Selected lectures and courses
Note that even when not indicated on each source, copyrights lie with the author(s)

Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2008 - Comparing cultures. World surveys and East Asian surveys... power point slides  

China Youth University for Political Sciences, Beijing, China, October 2007 - Carte blanche leadership and young generations in East Asia. Analyses of several East Asian values surveys... paper... power point slides

MICM, Utrecht, Netherlands, October 2007 - Cultures, Generations, Communications... power point slides

Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR Hong Kong, China / University of Tokyo, Japan / Peking University, China, March-April 2007 - East Asian values surveys. Making a case of East Asian-origin values survey concepts... power point slides

Kwansei Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2007 - Religion and traditional values in East Asia. Exploring five comparative values surveys in East Asia... power point slides

MICM, Utrecht / The Hague, Netherlands, November 2006 - Cultures, Generations, Communications... power point slides

Kwansei Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, May 2006 - Religion in Western sociology. Universalist discourses and particularist indicators... power point slides

NIOD, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 2005 - Happiness in the Netherlands and Japan since the 1980s. Trends from a generational perspective... paper... power point slides

ASA, San Francisco, USA, August 2004 - Work values on the old continent. Cross-national and intergenerational trends in 12 European countries: 1980-2000 (with P. Ester & A. Román)... paper

Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, May 2004 - Cultural dimensions, changing life courses, and the meaning of well-being... paper... power point slides

ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany, September 2003 - Value theory and research in sociology... overhead sheets

Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany, December 2008 - Is there a McWorld Generation?... power point slides (new results from analyzing value dimnesions!)

Södertörn University College, Stockholm, Sweden, January 2006 - Comparative youth research. A theoretical rationale?... power point slides

Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, November 2005 - Sampling experiences. Young people going abroad and new life course dynamics... power point slides

Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, November 2005 - Changing life courses across cultures... power point slides

International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, June 2005 - The McWorld Generation. Are young people increasingly similar across the globe?... power point slides (with text in the Notes section)

Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan, May 2004 - Young consumer citizens. Comparing citizenship and consumption of young generations across cultures... power point slides

Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands, February 2004 - Een meerkeuzegeneratie of een meerkeuze-elite?... power point slides (in Dutch)

IUB, International University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, December 2003 - Changing cultures, life courses, and institutions... power point slides... additional slides texts

Debatcentrum Tumult, Utrecht, Netherlands, September 2006 - Jong in Europa. Een lezing aan de hand van vier stellingen... paper (in Dutch)

Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, February-March 2006 - 10 ECTS course Political Socialization... course manual... power point slides: lecture 1, lecture 2, and lecture 3

Lund University, Lund, Sweden, September 2004 - Changing life courses, new media, and citizenship. The impact of the reflexive biographization... paper

FUB, Free University Berlin, Germany, February 2003 - Civic socialization in late modernity... paper

ISPP, Boston, USA, July 2003 - The cultural roots of civic engagement. A cross-national macro-analysis of 22 European countries (with P. Ester & P. Dekker)... paper... overhead sheets