Kees van der Geest

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Curriculum Vitae - CV

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Name	Van der Geest, Kees Anton Martinus
Popular name	Kees
Place and date of birth	Haskerland (the Netherlands), 23 June 1975
Nationality	Dutch

Adress (home)	Vespuccistraat 69-hs, 1056 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Address (office)	UvA-AMIDSt, Nieuwe prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ, Amsterdam

Telephone (mobile)	+ 31(0)6-44185668
Fax	+31(0)20-5254051

E-mail	geest [at] uva.nl
Website	http://users.fmg.uva.nl/kgeest

Period	Place	Course
June 2007	Amsterdam	Teaching skills: Oxford Model (working with small groups)
February 2007	Amsterdam	Streaming video course
November to December 2006	Amsterdam	Teaching skills
September 2005	Amsterdam	Write it right! (course on writing scientific articles)
June 2005	Amsterdam	GIS course (MapInfo)
March 2005	Amsterdam	Project Management / Time Management
February 2005 to March 2005	Amsterdam	Oral Histories and Life History
January 2005 to March 2005	Utrecht	Writing English for Publication
September 2004	Amsterdam	Endnote course
July 2003	France	Open Studio: Basic video course
May 2003	Nijmegen	Qualitative Analysis
March 2003 to June 2003	Utrecht	CERES PhD training programme
October 2002 to December 2002	Brighton, UK	University of Sussex: Theories and typologies of migration
April 2002	Navrongo, Ghana	"Good governance and sustainable development"
September 1998 to August 2002	Amsterdam	(cont.) University of Amsterdam: Human Geography (M.A.)
November 1997 to December 1997	Sucre, Bolivia	Private course in Quechua language
September 1994 to August 1996	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam: Human Geography (M.A.)
February 1994 to June 1994	Granada, Spain	University of Granada: Hispanic studies (history, geography)
September 1993 to December 1993	Salamanca, Spain	Collegio de España: Intensive Spanish language course
September 1987 to June 1993	Leiden	Bonaventura College: Secondary School (VWO)

Period	Place	Employer	Function
Ongoing (since September 2008)	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam	Junior researcher (info on research)
Ongoing (since August 2006)	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam	Junior lecturer (see below for courses taught)
September 2007 to June 2008	Rotterdam	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Researcher EU project (EACH-FOR)
September 2005 to 2007	Deventer, Netherlands	Larenstein University	External examiner of MA theses
November 2004	Navrongo, Ghana	University Dev. Studies	Guest lecturer
October 2002 to September 2006	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam	PhD candidate (junior researcher)
March 2002 to May 2002	Upper East, Ghana	University of Amsterdam	Research assistant
September 2000 to October 2000	Nandom, Ghana	PEPSC/CORDAID	Evaluation of NGO
August to October 1997	Beni, Bolivia	Estacion Biologica Beni	Interpreter and research assistant
June 1997 to july 1997	Vallegrande, Bolivia	Daniele Incalcaterre	Documentary, translator (Spanish-English)
July 1996 to September 2002	Leiden	De Kler Bookshop	Logistics
1988 to 1996	Various	Various	Unskilled labour in weekends and holidays

Date	Place	Conference	Panel title
27-30 June 2005	The Hague	CERES Summer school	Internal migration in developing countries
26-27 June 2006	Wageningen	CERES Summer school	ICT as research matter and methodology

Period	Course
September 2009 to December 2009	Human Geography of Developing Countries (Master course, Dutch, with Dr Niels Beerepoot)
September 2008 to December 2008	Human Geography of Developing Countries (Master course, Dutch, with Dr Niels Beerepoot)
September to December 2007	Human Geography of Developing Countries (Master course, Dutch, with Dr Niels Beerepoot)
September to December 2007	Introduction to International Development Studies (BA, with M. Novelli, A. Verger, M. Wolsink and M. Baud
February to June 2007	Environment and Sustainable Development (Bachelor course, with Dr Mirjam Ros)
September to December 2006	Human Geography of Developing Countries (Master course, Dutch, with Dr Niels Beerepoot)
September to December 2006	International Lecture Series on Development Studies (Bachelor course, with dr Mario Novelli)

Year	Student name	Topic
2004	Wemmy Harteveld	Livelihood dynamics of migrant women in Droboso, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana (download thesis)
2005	Carolien Primavera	Effects of out-migration on farming methods in Nandom, Upper West Region, Ghana (download thesis)
2007	Hester van Deutekom	The Church and HIV/AIDS prevention in Nandom, Upper West Region (Ghana) (download thesis)
2007	Christa van der Berg	Social capital and vulnerability in the lives of Kayayei headporters in Accra, Ghana (download thesis)
2008	Kersti Wissenbach	The development potential of a community radio station in Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana (download thesis)
2008	Renske Meilof	A visual analysis of migrant identities in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
2008	Alexander Boer	The environmental causes of migration from Northwest Ghana to the Brong Ahafo Region

Period	Location	Activity
February to March 2009	Ghana + Burkina Faso	Fieldwork for Participatory Development Assessment (PDA) research project
August to September 2008	Ghana + Burkina Faso	Fieldwork for Participatory Development Assessment (PDA) research project
Miscellaneous 2007 and 2008	Worldwide	To show my documentary at international documentary film festivals
December 2007 to March 2008	Ghana	EACH-FOR fieldwork and writing
November 2005 to May 2006	Ghana	PhD fieldwork and writing
September 2003 to March 2005	Ghana	PhD fieldwork
January 2003 to March 2003	Ghana	Pilot study for PhD research
August 2003 to September 2003	West Africa	Overland trip through Sahara to Ghana
October 2002 to December 2002	England	Course
March 2002 to may 2002	Ghana	Fieldwork for contract research
October 1999 to November 2000	Ghana	Fieldwork for MA research
September 1999 to October 1999	West Africa	Overland trip through Sahara to Ghana
February 1997 to February 1998	Latin America	Travel, studies, work
September 1993 to August 1994	Spain	Studies and work