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

Hannah Dietzenbacher, Msc: Criminal network disruption

  • Supervisors: René Veenstra and Gijs Huitsing (RUG)
  • Employed at Police East Netherlands; Period: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2027

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: Peer similarity in positive outcomes

  • 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

Zhe Dong, MSc: Antecedents and Consequences of Positive and Negative Classroom Leaders

  • Supervisors: René Veenstra and Gijs Huitsing (RUG)
  • Funding: Chinese Scholarship Council; Period: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2025

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; Period: June 14, 2021 – December 31, 2024 

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 – August 31, 2024

Sofie Lorijn, MSc: How positive and negative peer relations affect school well-being, academic achievement, and problem behaviors in secondary education

  • Supervisors: René Veenstra and Lydia Laninga-Wijnen (RUG)
  • Traineeship: Allison Ryan (Michigan State University, USA)
  • Funding: NRO; Period: September 1, 2019 – February 29, 2024

Elsje de Vries, MSc: An Effective Anti-Bullying Program for Secondary Education

  • Supervisors: René Veenstra, Tessa Kaufman, and Gijs Huitsing (RUG)
  • Funding: NRO; Period: January 1, 2019 – August 31, 2023  
  • Currently employed as Postdoc at GION, University of Groningen, at the project Sports & Exercise 

 Xingna Qin, MSc: The Development of Academic Achievement and Social Adaptation in Peer Networks among Chinese Adolescents 

  • Supervisors: René Veenstra, Lydia Laninga-Wijnen, and Christian Steglich (RUG).
  • Funding: Chinese Scholarship Council; Period: September 1, 2018 – March 31, 2023 
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