Prof. Beatrice de Graaf

Beatrice de Graaf is the principal investigator of the Blueprints-project and (co-) promotor of the PhD-candidates. Beatrice is full professor in History of International Relations and Global Governance at Utrecht University. She studied Modern History and German language and culture at Utrecht and Bonn and received her PhD from Utrecht University in 2004 (on the GDR, the…

Prof. Peter-Ben Smit

Peter-Ben Smit is one of the applicants of the Blueprints-project and (co-) promotor of the PhD-candidates. Peter-Ben holds a chair in the Ancient Catholic Church Structures and the history and doctrines of the Old Catholic Churches at Utrecht University. He received a PhD and habilitation in Theology from Bern University in 2005 and 2009 respectively….

Prof. Mathieu Segers

Mathieu Segers is one of the applicants of the Blueprints-project and co-promotor of the PhD candidates. Mathieu is Professor of Contemporary European History and European Integration at Maastricht University and Dean of the University College Maastricht. In 2006 he received his PhD, based on a dissertation on the position of West-Germany concerning the Treaty of Rome,…

Trineke Palm Msc

Trineke Palm is working as a post-doctoral researcher and co-promotor at the Blueprints-project. Prior to herappointment in Utrecht, Trineke did her PhD-research, funded by a Research Talent Grant from NWO, at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also completed her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Research Master’s in Social Research at this university. In her PhD-research…

Clemens van den Berg MSc

Clemens van den Berg studied Theology/Religious Studies (BA) and History and Philosophy of Science (research master) at Utrecht University. In his master thesis he traced the influence of a European network of science managers in creating major post-war science organisations (e.g. CERN and ESA). As a PhD Candidate in the Blueprints of Hope project, his…

Jorrit Steehouder MA

Jorrit Steehouder studied History (BA) and the History of International Relations (MA) at Utrecht University. In his MA-thesis ´Theaters van gerechtigheid. Kangaroo trials bij de Rote Armee Fraktion en de Islamitische Staat´ he analyzed the so-called ‘kangaroo trials’ of terrorists organizations, in which self-sanctioned executioners practice their own alternative version of justice. As PhD-candidate for…

Susanne Keesman MA

Susanne Keesman is project manager at Utrecht University and manages the finances of the Blueprints of Hope project, as well as the interdisciplinary alignment between the departments involved in this project. Before joining Utrecht Susanne graduated from Leiden University (2014) with a Research MA in History.