Pearl Dykstra

Pearl Dykstra
Born (1956-09-14) September 14, 1956 (age 68)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
NationalityDutch and Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Scientific career
FieldsSocial science

Pearl A. Dykstra is a Dutch social scientist with a background in sociology, psychology, gerontology and demography. She is a specialist on intergenerational solidarity, aging societies, family change, aging and the life course, and loneliness.

She holds the position of Professor of Empirical Sociology[1][2] at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was the Deputy Chair[3][4] (2016-2020) of the High Level Group of scientists[5] advising the Cabinet of European Commissioners. She is a member of the Board of the Social Sciences and Humanities Division of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.[6] She is also an elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, being chosen in 2004.[7] She serves as Scientific Director[8] of ODISSEI,[9] the Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economics Innovations.[10]

  1. ^ "prof.dr. (Pearl) PA Dykstra | Erasmus University Rotterdam". www.eur.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  2. ^ Dykstra, Pearl (2012). Families: in alle staten? (PDF). Amsterdam University Press.
  3. ^ "Pearl Dykstra about her role as the European Chief Scientific Advisor". Prompted Rationality. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Rolf Heuer and Pearl Dykstra on being a chief science advisor". YouTube. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Members of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. ^ "Board and Organisation of Social Sciences and Humanities". www.NWO.nl. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Pearl Dykstra" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Management board ODISSEI". ODISSEI. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Met ODISSEI complexe vraagstukken beantwoorden". www.CBS.nl. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations". Retrieved 2021-01-08.