C.V.
Education
23 May 1991
Ph.D. (cum laude) in philosophy. Supervisor: Prof. dr Nicholas Wolterstorff (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
1977-1984
Study Philosophy and Literature & Linguistics, VU University, Amsterdam
1977
Diploma Atheneum B (De Populierschool, Den Haag)
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
September 2016
Templeton World Charity Foundation, mE 1,7 "The Epistemic Responsibilitie sof the University"
January 2013
Templeton World Charity Foundation, mE 2,4 “Science Beyond Scientism”
May 2010
NWO stipend for prof. David Widerker for work with him on free will and responsibility
June 2009
Pew Fellowship for work on Philosophy and Liturgy with Nicholas Wolterstorff and Terence Cuneo.
2007-2008
Plantinga Fellowship for a sabbatical at University of Notre Dame
2007
Elected as member of the Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij
der Wetenschappen.
2006
NWO Internationalization Grant `Knowledge, Belief, and Normativity` for work with Duncan Pritchard (Edinburgh) and Igor Douven (Louvain)
2004
Templeton Summer Fellowship for participation in seminar on “Nature in Belief” (with Jeff Schloss, Westmont and Alvin Plantinga, Notre Dame)
2001
Templeton Fellowship for a seminar on Evolutionary Psychology (with Phil Clayton, Claremont and Jeff Schloss, Westmont)
1999
Pew Fellowship for work with William P. Alston on Realism and Antirealism.
1992-1993
Fellowship Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), director: Alvin Plantinga.
1992-1997
Research Grant from the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW fellowship)
1991-1992
Grant for a book project from the Association for Calvinist Philosophy.
1989-1991
Research Grant Stipend from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
1985-1989
Stipend VU University (BRO stipend)
Academic Positions
January 2013
Director of the Science Beyond Scientism Project
Director of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and the Big Questions
September 2008-December 2012
Dean of the Philosophy Department at VU University Amsterdam
August 2007-August 2008
Sabbatical at the University of Notre Dame
July 1, 2001
Tenured professor of philosophy for teaching and research in Epistemology and Ontology, VU University Amsterdam
1997
Tenured lecturer (UHD) in philosophy, VU University Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy.
1992-1997
Fellow Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam
1992-1993
Post-doctoral fellow University of Notre Dame
1991-1992
Post-doctoral position Catholic University Utrecht
1985-1991
Research assistant, Department of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam