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Hello, welcome to my website, on which you can find information on my work as professor at the department of Sociology of the University of Amsterdam. I am a sociologist of education mostly interested in issues of stratification and inequality. I am the Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), www.amcis.uva.nl . The AMCIS is sponsored by a Faculty Research Priority Area.

Currently I am directing a large Vici project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). For more information see http://educsys.uva.nl.

I am also involved in Horizon2020 project ISOTIS (Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society). www.isotis.org. 

 

 

Hello, welcome to my website, on which you can find information on my work as professor at the department of Sociology of the University of Amsterdam. I am a sociologist of education mostly interested in issues of stratification and inequality. I am the Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), www.amcis.uva.nl . The AMCIS is sponsored by a Faculty Research Priority Area.

Currently I am directing a large Vici project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). For more information see http://educsys.uva.nl.

I am also involved in Horizon2020 project ISOTIS (Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society). www.isotis.org. 

 

 

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Herman van de Werfhorst

Hi, this is my personal website where you can find information about my work as a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam.

 

My official University of Amsterdam website is here.

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Sociology at UvA in the Shanghai Ranking: Do we need more top publications?

University rankings are useless, I know, but still. The 2017 Shanghai Ranking is available, and as this is done by subject we can see how Sociology fares at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Are there lessons to be learned? In the Shanghai Ranking, Sociology at UvA ranked 30th in the world. If one ranks on …

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Visiting address:

University of Amsterdam

Roeterseiland Campus, building B

Room B6.09

Nieuwe Achtergracht 166

1018WV Amsterdam

The Netherlands

 

Mail address:

University of Amsterdam

Department of Sociology

PO Box 15508

1001 NA Amsterdam

the Netherlands

 

e-mail: H.G.vandeWerfhorst [[at]] uva.nl