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Employment

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy
    Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    July 2017 – now
  • Professor by special appointment of Christian Philosophy
    Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen
    Jan. 2019 – now
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy (with tenure)
    Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    April 2010 – July 2017
  • ​Adjunct Professor
    Faculty of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    Jan. 2007 – March 2010
  • Adjunct Professor
    Faculty of Technology Management, Philosophy Department, Eindhoven University of Technology
    Aug. 2008 – Jan. 2009
  • Adjunct Professor
    Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management, Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology
    ​​Jan. 2008 – July 2008.

Education

  • Ph.D. (Philosophy), Delft University of Technology, 2007
  • M.A. cum laude (Philosophy), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2007
  • M.Sc. cum laude (Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis), Delft University of Technology, 2000

Interests

  • Areas of Specialization: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
  • Areas of Competence: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Religion

Grants and Awards

  • Member of The Young Academy, junior section of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science, 2017–2022.
  • Templeton World Charity Foundation grant (1.75 M€) for a three-year interdisciplinary project The Epistemic Responsibilities of the University, 2016.
    PI’s: René van Woudenberg, Jeroen de Ridder, Rik Peels 
  • NWO Vidi grant (800 k€) for a five-year project Knowledgeable Democracy: A Social-Epistemological Inquiry, 2015.
    PI: Jeroen de Ridder
  • Templeton World Charity Foundation grant (2.4 M€) for a three-year collaborative project Science Beyond Scientism, 2012.
    PI’s: René van Woudenberg, Jeroen de Ridder, Gerrit Glas, and Gijsbert van de Brink.
  • NWO Veni grant (240 k€) for a four-year project Commercializing Science and the Flow of Knowledge, 2009.
    ​PI: Jeroen de Ridder
  • Faculty of Philosophy Teacher of the Year 2012 & Nominee for Vrije Universiteit Excellent Teaching Award

Service and Administration

  • Member of NWO Veni Humanities selection committee, 2016, 2017
  • Managing Editor of Philosophia Reformata, 2014 – now
  • Co-director of the Abraham Kuyper Center, 2013 – now.
  • Member of the Assessment Council (‘toetskamer’), Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2014 – present
  • Chairman of the Work Council, Faculty of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2011 – 2014
  • Member of the American Philosophical Association, Aristotelian Society, Society of Christian Philosophers, Association for Christian Philosophy (NL), Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice.
  • External referee for: American Philosophical Quarterly, Mind, Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese, Erkenntnis, dialectica, Theoria, Foundations of Science, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Analytic Theology, Philosophia Reformata, International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie.