PhD Defences 2010


Overview of Social and Behavioural PhD defences in 2010:
April 2010
  • April 13, 2010 at 11.15am: mrs. N.Ayub will defend her thesis titled 'National Diversity and Conflict: The Role of Social Attitudes and Beliefs'.
    Promotor: Prof. K.A. Jehn
  • April 14, 2010, at 15.00pm: mrs. J. Rupert will defend het thesis titled 'Diversity Faultlines and Team Learning'.
    Promotor: Prof. K.A. Jehn               
  • April 21 Frank Busing will defend his thesis titled 'Advances in Multidimensional Unfolding'.
March 2010
  • March 2, 2010 at 1.45pm: mrs S.R. Sumter will defend her thesis titled 'Growing up to be Fearful'.
    Promotor: Professor. P.M. Westenberg

  • March 3, 2010 at 1.45pm: mrs. A.C. Miers will defend her thesis titled 'Bias or Reality?'
    Promotor: Professor P.M. Westenberg

  • March 25, 2010 at 3pm: mrs. D. Out will defend her thesis 'Parenting unraveled: predictors of infant attachment and responses to crying'.
    Promotors: Prof. M.H. van IJzendoorn 
                    Mrs. prof. M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
    Summary (pdf, in Dutch) 
February 2010

February 10, 2010, at 3pm: mr. T. Bampilis will defend his thesis '"Greek whiskey", The localization of a global commodity'.  
Supervisor: Professor P.J. Pels.
Article in University Newsletter February 9, 2010


Photo: Tryfon Bampilis

  • February 16, 2010, at 3pm: mr. I.Y. Qasem will defend his thesis '"Neo-Rentier Theory: The Case of Saudi Arabia (1950-2000)'.  
    Supervisor: Professor M.O. Hosli.

  • February 18, 2010, at 4.15pm: mr. A.W. Keizer will defend his thesis 'The Neurocognitive Basis of Feature Integration'. 
    Supervisor: Professor B. Hommel.
January 2010

  • Patrick Overeem
    On Wednesday 13 January, 2010, at 15.00 Patrick Overeem will defend his thesis 'The Politics-Administration Dichotomy'. Supervisor: prof. M.R. Rutgers.

    Samenvatting (pdf).

  • Linda van Leijenhorst
    On Tuesday 19 January, 2010, at 15.00 Linda van Leijenhorst will defend her thesis 'Why teens take risks'. Supervisors: prof. E. Crone and prof. P.M. Westenberg.

  • Gerardo Scherlis Perel
    On Thursday 21 Januari, 2010, at 15.00 Gerardo Scherlis Perel will defend his thesis 'Patronage and Party Organization in Argentine: The Emergence of the Patronage-based Network Party'. Supervisor: prof. P. Mair.

  • Bart Thijs
    On Wednesday 27 January, 2010, at 11.15 Bart Thijs will defend his thesis 'Eight Clusters: A Dynamic Perspective and Structural Analysis for the Evaluation of Institutional Reseach Performance'. Supervisors: prof. A.F.J. van Raan and prof. W. Glänzel (KU Leuven).

  • Bart Verkuil
    On Wednesday 27 January, 2010, at 16.15 Bart Verkuil will defend his thesis 'Perseverative Cognition: Insights into the Impact of Worry on Health'. Supervisor: prof. C.M.J.G. Maes.

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