Tom van der Meer

T.W.G. (Tom) van der Meer (1980) studied Political Science and History (Leiden University), wrote his dissertation in (political) sociology (Radboud University Nijmegen, cum laude), and works as a full Professor, in particular Legitimacy, Inequality, and Citizenship, at the Department of Political Science of the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses primarily on three topics: political and institutional trust, social capital (most notably citizen participation, political socialization, and the relationship with ethnic diversity), and electoral volatility.

• Full professor in Political Science, particularly Legitimacy, Inequality, and Citizenship (full-time), Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam (2016 to date).
• Member of the state committee on the parliamentary system (commissie-Remkes) (2017-2018).
• Co-director of the Dutch Parliamentary Election Survey (2014 to date).
• Founder and Former co-director of the Dutch Local Election Survey (2016-2017).
• Co-founder & editor of Dutch political science weblog www.stukroodvlees.nl (2013 to date).
• Former director of the Research Master of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam (2012-2014).
• Advisory Board, ProDemos Huis voor Democratie en Rechtsstaat (2016 to date).
• Member Ethical Committee of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research AISSR (2015 to date).
• Board member of the AISSR Research Group ‘Challenges to democratic representation’ (2012 to date).
• Editor of the Handbook on Political Trust, Edward Elgar Publishing (2017) [with Sonja Zmerli].

• Doctoraat Political Science, Leiden University (2003): with honourable mention.
• PhD Social Science, Radboud University Nijmegen (2009 defense): cum laude.