Activities

Tonight, I was elected president of the PhD Network of the University of Twente (P-NUT). I am very proud to be able to fulfill this role, and look forward to doing so with a superb team of board members. Over …

I’ve had such a great year! Academic life is great, I know. Sure, it is getting increasingly competitive, the hours can be long, and deadlines can impose decent amounts of pressure. But looking back at 2011, I realize how wonderful …

Conference: Day of Sociology

Just a quick heads-up, to share that I will be presenting a paper at the ‘Day of Sociology‘ in Gent (Belgium) on May 26th. The presentation is called “Institutional and Demographic Explanations of Women’s Employment in 14 OECD countries, 1975-1999“. …

A time for PhD organization to evolve

The PhD Network at the University of Twente (P-NUT) aims at providing an easy and detailed platform for PhD-related issues: professional as well as personal. P-NUT stays in close contact with the University Board, Personnel Department (PA&O) and National PhD-representatives …

Do children keep their mother from working? Winning the ‘Best Poster Award’

I presented a poster presentation called “Do children keep their mother from working?” at a Ph.D. conference at the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, University of Twente. I won the ‘Best Poster Award”! The jury was pleased with a …

Presentation: Explaining Polarization

Today, I am attending the ‘Day of Sociology’ conference at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. I look forward to all the presentations, together covering the broad field of Sociology in Flanders and the Netherlands. Also, I will present a …

Attending QMSS2: Analysing the lifecourse

I am very proud to have been accepted for participating in the Summer School on Analysing the life course. This summer school is part of the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 2 (QMSS2) program, funded by the European Science …

Lecture: When do people object against minorities?

Last friday I gave my first lecture to a group of students. Or rather: soon-to-be students, for I was asked to give an active lecture to secondary school students on the ‘Laatkiezersdag 6 VWO’. These students recently finished their finals …

Today I was notified that my proposal for a presentation on userR! 2008, the The R User Conference 2008, is approved. Actually, I applied for a poster-presentation, but apparently the organization upgraded it to a full presentation. The presentation will be …

Today I’ve presented my paper titled `Uncertainty as a guiding principle in methodological pluralism’ Below the paper, the presentation, and the text belonging to the presentation are available for download. Reactions and discussion (both privately and via the comments) will …

Curving Normality

Curving Normality is an academic website and blog maintained by Rense Nieuwenhuis.

Rense is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Institue for Innovation and Governance Studies (IGS) of the University of Twente.

His work is forthcoming in the Journal of Marriage and Family and the European Sociological Review.

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Recent Activities

Conference: Day of Sociology