For best experience please turn on javascript and use a modern browser!
You are using a browser that is no longer supported by Microsoft. Please upgrade your browser. The site may not present itself correctly if you continue browsing.

Dr. D.H. (Danny) de Vries

Associate Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body
Area of expertise: Disaster and pandemic preparedness and response, community engagement, science for policy, surprise ecologies, flood mitigation, population vulnerability & resilience, human resources for health, antimicrobial resistance, capacity building
Photographer: Marten Boekelo
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: C5.08
Postal address
  • Postbus 15509
    1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
Social media
  • Profile

    Daniel de Vries (Danny) is an associate professor (U.D. I) in the Anthropology of Health. He received his Ph.D. in Human Ecology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH, USA), after obtaining M.A.'s in Cultural Anthropology at UNC-CH and Social & Organizational Psychology (with a cognitive science minor) at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is part of the programme group Health, Care and the Body at the Department of Anthropology at the UvA and a Research Fellow at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD). 

    His general professional orientation is as an applied social scientist, oftenen working on the intersection between health and ecology. His theoretical contributions include the notion of temporal vulnerability, a systemic vulnerability enacted through compromised human expectations and traceable through experiences of surprise. He has expertise is in disaster and pandemic preparedness and response, community engagement, flood mitigation, science for policy, human resources for health, antimicrobial resistance and capacity building… always with an eye towards vulnerable populations. 

    Danny has been leading projects for institutions such as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Dutch Aids Fonds, Wellcome Trust, RIVM, UNICEF, EU Joint Research Center, USAID, and FEMA, and joined advisory committees for the WHO and Red Cross. He has been working to integrate social and behavioral science advise into policy making and has a strong interest in reflexive learning. He has been Chair of the Anthropology Program Committee and Director of the Master Medical Anthropology and Sociology.

    Other links

  • Research

    Research methods

    •    Qualitative and mixed-methods research
    •    Participatory action research
    •    After action reviews
    •    Ethnography
    •    Monitoring and evaluation
    •    Basic quantitative and geographic analysis
    •    Policy dialogues
    •    Knowledge management

    Current research projects

    •    “Social sciences participatory research-action for preparedness in risk management for disasters and health emergencies in Europe’s cities” (Sonar-Cities)”. Co-P.I. European Commission Horizon Europe Framework Programme
    •    “Situated TICKborne encephalitis preparedness and prevention Education Measures for Europe.” P.I. Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research (ISIDORe).
    •    “Long COVID citizen science data collection platform”. P.I. Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research (ISIDORe).
    •    “COVID-UNCOVERED: A visual ethnography on the impact of policy measures on socially vulnerable groups”. P.I. ZonMW COVID19 programma.
    •    “Embedding behavioural insights into (inter)national policy making. Qualitative investigation.” Consultancy, European Committee JRC/Joint Research Center.
    •    “Lessons learned regarding social- and behavioral science units in four European countries during COVID19.” Consultancy, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid & Milieu

    Research grants & honours

    •    Nomination University of Amsterdam Teacher of the Year, Teaching and Learning Centre, UvA, 2020
    •    Manning Dissertation Award for outstanding dissertation in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, UNC-CH, 2008. 
    •    Steven Polgar Award for outstanding work in applied anthropology, Department of Anthropology, UNC-CH, 2003.

    Current cooperation

    •    Sonar Global Association
    •    Science for Policy Team, Dutch Ministry of Culture, Education, Science
    •    European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
    •    UNICEF Social + Behavioral Change

    RPA

    •    Global Health and Development
    •    Bridging Social and Behavioural Science Disciplines to Galvanize Sustainability (Bridges)

  • Teaching

    BA

    •    General Anthropology
    •    Introduction to Medical Anthropology
    •    Global Health, Care & Society
    •    Basic Quantitative Methods and Techniques
    •    Anthropology of Disasters
    •    Thesis Seminar Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
    •    Methods & Techniques of Anthropological Research

    MA

    •    Global Health, Development & Care 
    •    MAS in Action
    •    Ethnographic Writing
    •    Science for Policy workshops

    PhD supervision

    •    Bleile, Alexandra C. E., The development and evaluation of the psychosocial, movement-based wellbeing promotion intervention ‘TeamUp’: The journey to evidence-based programming (AISSR).
    •    Mezza, Maurizia, Pharmacovigilance and vaccines (AISSR).
    •    Masunaga, Yoriko, Malaria elimination using a Formative/Implementation Research approach. Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (ITM-Antwerp & AISSR). 
    •    Faitou Jaiteh, Understanding illness perceptions and treatment adherence for asymptomatic malaria in rural area of The Gambia. Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (ITM-Antwerp & AISSR).
    •    Thuanthi Nguyen, Targeting residual malaria transmission in Vietnam using a trans-disciplinary approach, (ITM-Antwerp & AISSR).

