2001, she did the dissertation on: International cooperation between politics and practice: how Dutch Indonesian cooperation changed remarkably little after a diplomatic rupture.
1982/1988, studied at the VWO Christelijk Lyceum in Arnhem, Netherlands, and graduated.
1988/1989, studied Propedense Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen, at he Rijksuniversiteit in Utrecht, Netherlands, and graduated.
1989/1993, studied Doctoraal politilogie, at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and graduated.
1995/2003, study researcher, at the NWO/UvA, Netherlands. Graduated and got promotion on 20 July 2001.