Administrative tasks & Research Policy

Current:

  • member of an NWO grant committee
  • member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies
  • OC BA History chair at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
  • member of Aspasia grant committee, Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam
  • member of several PhD defense committees
  • member of the editorial board of Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis, 2016-
  • member of the editorial board of the Studia z dziejów średniowiecza (Medieval Studies Journal, 2014-, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Previous:
  • policy advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science(OCW), project on talent research policy in the Netherlands (January-July 2016): part of a team focussing on young scholars, in discussion with the decision makers at NWO, KNAW, DJA, VSNU, university boards; part of a team dealing with diversity questions; representing OCW at the European Commission research policy conference (May 2016).
  • Diversity Platform (consisting of OCW, NWO, KNAW, VSNU, LNVH and several smaller organizations), member in 2016 (as OCW employee)
  • member and vice-chair of the association of laureates of the Vernieuwingsimpuls by NWO (www.vvvio.nl) (2011-2016)organization of symposia on research policy in the Netherlands and discussion with researchers and policymakers (NWO, KNAW, DJA, Akademie van Kunsten, VSNU, deans of university faculties, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science/ OCW)
- lobbying
- special topics: talent schemes, gender, international position of Dutch science, dialogue between research, culture and industry
  • member of the Rubicon grant commission at NWO Geesteswetenschappen & Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen, three rounds (2012-2013)
  • member of the PhD and Postdoc grant commission (2012-2015, Institute for History, Leiden University)
  • member of Educational Board (2012-2015, Institute for History, Leiden University)