Bas van Bavel#
| Membership Number: | 4224 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uu.nl/staff/BJPvanBavel/0 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Distinguished faculty professor of Transitions of Economy and Society, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University
- 2007 - 2014 Professor of Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages, Department of History, Utrecht University
- 2001 - 2006 Research leader, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), based at the Department of History, Utrecht University
- 1999 - 2001 Postdoctoral researcher, fixed-term, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), based at the Department of Medieval History, University of Amsterdam
- 1998 - 1999 Visiting postdoctoral fellow, Research Foundation Flanders FWO (Fellowship), fixed-term, based at the Department of Medieval History, Ghent University
- 1995 - 1998 Research fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), fixed-term, based at the Department of Medieval History, University of Amsterdam
- 1994 - 1995 University Lecturer, fixed-term, Department of Medieval History, University of Amsterdam
- 1993 - 1995 University Lecturer, fixed-term, Department of History, Utrecht University
- 1989 - 1993 Ph.D. student, fixed-term, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), based at the Department of Medieval History, Utrecht University
Fields of Scholarship
- Long-run development
- Institutional change
- Transitions of economy and society
- Measuring societal success
- Comparative analysis
- Concrete topics
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Spinoza Prize Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - highest scientific distinction in the Netherlands
- 2014 Appointment as distinguished faculty professor, Utrecht University
- 2013 Election as full member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2013 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2007 VICI award Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - largest personal research grant in the Netherlands
- 2001 Innovational Scheme award Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - second-largest personal research grant in the Netherlands
- 1998 Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) Fellowship
- 1995 Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Fellowship
