Welcome! I am a tenured Assistant Professor at Radboud University’s Department of Sociology. I got my PhD from Utrecht University’s Department of Sociology and was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University.
My work orbits the study of diversity, stratification, and innovation. It captures longitudinal systems of social and cultural exchange: from the gestation and birth of networks, careers, ideas, or innovations, to their use, up until their eventual cessation. As such, I strive for three interrelated goals: (i) answering substantive questions on causes and effects of social networks, while (ii) contributing to social theory, and (iii) using computational methods and big data. My research appeared (among others) in PNAS, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Networks, and Nature Human Behaviour, was honored with several grants and awards, and my work is widely discussed in Dutch and international media!