My research focuses on issues in social epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion. Currently, most of it is in collective epistemology and political epistemology: can groups have beliefs and knowledge, are there collective intellectual virtues, what determines the epistemic performance of groups, how do people form, maintain, and reason about their political beliefs? I also apply these issues in thinking about the epistemic qualities of liberal democracy.

I teach epistemology, philosophy of science, business ethics, and – if I get the opportunity – philosophy of religion.

• The impact of online battles: Use and implications of political conflict frames in a digital media environment
  (with Sanne Kruikemeier (ASCoR, UvA) and Rens Vliegenthart (ASCoR, UvA))
  NWO Open Competition for Digitalization SSH, 2020–2024
• Knowledgeable Democracy: A Social-Epistemological Inquriy
  NWO Vidi project, 2016–2022
• The Epistemic Responsibility of the University
  (with René van Woudenberg and Rik Peels)
  Templeton World Charity Foundation, 2016–2019
• Science Beyond Scientism
  (with René van Woudenberg, Gijsbert van den Brink, and Gerrit Glas)
  Templeton World Charity Foundation, 2012–2015
• Commercializing Science and the Flow of Knowledge
  NWO Veni project, 2010–2014

• De Ridder Onderwijs en trainingen | Gouda | Directeur/eigenaar | 2020-01-01 - present
• Driestar educatief | Gouda | Lid wetenschappelijke adviesraad | 2023-09-01 - 2028-08-31
• College voor Toetsen en Examens | Utrecht | Voorzitter schrijfcommissie syllabus Filosofie | 2024-09-01 - 2026-02-27
• KNAW | Amsterdam | Voorzitter schrijfcommissie Nederlandse Gedragscode Wetenschappelijke Integriteit | 2025-02-01 - 2026-06-30

Ancillary activities are updated daily

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, 2007
• M.A. in Philosophy cum laude, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2007
• M.Sc. in Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis cum laude, Delft University of Technology, 2000