Geert ten Dam

Geert ten Dam (born Eindhoven, 6 November 1958) is a Dutch scientist. She was president of the Board of the University of Amsterdam from 2016 till 2024.^[1]^[2]

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Geert ten Dam


President of University of Amsterdam
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016

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Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Academic

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Distinguished Research Professor of Citizenship Education at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Amsterdam
President of the executive board of the University of Amsterdam from 2011 to 2024
Crown member of the Social Economic Council (SER)
Until the end of 2014, Ten Dam was chair of the Education Council of the Netherlands
Full professor of education at the University of Amsterdam

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Geert ten Dam has published over 100 books and articles. Geert ten Dam in her most recent articles has been studying the concern that exist with young citizens in their democratic value. Some of her most recent articles include:^[6]

Mulder, L. E. M., Thijs, P. E., Wanders, F. H. K., van den Berg, B., la Roi, C., Mennes, H. I., van Alebeek, C. R. A., van Slageren, J., van der Meer, T. W. G., van de Werfhorst, H. G., & ten Dam, G. T. M. (2024). Jongeren over democratische waarden. Beleid & Maatschappij. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5553/BenM/138900692024001
Thijs, P. E., van der Meer, T. W. G., Mulder, L. E. M., Wanders, F. H. K., ten Dam, G. T. M., & van de Werfhorst, H. G. (2024). Conditionally supporting freedom of speech: how cognitive sophistication and social identity affect adolescents’ support for freedom of speech and its restrictions. Journal of Youth Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2419092
ten Dam, G. T. M., Dijkstra, A. B., & Janmaat, J. G. (2024). Bevorderen van burgerschap als maatschappelijke opdracht van de school. In J. Demanet, M. Van Houtte, & M. Vermeulen (Eds.), Sociologen over onderwijs: Inzichten, praktijken en kritieken (pp. 317–338). Garant.

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