Team of the Mercator Research Center
| Elly Albers | Information specialist |
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| 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 |
| Other skills and interests: | Virtual library, Web 2.0 |
| Languages: | Dutch, English, German, French |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6913
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E ealbers(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Saskia Benedictus-van den Berg | Research assistant |
| Education: | Educational Science, University of Groningen; English Language and Culture, University of Groningen |
| Specialization: | Linguistics |
| Languages: | Dutch, English, Frisian, French, German |
| Contact: | T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6916 F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409 E sbenedictus(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Rynke Douwes | Research assistant |
| Education: | Master of Science in Communication Studies, Minor Philosophy |
| Specialization: | Applied research for governmental institutions |
| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English, German |
| Contact: | T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3026 F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409 E rdouwes(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Tseard de Graaf | Research Associate |
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| Present position: | Research Associate at the Mercator Research Centre, Guest researcher at Saint-Petersburg University and the Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University (Japan) |
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University of Groningen, University of Cambridge (UK)
PhD in Physics, BA in Slavic Languages
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| 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.
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| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English, German, French |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)50 - 309 2218
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E tdegraaf(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Marieke Hanenburg | Research assistant |
| Education: | MSc in Communication Studies; BA in applied Communication Science with specialisation in New Media Research & Design; Minor International Management, University of Twente, Enschede |
| Specialization: | ICT in (government) Organizations |
| Other skills and Educational Research: | Linguistic Landscape |
| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English, German |
| Contact: | T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6921 F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409 E mhanenburg(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Marjan Hoogeveen | Staff member communication |
| Education: | Journalism - the Faculty for Journalism and Communication in Zwolle; Communication - SRM |
| Specialization: | printed press |
| Languages: | Dutch, Frisian, English, German |
| Contact: | T 0031 (0)58 - 233 6917 F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409 E mhoogeveen(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Adrie Kaspers | Secretary |
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| Education: | Administrative, Secretary at the Mercator Research Centre |
| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English, German |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3027
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E akaspers(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Barbara Lotti | Research assistant |
| Education: | Classics - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL); Universitá Ca' Foscari Venezia (IT); University of Glasgow (UK) |
| Specialization: | Text Linguistics |
| Other skills and interests: | Languages in Education; Common European Framework of Reference for Languages |
| Languages: | Dutch, Italian, English, French, German |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)58 - 234 6911
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E blotti(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Cor van der Meer | Project coordinator at the Mercator Research Centre |
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| Education: | Sociology, University of Groningen |
| Specialization: | Research methodology |
| Other skills and interests: | Data archiving, digitization projects |
| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English, German |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)58 - 234 3063
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E cvdmeer(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Alex Riemersma | Researcher |
| Education: | Phd Dutch and Frisian (1980, Groningen University) |
| Specialization: | Language teaching and Language planning. Thesis on the Language Command of Dutch and Frisian at the end of primary school (1994, Tilburg University) |
| Other skills and 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
E ariemersma(a)fa.knaw.nl |
| Jan van der West | Research assistant |
| Education: | Bachelor - Marketing (Deventer); post-bachelor - Customer Relationship Management (Utrecht); Master - European Studies (Twente & Munster) |
| Languages: | Frisian, Dutch, English |
| Contact: |
T 0031 (0)58 - 234 6929
F 0031 (0)58 - 213 1409
E jvdwest(a)fa.knaw.nl |