Theo van Tilburg

Short biography
Theo van Tilburg is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology and vice-dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at VU University Amsterdam. He is trained in sociology and research methods. He was director of the research program ‘Participation in Society (PARIS): Social Context of Aging’ and is board member of the ‘Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam’ (LASA – www.lasa-vu.nl), an ongoing interdisciplinary study into aspects of aging since 1991. He is associate editor of Personal Relationships; and board member of International Journal of Ageing and Later Life; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. His research interests include the effects of personal network characteristics and social support on well-being and health; life-course developments in personal networks, related to deteriorating health and role loss; societal developments in composition and function of families and personal networks; cross-national studies in loneliness, including evaluation of interventions.

Personal
Curriculum Vitae (in English, without publications)
Personal page at NARCIS: http://www.narcis.info/person/RecordID/PRS1242162/
Personal page at VU University: www.fsw.vu.nl/nl/wetenschappelijke-afdelingen/sociologie/medewerkers-sociologie/van-tilburg/
Selected reports and interviews in magazines and (national) newspapers (in Dutch)

Publications
All scientific and professional publications
- with abstracts (pdf) and without abstracts (pdf)
- with calculation of citation metrics based on ISI (www.researcherid.com/rid/F-1269-2010)
- with calculation of citation metrics based on Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=VVoZ-ZIAAAAJ)
Selected scientific publications in PubMed

Research
Supervision of PhD projects
The social context of aging
Living arrangements and Social Networks of older adults (Leefvormen en sociale netwerken van ouderen; LSN)
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA)

Loneliness Scale
Manual (updated from the 1999 edition)
Reports of research projects in which the Loneliness Scale has been applied (Appendix 4 of the manual)

Email and phone
email T.G.van.Tilburg at vu.nl
phone (+31) 20 598 6870

Mailing address
VU University Amsterdam ( Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Faculty of Social Sciences ( Sociale Wetenschappen - FSW)
Dept. of Sociology ( afdeling Sociologie)
De Boelelaan 1081, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Visiting address
Metropolitan, Room Z-528, Buitenveldertselaan 3, 1082 VA Amsterdam (at the opposite of the main building of the VU)

Updated: 1-2-2012