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Team of the Mercator Research Centre

Elly Albers

Information Specialist

Education:

Assistent-librarian, Centrale Vereniging, Deventer; Youth librarian, Frederik Muller Akademie, Amsterdam, Management for non-profit organisations, ISW, Utrecht, Course literature-research, Stichting FOBID, Stichting GO, The Hague, and other courses concerning internet skills, building of an information portal, acquisition and access of digital information.

Specialization:

Information skills for students

Interests:

Virtual library, Web 2.0

Languages:

Dutch, Frisian, English, German, French

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6913
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Idske Bangma

Research assistant

Education:

Master Pedagogy & Educational Sciences, University of Groningen
Bachelor of Education, Stenden university of Leeuwarden

Specialization:

Children aged 0-12 years, primary education

Interests:

(multilingual) raise and (multilingual) education

Languages:

Dutch, Frisian, English

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3068
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Saskia Benedictus

Research assistant

 

Education:

MSc Educational Science and MA English Language & Culture (University of Groningen and University of Wales, Bangor)

Languages:

Dutch, English, Frisian, French, German

Contact:

T  0031(0) 58 - 233 6919
F  0031(0) 58 - 213 1409
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Nienke Boomstra 

PhD Student

 

Education:

MSc in Child and Family Studies at the University of Leiden

Specialization:

Relationship between child rearing practices and outcomes

Languages:

Dutch, Frisian, English, German and French

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6916
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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 Tseard de Graaf 

Research Associate 

 

Present position:

Research Associate at the Mercator Research Centre, Guest researcher at Saint-Petersburg University and the Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University (Japan)

Education:

University of Groningen, University of Cambridge (UK)

PhD in Physics, BA in Slavic Languages

Specialization:

Phonetic Aspects of Bilingualism and Language Contact, Ethnolinguistics, Language Minorities in the Russian Federation and neighbouring Countries, Speech Technology and Digital Signal Analysis, Reconstruction of old Sound Recordings.

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, German, French

Contact:

T 0031 (0)50 - 309 2218
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Mirjam Günther  

PhD Student

 

Education:

BA in International Degree in English and Education (Amsterdam Faculty of Education/University of Wolverhampton), MA in Applied Linguistics (VU University Amsterdam)

Specialization:

Multilingual education, language learning disabilities

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English

Contact:

T   0031(0) 58 - 234 3020
F   0031(0) 58 - 213 1409
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René J. Jorna
 

Head of Social Science Department (of which the Mercator European Research Centre forms part)
 and Professor of Knowledge Management and Cognition (University of Groningen)

 

Curriculum Vitae:

René J. Jorna

Education:

Masters Philosophy University of Groningen; Masters Psychology University of Groningen; Dissertation (Ph. D.) ”Knowledge representation and symbols in the mind University of Groningen”. 

Specialization:

 Specialised in psycho-linguistics (cognitive science), philosophy of language, semiotics, knowledge management and sustainability.
 

Languages:

Dutch, English, French, (passive) Frisian and (passive) German
 

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3026 
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409 
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Tjallien Kalsbeek 

Research assistant

 

Education:

 International Relations and International Organization and Scandinavian Languages and Cultures (Norwegian) at the University of Groningen 

Specialization:

 Minority language Youth Work

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, Norwegian, English and German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3024
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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 Adrie Kaspers

Secretary

 

Education:

Administrative, Secretary School

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3027
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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 Cor van der Meer 

Project coördinator

 

Education:

Sociology at the University of Groningen 

Specialization:

Research methodology

Interests:

Data archiving, digitization projects

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3063
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Jildou Popma 

Research assistant

 

Education:

Secundary Teacher Training, Ubbo Emmius, Leeuwarden; Dutch Language and Literature, University of Groningen;  Post-graduate first degree teacher training Dutch, University Groningen / NHL Groningen

Interests:

Linguistics, multilingualism

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, and German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3043
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Alex Riemersma 

Researcher

 

Education:

Phd Dutch and Frisian at the University of Groningen

Specialization:

Language teaching and Language planning. Thesis on the Language Command of Dutch and Frisian at the end of primary school (1994, Tilburg University)

Interests:

Legislation of Frisian language, in particular regarding the European Charter on Regional and Minority Languages 

Languages:

Dutch, Frisian, English, German and French

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3028
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Tjeerd Rintjema 

Staff member communication/ Web editor

 

Education:

Bachelor Communication - Hanze University Groningen; NIMA Marketing B - Hanze Service Groningen

Specialization:

Writing

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6917
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Richt Sterk 

Research assistant

 


 

Education:

Currently studying International Relations and International Organization (Master), University of Groningen. Bachelor Public Management, NHL Leeuwarden.

Specialization:

Minority Languages in Europe

Interests:

Relation between language and identity, state and nation forming

Languages:

Dutch, Frisian, English, German

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3064
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
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Truus de Vries 

Research assistant

 


 

Education:

Bachelor and Master Frisian language and culture, University of Groningen 
Bachelor and Master communication and information sciences, University of Groningen

Specialization:

(Socio)linguistics, multilingualism, minority languages, computer communication

Interests:

Sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, multilingualism, language learning

Languages:

Frisian, Dutch, English, German, French

Contact:

T 0031 (0)58 – 233 6922
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E TdeVries(a)fryske-akademy.nl