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Posthumus alumnus Rosa Kösters winner Instituut Gak-KNAW Award 2026
On 1 June 2026, Posthumus alumnus Rosa Kösters, postdoc researcher at the Interantional Institute of Social History, was awarded the Instituut Gak-KNAW Award 2026 for her research proposal ‘Van onderen! Sociale zekerheid tussen burgerinitiatief en innovatie, 1960–2025’.
The Instituut Gak-KNAW Award is annually awarded by the Instituut Gak and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) to talented young researchers, to support their research on topics of social security and the labour market. The award consist of a 3-year appointment as postdoc researcher with one of the KNAW institutes.
The awarded research proposal focuses on the question how citizens’ participation may contribute to the innovation and resilience of the social security system. The main focus will be on the question: for wat reason(s), in what ways and to which effects have citizens tried to innovate social security between 1906 and 2025. The aweard committee considered Rosa’s research proposal as ‘original and innovative; it includes a systematic analysis regarding important societal issues […] The researcher has shown to have achieved excellent academic reults already, and has shown to have very good communication skills.’
The N.W. Posthumus Institute congratulates Rosa on this award!
