PhD supervision – current projects

Jan Behrens, MSc: Drinking to get in or get out? Examining substance use and risk taking among at-risk youth

• Supervisors: Jelle Sijtsema, Wouter Kiekens, & René Veenstra (RUG)
• Funding: Startersbeurs; Period: September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2029

Roy Krijger, MSc: The effectiveness of preventive contact interventions involving parents and youth in addressing juvenile delinquency

• Supervisors: René Veenstra (RUG), Simon Venema and Eric Blaauw (Research Group on Addiction Science and Forensic Care, Hanze University of Applied Sciences)
• Funding: Hanze University of Applied Sciences (2 days) and University of Groningen (1 day); Period: September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2028
• Sociale vraagstukken: Netflix-hit Adolescence toont virtuele wereldvreemdheid opvoeders, April 2025

Melissa González-Loyola, Msc: Substance use and the relation with high school social networks, and its moderators

• Supervisors: René Veenstra and Diego Palacios (Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile)
• Funding: CONICYT; Period: February 1, 2024 – January 31, 2028

Alexandra Pior, Msc: Peer similarity in self-regulatory abilities

• Supervisors: René Veenstra and Lydia Laninga-Wijnen (RUG)
• Funding: NWO Gravitation (GUTS); Period: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2027

Pau Vila Solar, MSc: Graph Neural Networks for Social Network Analysis

• Supervisors: Gert Stulp and René Veenstra (RUG)
• Funding: NWO Gravitation (GUTS); Period: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2027

Miriam Dietz, MSc: Contextual effects on sexually and gender diverse youth’s school outcomes and health

• Supervisors: René Veenstra, Wouter Kiekens, and Laura Baams (RUG)
• Funding: NRO; Period: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2027

Rosanne Spruijt, MSc: Parents and Teachers: Partners in the Fight against Bullying

• Supervisors: Annelies Kassenberg (Hanze University of Applied Sciences), René Veenstra and Gijs Huitsing (RUG).
• Funding: NRO

Fenna van der Wijk, MSc: Multiplexity in criminal networks

• Supervisors: René Veenstra and Gijs Huitsing (RUG)
• Traineeship: David Bright (Deakin University, Australia)
• Funding: PhD Fund Faculty BSS; Period: September 1, 2020 – November 30, 2025