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Staff Communication Science

Find an overview of our staff members here.

Management team:

Ivar Vermeulen (department chair)

Mariken van der Velden (research manager)

Anita van Hoof (program director)

Education coordinator:

Marloes Jansen

Theme group leaders:

Elly Konijn (Mediapsychology)

Peter Kerkhof (Digital Communication)

Wouter van Atteveldt (Political Communication & Computational Methods)

Chair Program Committee:

Katalin Balint & Jolanda Veldhuis

Digital Media & Behavior Lab:

Philipp Masur

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Communication Science

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Ahdiyeh Alipour, MSc

External PhD

Ahdiyeh Alipour

drs. Jolien Arendsen, MA

Lecturer, PhD Candidate, Information Officer

Jolien Arendsen

Ainhoa Arranz Aldana, MSc

PhD

Ainhoa Arranz

prof. dr. Wouter van Atteveldt

Full Professor, Co-director Societal Analytics Lab

Wouter van Atteveldt

dr. Thomas Baier

Research Associate

Thomas Baier

dr. Katalin Eva Balint

Associate Professor, Chair Program Committee

Katalin Balint

dr. Camiel Beukeboom

Associate Professor

Camiel Beukeboom

Kim Beenen, MSc

PhD

Kim Beenen

dr. Tessa Beinema

Research associate

Tessa Beinema

drs. Tinca van der Bom

Lecturer

Tinca van der Bom

dr. Ming Boyer

Research Associate

Ming Boyer

Caterina Ceccato, MSc

PhD

Caterina Ceccato

dr. Cynthia Cabañas González

Research Associate

Cynthia Cabanas Gonzalez

dr. Ellen Droog

Assistant professor

Ellen Droog

Sylvia Gielink

Secretary, Working Monday + Tuesday

Sylvia Gielink

dr. Sofia Gil-Clavel

Research associate, Lab manager Societal Analytics Lab

Sofia Gil-Clavel

Ellen Groenestein, MSc

External PhD Candidate

Ellen Groenestein

prof. dr. Tilo Hartmann

Full Professor

Tilo Hartmann

Veerle Hobbelink, MSc

PhD

Veerle Hobbelink

dr. Anita van Hoof

Associate Professor, Programme Director

Anita van Hoof

dr. Johan Hoorn

Associate Professor

Johan Hoorn

Dian van Huijstee, MSc

PhD

Dian van Huijstee

dr. Marloes Jansen

Lecturer, Education coordinator

Marloes Jansen

Joëlle Kat, MSc

Lecturer

Joelle Kat

prof. dr. Peter Kerkhof

Full professor

Peter Kerkhof

Rupert Kiddle, MSc

Research Associate

Rupert Kiddle

prof. dr. Jan Kleinnijenhuis

Visiting Professor

Jan Kleinnijenhuis

prof. dr. Elly Konijn

Full Professor

Elly Konijn

dr. Guido van Koningsbruggen

Associate Professor, Chair core committee Examination Board FSS

Guido van Koningsbruggen

dr. André Krouwel

Associate Professor

André Krouwel

Apolline Leroux, MSc

Docent

Apolline Leroux

dr. Alberto López Ortega

Assistant professor

Alberto Lopez Ortega

dr. Ana Isabel Loureiro Lopes

Assistant Professor, Member of the FSS Works Council

Ana Isabel Lopes

Fanying Lyu, MSc

External PhD

Fanying Lyu

dr. Sílvia Majó-Vázquez

Assistant Professor

Lotte Mastenbroek, MSc

Lecturer

Lotte Mastenbroek

dr. Philipp K. Masur

Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Digital Media & Behaviour Lab, Chair Research Ethics Review Committee

Philipp Masur

Peggy van Minkelen, MA

Research associate

Peggy van Minkelen

dr. Marieke van Otterdijk

Research associate

Marieke van Otterdijk

Dr. Douglas A. Parry

Assistant professor

Douglas A. Parry

Xanthe Plaisier, MSc

PhD

dr. Daniel Preciado Vanegas

Assistant Professor

Daniel Preciado Vanegas

Gianni Quaedvlieg, MSc

Lecturer

Gianni Quaedvlieg

dr. Giulia Ranzini

Assistant Professor

Giulia Ranizin

drs. Esther Schagen

Lecturer , Centre for Teaching and Learning

Esther Schagen

Margriet Schager

Secretary, Working Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Margriet Schager

Achmad Sulfikar

External PhD Candidate

Achmad Sulfikar

dr. Martin Tanis

Associate Professor

Martin Tanis

Roma de la Torre y Rivas

PhD Candidate

Roma de la Torre y Rivas

dr. Mariken van der Velden

Associate Professor of Poltical Communication & Research Manager, Co-Director ReSCU Lab

Mariken van der Velden

dr. Jolanda Veldhuis

Associate Professor, Chair Program Committee

Jolanda Veldhuis

dr. Ivar Vermeulen

Associate Professor, Department Chair

Ivar Vermeulen

dr. Kasper Welbers

Associate Professor, Co-director Societal Analytics Lab

Kasper Welbers

Gaia Yonah, MA

PhD Candidate

Gaia Yonah

dr. Ward van Zoonen

Associate Professor

Ward van Zoonen

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