Stef Bouwhuis

Stef Bouwhuis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is a core researcher on the DYNANSE project investigating career trajectories of workers with flexible contracts. His research focuses on meso and macro-level influences on employment conditions, particularly temporary and on-call contracts' effects on health, well-being, and labor market transitions. Previously, he worked as a policy researcher in The Hague and holds a PhD in Epidemiology from VU Amsterdam, alongside multiple master's degrees in Urban Planning and Political Science from Radboud University.

Education:

• PhD in Epidemiology (2015-2019, VU Amsterdam)
• Master's in Epidemiology (2015-2018, VU Amsterdam)
• Master's in Urban Planning (2009-2011, Radboud University)
• Master's in Political Science (2005-2010, Radboud University)

Research Interests: Social inequalities in labor markets, flexible employment dynamics, policy impacts on workforce stability, and health consequences of precarious work. He employs advanced quantitative methods like hidden Markov models to analyze employment trajectories and labor market transitions.

Grants & Projects:

• Principal investigator on the ERC-funded DYNANSE project (2020–2026)
• Collaborations with researchers on labor market dynamics and public health

Teaching: Courses on social inequality, labor citizenship, and sociology methodology at both bachelor's and master's levels.