Marlies De Groot Email & Phone Number

Tilburg, Nb, Nl

§ As part of the Research Support Team within the Faculty of Humanities and Digital Science, I develop, implement and evaluate policies in line with wider university, national, and international strategic developments in research quality, scientific integrity and knowledge valorisation. § Responsible for implementing the annual internal quality assurance cycle, as well as coordinating and guiding the sexennial external quality assurance cycle.§ Responsible for advising and supporting the Vice-Dean of Research, the Head of the Research Support Team and the faculty’s research programme leaders.

§ Part of the four-member core team on the research project 'Political Apologies across Cultures', funded by a €1.9 million European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant. Including 33 countries, my research examined people's emotional responses to human rights violations committed by their country, and how their perceptions of potential reconciliatory strategies (apologies in particular) map onto existing transitional justice frameworks. The overall objective of this research project was to understand whether apologies offered by states for injustices and human rights violations can be considered a universal reconciliation tool, or whether a tailored approach based on cultural variation is more appropriate. The project aims to provide actionable insights concerning the effectiveness of political apologies as a means to address human rights violations, vis-à-vis or in combination with various other transitional justice measures.§ Designed and conducted four independent studies - an online survey (N=345), a field survey (N=1,358), indepth interviews (N=284) and an experimental field survey (N=533) across eight countries: Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Poland and the United States. Designed and conducted a large-scale (online) survey study (N≈11,000) across 33 countries in 15 languages. § Based in the Netherlands, I regularly travelled to the core study countries as I was responsible for managing collaborations with local partners and managing 70+ research assistants. Work included drafting collaboration agreements, subcontracts and other related documentation, conducting in-field training sessions, and ensuring regular reviews of work conducted. I also coordinated the contract with the survey provider Dynata and regularly contributed to wider project budget management and review.

§ Posted in Islamabad (2012-2014) as Assistant Research Director, I implemented the Next Generation Voices project for British Council Pakistan with funding from the FCO. Work included developing the research approach and tools - including a nationwide survey held among more than 5,000 18 to 29 year old Pakistanis, and an innovative research used to collect 1800 stories across the country - analysis and secondary research. Published two reports: (i) Next Generation Goes to the Ballot Box (2013) and (ii) Next Generation: Insecure Lives; Untold Stories (2014). The first report explored perceptions of political and economic issues, trust and identity in the run up to the 2013 general election. The second report elaborated in greater depth the experiences of conflict and violence among young Pakistanis.§ Research for the Children in Danger report, published as part of the UNICEF UK Children in Danger campaign and the supporting paper, If Not Now, When?, published by the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. § Research for a strategic consultancy on the development of the Global Partnership and Fund to End Violence Against Children. Work included research on multi-stakeholder partnerships, stakeholder analysis, pathfinder country reviews and running several global consultations.§ Research and drafting of multi-stakeholder partnership case studies for the paper Turning Ambition into Reality: Platforms and Partnerships for Delivering Agenda 2030, published by the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. § Contributed to a portfolio of research on the potential to deliver on Sustainable Development Goal 16 on peaceful, just and inclusive societies, in the initial stages of the development of the roadmap for delivery of the 2030 Agenda commitment to increasing peace, justice and inclusion.

Den Haag

Phd Candidate

Msc. (Research Master Variant), Economics, Management And Consumer Studies

Ma/Ba, Cultural Anthropology And Development Sociology