Joop Hox

Emeritus Professor of Social Science Methodology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Joops’ research interests include data quality in surveys and analysis models for complex data (often multilevel or clustered). His survey research focusses on nonresponse problems in surveys, data quality, and interviewer effects. His recent work includes problems concerning small sample sizes in multilevel analysis and strategies that can mitigate the problems that occur with small sample sizes, such as estimation accuracy and statistical power. Joop is former chair of the Dutch Organization for Methodological Research in the Social Sciences (NOSMO) and former president of the European Association of Methodology (EAM).

For (contact) information, publications, and a CV, please refer to his  personal website or Utrecht University page 

Mirjam Moerbeek

Associate Professor of Statistics for the Social Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Mirjam obtained her master degree in biometrics from Wageningen Agricultural University (1996, cum laude) and her PhD in applied statistics from Maastricht University (2000). She has received prestigious research grants from the Netherlands’ Society for Scientific Research (NWO) as well as grants to hire PhD students. Her research interests are statistical power analysis and optimal experimental design, especially for hierarchical and survival data. Her research has been published in over fifty international peer-reviewed journal papers, four book chapters, one book, many non-reviewed publications and (invited) conference presentations. She was involved in organizing a colloquium and master class on Cost Efficient and Optimal Designs for the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), was chair of the local organization committee of the VI European Congres of Methodology and is the joint organizer of the biennial International Conference on Multilevel Analysis. Mirjam is general secretary of the European Association of Methodology (EAM).

For (contact) information, publications, and a CV, please refer to her  Utrecht University page 

Rens van de Schoot

Associate Professor of Bayesian Statistics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and Extra-Ordinary Professor at the North-West University, South Africa.

Rens obtained his PhD cum laude on the topic of applying Bayesian statistics to real life data at the Methodology and Statistics department at Utrecht University. In his current research, he focuses on several topics, including small samples, multilevel modelling, and longitudinal data. On the topic of expert-data (dis)agreement, Rens has received the highly regarded, prestigious VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to start one’s own research group.

He chairs the Dutch Mplus Users Group, part of the Mplus’s South African division, and is a member of the International Multilevel Conference organizing committee. He is associate editor of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology; topic editor for Frontiers in Psychology; and statistical adviser for the European Journal of Psychotraumatology. Rens recently became a member of the Young Academy (Jonge Akademie) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

For (contact) information, publications, and a CV, please refer to his  personal website or Utrecht University page