Teaching

During my academic career I have always appreciated the opportunity to convey scientific knowledge and methods. My teaching philosophy, evidencing my commitment to excellent teaching, has resulted from my experience with students at different levels, ranging from first years to advanced students. I have served as a university lecturer, course convenor, tutor, and mentor. I aim to show students why asking questions is crucial to scientific inquiry, and do not see a clear divide between teaching and research. By using examples from my own research I can illustrate the importance of the studied material.

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Teaching & Mentoring Experience

2022 – To date: University of Amsterdam, BSc Computational Social Science, Core Lecturer, Coordinator Research Expertise Track
JUL 2022: University of Groningen, BIGSSS Summer Schools in Computational Social Science: Project Expert on Social Cohesion (Trust Radius - Machine Learning)
MAR 2021: University of Essex, Business and Local Government Data Research Centre: Introduction to Statistics in R
JAN 2020: University of Manchester, Political Methodology Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association: Mentoring Scheme
2018 - 2020: University of Amsterdam, Political Science, Social Psychology: Supervising student research assistants and interns
2016 - 2017: Ministry of Justice & Security, Research and Documentation Centre: Supervising interns
2012 - 2015: Free University Brussels, Applied Economics: Mentoring Ph.D. Candidates, Evaluation of Masters Theses
2007 - 2011: University of Edinburgh, Politics & International Relations:
- Course convener honours course Europe and International Migration, 2 semesters.
- Sessional lecturer honours course Europe and International Migration, 3 semesters.
- Tutor postgraduate module Core Quantitative Data Analysis, Nominated for 'Best Teaching Award', 3 semesters.
- Tutor undergraduate modules: Democracy in Comparative Perspective; Social & Political Enquiry, 2 semesters.