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Yuri van Hoef is a lecturer at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, specializing in the role of friendship in contemporary political history. His research focuses on the emotions involved in politics, particularly the friendships between state leaders throughout modern history. In 2018, he completed his PhD at the University of Leeds with a thesis titled 'Modelling Friendship Elite Political Actors,' which interpreted relationships among influential political figures such as Schmidt, Giscard d'Estaing, Kohl, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Reagan, Bush, and Major. His work has been published in several prestigious academic outlets, including the Oxford Research Encyclopedia Politics and Political Psychology. He has received awards for his contributions, including an ESHCC incentive award and a University Research Scholarship at the University of Leeds.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.