Consists of public, civic and private sector leaders and representatives of civic initiatives in the areas of crisis response and social adaptation. The council serves as a social sounding board and provides a reality check on the public value of Adapt!'s activities. The board advises on ways to forge and strengthen activities and knowledge sharing, and co-create partnerships with business, government and civic organizations. The Institutions and Society Board meets annually and is chaired by Jensen.
Principal investigators (PIs)
Beatrice de Graaf is a distinguished professor at Utrecht University and a worldwide authority on two research tracks: the contemporary study of conflict and terrorism, and the history of security. She is the principal applicant and scientific director of the Adapt! programme.
Arjen Boin is professor of Public Institutions and Governance at Leiden University. He is the academic advisor to Adapt!
Kees van den Bos is Professor of Social Psychology and Professor of Empirical Law at Utrecht University. He is chairman of the Adapt! Council.
Ellen Giebels is professor of Conflict and Security at the University of Twente. She is director of data quality, methods and ethics at Adapt!
Lotte Jensen is professor of Dutch cultural and literary history at the Faculty of Humanities at Radboud University Nijmegen. She is the chair of the Insitutions and Society Board of Adapt!
Rik Peels is Professor of Philosophy and Theology of Radicalization at the Faculty of Religion and Theology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the chairman of the International Scientific Advisory Board of Adapt!
Scott Douglas is associate professor of Public Governance and Management at Utrecht University. He is the impact director of Adapt!
Paul van Lange is professor of Social Psycholgy at VU University Amsterdam.
Postdocs and Phd's
Supporting staff
Karlijne is business director of Adapt! and working at Utrecht University. In the project she is responsible for all operational matters (legal, finance, logistics, communication and administration). She also leads the project office team.
Monica supports Beatrice de Graaf.
Sophie is a Project Leader at Utrecht University in the Department of History and Art History. Here she is engaged in project management of the Security History Network, the Security in Open Societies Hub and Adapt! among others. Sophie completed a BA History and an MA International Relations in Historical Perspective with a specialization in security. She is within Adapt! engaged in project management, deals with practical support for the team, organizing activities and meetings, and managing other support staff.
Puck is a Master's student in Journalism at VU University. She works as a Student Assistant for Adapt! and deals with the practical support of the team, maintaining the website, administrative tasks, and organizing events and meetings.
Associate Investigators (AIs)
Expertise: Organizational studies, alternative economics, social movements, critical pedagogy and learning methods and power.
AI in WP4.4
AI in WP4.4
Expertise: Social justice, worldviews, psychology, social movements, critical pedagogy and learning methods and power.
AI in WP2.1
AI in WP2.1
Expertise: Direct and indirect reciprocity in humans, situational perception, interdependence, evolutionary psychology, culture and ecology.
AI in WP2.2
AI in WP2.2
Expertise: History of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world, power.
Expertise: History of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world and power.
AI in WP4.4
Expertise: History of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world and power.
AI in WP4.4
Expertise: Water management, environmental modeling, decision-making under uncertainty, climate adaptation pathways, sea level rise adaptation, deltas and coastal cities.
AI in WP1.5
AI in WP1.5
Expertise: Professional performance, Security in Open Societies
AI in WP4.5 and WP4.6
AI in WP4.5 and WP4.6
Expertise: Crisis management, intstitutionalism, organizational survival and crisis responsibility
AI in WP3.1, WP3.2 and WP3.3
AI in WP3.1, WP3.2 and WP3.3
Expertise: European and comparative constitutional law, professional ethics of lawyers and judges, organization of the judiciary, legal theory
AI in WP2.1
AI in WP2.1
Expertise: Epistemology, meta-ethics, ethics of belief
AI in WP1.2
AI in WP1.2
Expertise: Policy emergence and change; Institutional capacity, resilience and adaptation; Policy learning and dissemination; Policy networks
AI in WP3.3
AI in WP3.3
Expertise: Moral psychology, public ethics and constitutional theory
AI in WP3.4
AI in WP3.4
Expertise: Resilience, psychology of security, police-citizen interactions, communication error management and the use of technology in police practice
AI in WP3.3 and WP4.7
AI in WP3.3 and WP4.7
Expertise: Security, imperialism, history of international relations, Middle East, European history, political ideology and intervention
AI in WP1.1
AI in WP1.1
Areas of expertise: cultural studies, gender studies, literature, arts, inclusion
AI in WP 1.3
AI in WP 1.3
Expertise: Social epistemology; philosophy of science and philosophy in religion
AI in WP2.3
AI in WP2.3
Expertise: Intra- and inter-group relations, psychophysiology
AI in WP3.3
AI in WP3.3
Expertise: Narrative psychology, anticipatory moral imagination, resilience, qualitative and participatory methods
AI in WP1.3
AI in WP1.3
Expertise: Protest participation, identity formation, social polarization
AI in WP2.4
AI in WP2.4
Expertise: Crisis management, EU, futuring, political leadership, public engagement, qualitative research (QCA, interviews)
AI in WP4.6, WP4.7 and WP4.8
AI in WP4.6, WP4.7 and WP4.8
Expertise: Education and pedagogy, youth dynamics, cultural diversity, history education, polarization
AI in WP1.4
AI in WP1.4
Expertise: Psychologies, infectious diseases, evolutionary psychology, moral psychology
AI in WP2.2
AI in WP2.2
Expertise: Resilient rule of law and public administration, ICTs and public administration, the organization and governance of safety and security.
AI in WP3.1 and WP3.2
AI in WP3.1 and WP3.2
Expertise: Epistemic well-being in digital society, cumulative culture & evolution, information repertoires and everyday life, media infrastructures, (Transmedia) stories/storytelling, alternative urban, economic and governance systems
AI in WP2.4
AI in WP2.4
The Institutions and Society Board
National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security Netherlands
Chairman of the Council of Culture in the Netherlands
Delta commissioner on national delta program
President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands; State Council in Extraordinary Service of the Council of State; Professor of Jurisprudence and Conflict Resolution at the Free University of Amsterdam
Council member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR);Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University
Board member of the Mining Damage Institute Groningen
President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG).
The International Scientific Advisory Board
Consists of leading researchers in the various (sub)fields of adaptation and crisis studies. The council advises on overall program strategy, synergies between strands, progress of WP activities, and issues related to scientific and societal impact. In addition, the council will facilitate international opportunities and ensure alignment with various international cohorts. The council meets annually and is chaired by Peels.
Professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley
Professor of modern history at the University of Marburg
Professor of German history and director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Professor of political science at the Swedish Defence University
Professor of Political Science and Planning at Utrecht University
Professor of Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor of Virology and scientific director at the Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Center
Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Maryland
Professor of political science and public policy at the London School of Economics
Professor of History at Radboud University
Professor at the Department of Government, University of Bergen
Professor of History at the Technical University of Darmstadt
