The PhDs in Humanities Programme aims to encourage and support young talent in the humanities. Funding is made possible by the Programme Office Sustainable Humanities and the NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities. A total of almost 3.7 million euros has been made available in this round. Each approved research project receives a 20 per cent contribution from the applicant institution.
To protect and serve
Laura Brinkhorst's research, entitled "To Protect and Serve’. Police adaptation to changing societal and governmental expectations in the Netherlands, 1930s-1980s", focuses on the response of Dutch police forces to social and political pressures. The study will focus on internal adaptation processes from a long-term perspective. Five medium-sized municipalities will be examined through three central themes: inclusion and diversity, the balance between official and personal/political beliefs of police officers, and interactions with citizens, such as ethnic profiling and the use of force.