Faculty Research Management Meetings (FOZ)
The ‘FOZ’ is a consultative body with those responsible for research. This includes the research managers of the departments, the ISR theme leaders and the ISR program director, under the leadership of the research portfolio holder and with support of the Research Office. The current staffing of the FOZ is as follows:
- Jacquelien van Stekelenburg – portfolio holder research and valorization (chair)
- Tijs van den Broek– research manager department Organization Sciences
- Loes Aaldering– research manager department Political Science and Public Administration
- Elif Keskiner – research manager department Sociology
- Dimitris Dalakoglou – research manager department Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Mariken van der Velden – research manager Communication Science
- Rian van Rossum – interim head of Research Office
- Rob Kloppenburg – research policy officer (secretary)
The FOZ aims to:
- Exchange relevant information and developments in the field of research,
- Coordinate efforts on behalf of the ISR agenda
- Act as a sounding board for preparation and evaluation of school research policy.
Research Assessment Board (RAB)
The Research Assessment Board (RAB) is an advisory consultative body consisting of five independant authoritative researchers from the school. The main tasks and responsibilities of the RAB are:
- Monitor the quality of school research and provide solicited and unsolicited advice to the Faculty Board, the Research Portfolio Holder and ISR Research Director;
- Assessing the quality of (VI and ERC) research proposals in the context of the school support process for prestigious (personal) grants;
- Assessing the quality of self-studies in the context of research reviews;
- Discussing and advising the GSSS Director on the yearly progress reports of PhD candidates and promoters;
- Advising the the GSSS Director in case of serious doubts regarding a GSSS admission request
- Advising the Head of Department and/or GSSS Director in case of serious doubts or intentions to take a negative decision on the request to continue the PhD trajectory on the basis of a ‘Go/No Go’ paper.
The current staffing of the RAB is as follows:
- Maurice Crul (chair)
- Kees Boersma
- Wolfgang Wagner
- Camiel Beukeboom
- Eva van Roekel
- Rob Kloppenburg (secretary)
Research Ethics Review Committee (RERC)
The school’s RERC advises both individual researchers as the entire school on ethical aspects of research. The RERC is formally established by the school and consists of members representing the diverse research traditions of the school. The support of the RERC is provided by the Research Office.
More info on Research Ethics Review: see Webpage RERC
The current staffing of the RERC is as follows:
- Philipp Masur (chair)
- Ronald van Steden
- Dimitris Pavlopoulos
- Aniko Horvath (vice-chair)
- Luisa Schneider
- Emily Barabas (secretary)
Female Talent Committee
The Werkgroep Vrouwelijk Talent (WVT; Female Talent Committee) in SSC was established to encourage female talent in the school to conduct high quality research and enhance career opportunities on the academic ladder. Once young female talents achieve succes immediately after graduation and at the beginning of their careers, it increases their later chances of advancing to top positions.
More info: see Webpage Female Talent Committee
The current staffing of the Female Talent Committee is as follows:
- Elly Konijn (Chair)
- Bianca Beersma
- Eva-Maria Merz
- Romy van der Lee
- Özlem Terzi
- Peggy van Minkelen (secretary)