dr. A. van den Assem

Since 2014, Arjan van den Assem is associate professor and director of education at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences of the University of Groningen. In that capacity he is responsible for the programming, implementation and quality of two bachelor and eight master programmes, ranging from Human Geography and Planning to Real Estate Studies. Approximate 900 students are enrolled in these programmes. Before 2014 Van den Assem was programme director graduate studies IR and lecturer at the Department of International Relations & International Organization (IRIO) at the Faculty of Arts, at which he still is responsible for the political science courses. Before moving to the University of Groningen in 1997, Van den Assem has studied political science at the Free University Amsterdam and completed a Ph.D. in International Relations at Leiden University.

Functions:

• Director of Education Faculty of Spatial Sciences
• Chairman University Committee for Education (UCO)
• Associate Professor Spatial Sciences
• Lecturer International Relations