René Veenstra Email & Phone Number

Groningen, GR, NL

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Haarlem Area, Netherlands

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Supervision of PhD students:- Xingna Qin: The Role of Peers, Parents, and Teachers in Adolescent Friendship Dynamics (finished in 2024)- Sofie Lorijn: Peer Relationships in the Transition from Primary to Secondary Education (finished in 2024)- Dilara Karaagac: Understanding Syrian parents’ perspectives and experiences of their children’s primary schooling.

Groningen, Netherlands

In the QANU Research Review 2019, the sociology program at the University of Groningen was rated very good in relevance and viability and excellent in quality. This assessment by an international committee of leading scholars underscores the excellence of the program. My former PhD students and postdocs have gone on to secure academic positions, publish in.

Veenstra, R., Lindenberg, S., Tinga, F., & Ormel, J. (2010). Truancy in late elementary and early secondary education: The influence of social bonds and self-control. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34, 302-310. Veenstra, R., Lindenberg, S., Munniksma, A., & Dijkstra, J.K. (2010). The complex relation between bullying, victimization.

Groningen / Nijmegen / Utrecht, Netherlands

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HIGHLIGHT: The 2013 special issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence featured 17 articles on network and behavior dynamics in adolescence, demonstrating the use of stochastic actor-oriented models to analyze the interdependent dynamics of networks and behavior. These models, estimated using the SIENA software, effectively address selection (friends.

In Finland, I worked on the KiVa project to develop an anti-bullying program for comprehensive schools, funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education. The project was co-directed by Dr. Christina Salmivalli (Department of Psychology) and Dr. Elisa Poskiparta (Center for Learning Research) at the University of Turku.

Supervision of PhD students:- Beau Oldenburg: Bullying in Schools: The Role of Teachers and Classmates (finished in 2017)- Rozemarijn van der Ploeg: Be a buddy, not a bully? Four studies on emotional and social processes related to bullying, defending, and victimization (finished in 2016)- Kim Pattiselanno: At your own risk: The importance of group.

Selected publications; Veenstra, René, Lindenberg, Siegwart, Zijlstra, Bonne J.H., De Winter, Andrea F., Verhulst, Frank C., & Ormel, Johan (2007). The dyadic nature of bullying and victimization: Testing a dual perspective theory. Child Development, 78, 1843-1854.Veenstra, René, Lindenberg, Siegwart, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., De Winter, Andrea F., &.

Phd, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Visiting scholar at Department of Sociology, University of Chicago (host: Prof. Barbara Schneider)Title of.

Msc, Onderwijskunde [Educational Science] / Algemene Pedagogiek [Educational Theory]

Activities and Societies: Visiting student at Tufts University, Boston, and Georgetown University, Washington DC.Supervisors of.

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