Freelance Writer, Editor & Translator
Proof-reading, Correction, Editing & Translation
The vast majority of my clients are sociologists, cultural anthropologists, political scientists, criminologists, ethicists or historians from the major Dutch universities and research institutes, such as the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Free University, Utrecht University, Wageningen University, Radboud University Nijmegen and the W.J.H. Mulier Institute Centre for research on sports in society. However, I also take on commissions from NGOs, such as the Dierenbescherming and Health Action International, political parties and the occasional corporate client.
The nature of commissions generally range from short articles, abstracts, book chapters, lectures, research papers and reports to whole books or doctoral theses. Below please find some examples of the books and Ph.D. theses that I have recently worked on; an indication of the size of the commission is also provided.
- Aguiar, J.C.G. (2007) Dirty CDs. Piracy, Globalisation, and the Emergence of New Illegalities. Ph.D Thesis: University of Amsterdam.
Baken, R.J. (2000) Plotting, Squatting, Public Purpose, and Politics: Land Market Development, Low-income Housing, and Public Intervention in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, India (1900-1993). Ph.D. Thesis: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. (671 pages)
- Bottenburg. M. van, Rijnen, B. & Sterkenburg, J. van (2005) Sports participation in the European Union. Trends and differences. Nieuwegein/'s-Hertogenbosch: Arko Sports Media/W.J.H. Mulier Institute.
Cwiertka, K. J. (1999) The Making of Modern Culinary Tradition in Japan. Ph.D. Thesis: Leiden University. (235 pages)
Cwiertka, K.J. & Walraven, B.C.A. (eds) (2001) Asian Food: The Global and the Local. Richmond: Curzon Press. (190 pages)
Fontaine, P.F.M. (1998) The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume XIII. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. (411 pages)
Fontaine, P.F.M. (1999) The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume XIV. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. (290 pages)
Fontaine, P.F.M. (2000) The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume XV. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. (363 pages)
Fontaine, P.F.M. (2001) The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume XVI. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. (262 pages)
Fontaine, P.F.M. (2002) The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume XVII. Groningen: Gopher. (427 pages)
- Janssens, J. et al (eds) (2004) Education through Sport: An overview of good practices in Europe. Nieuwegein: Arko Sports Media.
Smets, P., Wels, H. & Loon, J. van (1999) Trust & Co-operation: Symbolic Exchange and Moral Economies in an Age of Cultural Differentiation. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis. (179 pages)
Smets, P. (2002) Housing Finance and the Urban Poor: Building and Financing Low-income Housing in Hyderabad, India. Ph.D. Thesis: Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. (261 pages)
- Sterkenburg, J. van et al (eds) (2005) Football and Racism: An inventory of the problems and solutions in eight Western European Countries in the Framework of the Stand Up Speak Up campaign.Nieuwegein: Arko Sports Media.
Zaitch, D. (2001) Traquetos: Columbians involved in the Cocaine Business in the Netherlands. Ph.D. Thesis: University of Amsterdam. (298 pages)
Research & Writing
Aside from sociological research funded and conducted within the realms of university institutions (see my CV for further details), I have been involved in two major freelance projects during the past few years.
Participation in the Rathenau Institute's research programme Afwegingen rond de veehouderij. In this project, I was responsible for conducting qualitative sociological research into the relationship between livestock production and public health. My final report Van zaadje tot karbonaadje: betrokkenen over de volksgezondheidsrisicos van de veehouderij was published digitally in 1991 and is available from www.rathenau.nl in PDF format.
In 1998, together with fellow sociologist Anneke van Otterloo, I was commissioned by the Museum Scheveningen, Den Haag to research and write a cultural historical book on fish preparation and consumption. This quirky volume was published in their historical series under the title: Vis van Zee tot Dis. Toen en nu in het visbedrijf, in het bijzonder in Scheveningen.
I am currently working on a series of articles deriving from a project entitled "Killing Animals", conducted whilst in the employ of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University. A second book on human-animal interactions is also in the pipeline.
All new research commissions, particularly relating to animal and environmental issues, will be considered with great interest!