Kène Henkens#
| Membership Number: | 4238 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.nidi.nl/en/staff/overview/henkens |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 01/06: Fellow and theme group coordinator at Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Wassenaar (temporary position)
- 2014-04 - current Honorary Professor of Ageing, Retirement & Life course, University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG)
- 2012-08 - current Professor of Sociology of Retirement, University of Amsterdam (endowed chair)
- 1998-01 - current Head of department/ theme leader at Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague
- 2009 - 2012 Professor of Pension Sociology, Tilburg University
- 1989 - 1998 Researcher at Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)
Fields of Scholarship
- Demography
- Ageing
- Sociology
- Retirement
- Life course
Honours and Awards
- Fellow at Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
- Honory professor University of Groningen
- Endowed chair at the University of Amsterdam
- 2005 VIDI laureate Dutch National Science Foundation (most prestigious Dutch personal research grant for mid career researchers)
- 2014 VICI laureate Dutch National Science Foundation (most prestigious Dutch personal research grant for senior researchers)
