Bas Tierolf

Senior Researcher at the Verwey-Jonker Institute.

Skills mobilised
Drs. Bas Tierolf has been a member of the research group Youth and Education at the Verwey-Jonker Institute since 2006. He graduated in 1990 at the University of Groningen (RUG) in special education. During his study, he was an educational research worker at RION (a regional institute for educational research in the North of the Netherlands). Afterwards, he was a researcher at SYNTAX. In 1996, he became head of the department Research/Policy & Analysis at the Provincial Development institute for Care and Well-being Groningen (POZW). Later, this organization merged into CMO Groningen, of which he became research manager. He conducted various quantitative and qualitative studies in the field of care, well-being, youth and education, mostly in the province of Groningen and its communities. This way, he studied the social policy in the province and, more recently, wrote reports for the province about the welfare of young people. Furthermore, he was secretary and Vice-President of the provincial research platform of the VSO.

Relevant publications

  • Tierolf, B. (met medewerking van Braam, H., Groot, I. de, Flikweert, M., & Dogan, G.) (2007). Sociaal rapport 2006 provincie Noord-Holland. Haarlem: Provincie Noord-Holland.
  • Steketee, M., Mak, J., & Tierolf, B. (red.) (2007). Kinderen in tel: Databoek 2007: Kinderrechten als basis voor lokaal jeugdbeleid. Utrecht: Verwey-Jonker Instituut.
  • Steketee, M., & Mak, J. (red.) (met medewerking van Tierolf, B., & Flikweert, M.). (2006). Kinderen in Tel: Databoek 2006: Kinderrechten als basis voor lokaal jeugdbeleid. Utrecht: Verwey-Jonker Instituut.
  • Tierolf, B. (2005). Evaluatie Zijspan. Groningen: CMO Groningen.
  • Tierolf, B., Kruijer, J., Miedema, I., Oldersma, F., & Jaarsma, R.A. (2005). Weten waar we staan: sociaal rapport 2005. Groningen: CMO Groningen.
  • Tierolf, B., & Kruijer, J. (2003). Leerlingstromen Noord en Oost Groningen. Groningen: CMO Groningen.
  • Miedema, I. & Tierolf, B. ism St. Oberon Utrecht (2003). Monitor Lokaal Sociaal Beleid Delfzijl. Groningen: CMO Groningen.