I am willing to supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students who want to do anthropological and/or sociological research on the everyday, material and technological dimensions of state-society relations, foreign state- and peacebuilding and development more broadly.
I especially encourage students to contact me about projects that explore:
- digital politics and governance (e.g. biometric voter registration, welfare apps, the datafication of humanitarian aid, conservation)
- the everyday politics of off-grid infrastructures (e.g. solar PV systems, water tanks) and maintenance and repair work (e.g. as they relate to large-scale infrastructures such as roads and dams)
- communication for development projects (e.g. related to climate change, health, gender inequalities)
- gendered mobilities (e.g. the feminization of international migration)
- East Asian development initiatives in the Global South
and/or with geographic interests in:
- the Pacific Islands
- coastal, marine and/or small island environments more broadly
- New Zealand/Australia
- Japan/South Korea/Taiwan
Current and past supervision:
PhD Theses
Maria Cristina Gallegos, “From Social Practice to Social Change? Exploring Practices as a Combination of Images, Skills and Stuff to Problematize Participatory Approaches and Meanings Related to Environmental Conservation within Communication for Development and Social Change Interventions,” co-supervisor with Marleen Buizer, Laurens Klerkx
MSc Theses (post-fieldwork only):
Matika Kormeling, MSc International Development (Sociology), “Alternative Medicine, Society and Women in the Netherlands – Beyond Taboos and Healing”
Joyce van der Lans, MSc International Development (Politics and Governance), “Wheels of Change: Organized Women’s Cycling Groups and Women’s Empowerment,” co-supervisor with Margreet van der Burg
Annemarie van der Meer, MSc International Development (Sociology), “Women’s Voices, Mother’s Choices: A Gendered Analysis of Resettlement for Infrastructural Development in Uganda”
Simcha Verweij, MSc Development and Rural Innovation, “A Discourse Analysis of Brushtail Possums in New Zealand Society,” co-supervisor with Marleen Buizer
Completed:
Dirk Naaijkens, 2019, MSc International Development (Sociology), “‘You have to think about your future life!’ Nepalese Youth and Sexuality in Relation to the Journey4Life – a Peer Education Project by Dance4Life on Sexuality in Sunsari District, Nepal”
BA Theses that I have supervised include topics such as:
- menstrual taboos in Nepal
- biometric surveillance in Israel/Palestine