Kaat Smets

Curriculum Vitae

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2022 – present Reader in Politics (Quantitative Methods)                                                        Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

2015 – 2022     Senior Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)                                            Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

2013 – 2015     Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)                                                      Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

2009 – 2013     Postdoctoral research fellow                                                                          University of Siena, Italy

Education

2005 – 2010     PhD in Political and Social Sciences
                       European University Institute, Florence, Italy

2005 – 2006     MRes in Political and Social Sciences
                       European University Institute, Florence, Italy

2001 – 2004     MA in Communication and Politics in Europe
                       VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1996 – 2000     Baccalaureate in Journalism and Communication                                            Fontys School  for Journalism, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Language skills

Dutch      Mother tongue

English     Proficient

Italian      Passive proficient; active advanced 

German    Passive advanced; active basic                           

French      Passive intermediate; active basic