process of aid to Africa International Relations
Jiménez Montes, G. (Germán) Trading networks involved in the timber trade: mechanisms and routes (AD 1500-1800) Historical Studies
Jones, J.C. (Justine) Prevention, crime and punishment: The specific deterrent effect of international criminal law in ongoing conflicts International Relations
Kamerling, S. (Sanne) New powers, old regimes; how the security identities and strategic cultures of China and India affect their position in international security issues International Relations
Keltjens, R.M.E. (Ryanne) - PhD ceremony 4 October 2018 Boekenvrienden: Bemiddelende kritiek in Nederlandse publiekstijdschriften in het interbellum Arts in Society
Kusumawati, P.N.L. (Laksmi) - PhD ceremony 12 July 2018 Foreign Direct Investment, Inclusive Growth, and Institutions in Indonesia International Relations
Kuswanto, K. Globalization versus Decentralization: Managing Foreign Direct Investment under Decentralization era in Indonesia International Relations
Landman, L.D. (Lennart) Means matter: conceptualizing the relationships between capabilities and the discursive construction of the EU's security identity by policy elites International Relations
Leigh, J.W. (James) National and transnational identities in the former Yugoslavia and the region's road to European integration Historical Studies
Nieuwland, I.J.J. (Ilja) - PhD ceremony 11 May 2017 The colossal stranger: a cultural history of Diplodocus Carnegii, 1902-1913 Historical Studies
Neugebauer, S. (Susanne) De nalatenschap van Lizzy van Dorp: persoonlijke archivering of continue coproductie van sociale herinnering? Een case study naar archiveringsprocessen rondom personen Historical Studies
Ni, Y. (Yuping) Economy and Society from a Government Finance Perspective: a Comparison of China and Europe, 1750-1850 Historical Studies
Praet, R.G.L. (Rolf) - PhD ceremony 17 May 2018 From Rome to Constantinople: Antiquarian echoes of cultural trauma in the sixth century Historical Studies
Soeting, M.F. (Monica) - PhD ceremony 23 January 2017 Cissy van Marxveldt: a biography Historical Studies
Santing, K.M. (Kiki) - PhD ceremony 29 June 2017 - Cum Laude NIẒᾹM KᾹMIL WA-SHᾹMIL: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as reflected in al-da‘wa and liwā’ al-’islām (1976-1981 1987-1988) Historical Studies
Schuringa, T. (Tom) Onder economen. Het spanningsveld tussen politiek en economische toporganen historisch verkend, 1945-2008 Historical Studies
Smeenge, H. (Harm) Historische ecologie van Noordoost-Twente. Een interdisciplinaire studie naar de wisselwerking tussen mens en landschap vanaf het Late Pleistoceen tot heden Arts in Society
Smit, P.H. (Rik) - PhD ceremony 29 March 2018 - Cum Laude Platforms of memory: Social media and digital memory work Media and Journalism Studies
Spiekhout, A.G.M. (Diana) Medieval castle landscapes in the Oversticht territory (Northeastern Netherlands) between 1050 and 1425 AD; comparative research at the intersection of medieval archaeology, medieval history and landscape studies Arts in Society
Sun, Y. (Yu) - PhD ceremony 12 July 2018 Engaging in politics: everyday political talk in online China Media and Journalism Studies
Swart, J.A.C. (Joëlle) - PhD ceremony 28 June 2018 Haven't you heard?: Connecting through news and journalism in everyday life Media and Journalism Studies
Verwaal, R.E. (Ruben) - PhD ceremony 14 June 2018 Fluid Bodies: Physiology and Chemistry in the Eighteenth-Century Boerhaave School Historical Studies
Wang, Y. (Yingruo) - PhD ceremony 6 September 2018 Grassroots NGOs and Environmental Governance in China: Institutional Opportunites and Constraints International Relations
Westra, M. (Monique) Gender based violence, humanitarian policy and the Netherlands. A critical analysis of the institutionalisation of preventive mechanisms concerning gender based violence in the Dutch humanitarian policy and the implementation on the national, bilateral and multilateral level International Relations
Wever, A.G. (Bart) Landschap en rechtsverhoudingen in ZW-Drenthe en de kop van Overijssel in de Middeleeuwen (ca. 1000-1400 AD) Arts in Society
Wijayati, N. (Nureni) The relationship between corporate governance and corruption International Relations
Willemsen, S.P.M. (Steven) - PhD ceremony 1 February 2018 The cognitive and hermeneutic dynamics of complex film narratives Arts in Society
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