Dr. Jess Bier

Associate Professor

Build a Statement of Purpose

Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Jess Bier. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.

Biography

Jess Bier is an Associate Professor of Urban Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in the social-political impacts of scientific and technological knowledge. Her research is situated at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and critical geography. She employs theories from racial capitalism, Black feminism, decolonial theory, and feminist theories of technoscience. Jess is the principal investigator of the ERC-funded Digiports project, which aims to understand the injustices reproduced by radical technological change in the context of digitalization and container shipping. Her dissertation won the 2016 Maastricht University Dissertation Prize and focused on monitoring financial flows during the 2007-08 financial crisis. She has also conducted ethnographic research on this topic as part of the ERC-funded Monitoring Modernity project.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2022-06-21 — Present

Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam, Netherlands

Engages in research and teaching in urban sociology, focusing on the intersection of science, technology, and society.

Awards

#

Maastricht University Dissertation Prize

#

PhD Paper Prize, Middle East Section (MES)

Requirements for Erasmus University Rotterdam

Master Program
Requirements
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:91
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics or Industrial Engineering Advanced Mathematics (Calculus, Linear Algebra) Applied Statistics Econometrics and Time-series analysis
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor diploma or graduation statement
  • Official academic transcript
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Course descriptions for Mathematics prerequisites
Specialization Notes

Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.