Work Experience – Tim Riswick

04/2022 – now: Assistant Professor Historical Demography at the Department of History, Arts History and Classics, Radboud University

09/2021 – 08/2023: Member of the Work Council (OR), and vice-president OR, Radboud University.

05/2020 – 03/2022: Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of History, Radboud University in the project ‘Lifting the burden of disease. The modernisation of health in the Netherlands: Amsterdam 1854-1926’. PI: Prof. Dr. Angélique Janssens and Prof. Dr. Jacco Wallinga.

09/2019 – 09/2021: Education Programme Director at N.W. Posthumus Institute, Radboud University / Utrecht University

02/2019 – 04/2020: Lecturer Economic & Social History at the Department of History, University of Groningen.

09/2013 – 04/2020: PhD Candidate at the Department of History, Radboud University Nijmegen in the project ‘Between Rivalry and Support: The impact of sibling size and composition on Infant and Child Mortality in the Netherlands (1863-1910) and Taiwan (1906-1945)’. My research proposal was funded by the N.W. Posthumus Institute. During this period I have also been a visiting PhD Candidate at Wageningen University (2014-2017) and a visiting scholar at Academia Sinica, Taiwan(07/2014 – 08/2014, 10/2015 – 03/2016, 02/2017 – 03/2017, 11/2018-12/2018, 10/2019-11/2019). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Theo Engelen (Radboud University Nijmegen) & Prof. Dr. Hilde Bras (University of Groningen).

01/2018 – 06/2018: Junior Policy Officer at the Domain Social Sciences and Humanities, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This position was part of the Professional PhD Program initiative. I mainly worked on the Veni and was responsible for the panel Social Sciences.
09/2015 – 08/2017: Member of the (elected) Work Council (OR) for Promovendi Overleg Nijmegen (PON), and vice-president OR 2016-2017, Radboud University.

09/2013 – now: Board Member Museum the Kantfabriek, Horst. Projects: Vrienden Museum de Kantfabriek (2022-), Corona measures (2020-2021), Exposition Archeology (2019-2020), Website (2019), Vision 2019-2023 (2018), Blijvend Borduren (2017-2018), Kantvernieuwing 2.0 (2016-2017), Exposition Policy 2016-2021 (2014-2016), Collection Management 2015-2020 (2013-2014).

2004 – 2014: Several part-time jobs: Tutor at Bijles Maas and Waal (2012-2014); Student-assistant for the project ‘Region, religion and death’ at Radboud University (2011); Ride Operator at Entertainment Park Toverland (2007 – 2013).