  • Publications

    2023

    • Masunaga, Y., Muela Ribera, J., Nguyen, T. T., de Vries, D. H., & Peeters Grietens, K. (2023). Why Communities Participate in Malaria Elimination Projects: Case Studies from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Journal of Development Studies, 59(11), 1670-1682. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2023.2236269 [details]

    2022

    • Masunaga, Y., Muela Ribera, J., Jaiteh, F., de Vries, D. H., & Peeters Grietens, K. (2022). Village health workers as health diplomats: negotiating health and study participation in a malaria elimination trial in The Gambia. BMC Health Services Research, 22, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07431-y [details]
    • Musinguzi, L. K., Rwemisisi, J. T., Turinawe, B. E., de Vries, D. H., de Groot, M., Muhangi, D., Kaawa-Mafigiri, D. K., Katamba, A., & Pool, R. C. (2022). Beyond solidarity and mutual aid: Tension and conflict in burial groups in rural Uganda. International Social Work, 65(2), 314-327. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819896826 [details]
    • Van Eijk, M., De Vries, D. H., Sonke, G. S., & Buiting, H. M. (2022). Friendship during patients' stable and unstable phases of incurable cancer: a qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 12(11), Article e058801. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058801 [details]
    • de Vries, D., Pols, J., M'charek, A., & van Weert, J. (2022). The impact of physical distancing on socially vulnerable people needing care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6(1-2), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16216113385146 [details]

    2021

    • Hofstraat, K., Spaan, V. F., & De Vries, D. H. (2021). The limited state of training on the social dimensions of antimicrobial resistance. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 3(4), Article dlab155. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlab155
    • Jaiteh, F., Okebe, J., Masunaga, Y., D'Alessandro, U., Achan, J., Gryseels, C., de Vries, D., Muela Ribera, J., & Peeters Grietens, K. (2021). Understanding adherence to reactive treatment of asymptomatic malaria infections in The Gambia. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 1746. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81468-1 [details]
    • Masunaga, Y., Jaiteh, F., Manneh, E., Balen, J., Okebe, J., D'Alessandro, U., Nieto-Sanchez, C., de Vries, D. H., Gerrets, R., Peeters Grietens, K., & Muela Ribera, J. (2021). The Community Lab of Ideas for Health: Community-Based Transdisciplinary Solutions in a Malaria Elimination Trial in The Gambia. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, Article 637714. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.637714 [details]
    • Puzyreva, K., & de Vries, D. (2021). ‘A low and watery place’: A case study of flood history and sustainable community engagement in flood risk management in the County of Berkshire, England. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 52, 1-8. Article 101980. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101980 [details]
    • Thondoo, M., Rojas-Rueda, D., de Vries, D., Naraynen, N., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., & Gupta, J. (2021). Data for a city-level health impact assessment of urban transport in Mauritius. Data in Brief, 34, Article 106658. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106658 [details]
    • Toro-Alzate, L., Hofstraat, K., & de Vries, D. H. (2021). The Pandemic beyond the Pandemic: A Scoping Review on the Social Relationships between COVID-19 and Antimicrobial Resistance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), Article 8766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168766 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Kinsman, J., Cremers, A. L., Angrén, J., Ciotti, M., Tsolova, S., Wiltshire, E., & Takacs, J. (2021). Public health preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and the community: a qualitative case study of emerging tick-borne diseases in Spain and the Netherlands. BMC Public Health, 21, Article 1882 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11925-z [details]
    • van Tilburg, T. G., Steinmetz, S., Stolte, E., van der Roest, H., & de Vries, D. H. (2021). Loneliness and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study Among Dutch Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(7), Article e249–e255. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa111 [details]

    2020

    2019

    • Thondoo, M., Rojas-Rueda, D., Gupta, J., de Vries, D. H., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J. (2019). Systematic Literature Review of Health Impact Assessments in Low and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), Article 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112018 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H. (2019). Surprise ecologies: case studies on temporal vulnerability in four North American floodplains. Ecology and Society, 24(4), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11274-240437 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Eiling, E., Brenman, N., & Vermeulen, M. (2019). Collaboration between key populations in a global partnership for health and human rights: Lessons learned from ‘Bridging the Gaps’. Global public health, 14(8), 1125-1138. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2018.1549399 [details]

    2018

    2017

    2016

    • Turinawe, E. B., Rwemisisi, J. T., Musinguzi, L. K., de Groot, M., Muhangi, D., Mafigiri, D. K., de Vries, D. H., & Pool, R. (2016). Towards Promotion of Community rewards to Volunteer Community Health Workers? Lessons from Experiences of Village Health Teams in Luwero, Uganda. Research in Health Science, 1(2), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v1n2p85 [details]
    • Turinawe, E. B., Rwemisisi, J. T., Musinguzi, L. K., de Groot, M., Muhangi, D., de Vries, D. H., Mafigiri, D. K., Katamba, A., Parker, N., & Pool, R. (2016). Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as potential agents in promoting male involvement in maternity preparedness: Insights from a rural community in Uganda. Reproductive Health, 13, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0147-7 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Koppen, L., Mejia Lopez, A., & Foppen, R. (2016). The Vicious Cycle of Stigma and Disclosure in “Self-Management”: A Study among the Dutch HIV Population. AIDS Education and Prevention, 28(6), 485–498. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2016.28.6.485 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Rwemisisi, J. T., Musinguzi, L. K., Benoni, T. E., Muhangi, D., de Groot, M., Kaawa-Mafigiri, D., & Pool, R. (2016). The first mile: community experience of outbreak control during an Ebola outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda. BMC Public Health, 16, Article 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2852-0 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Steinmetz, S., & Tijdens, K. G. (2016). Does migration ‘pay off’ for foreign-born migrant health workers? An exploratory analysis using the global WageIndicator dataset. Human Resources for Health, 14, Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-016-0136-5 [details]

    2015

    • Turinawe, E. B., Rwemisisi, J. T., Musinguzi, L. K., de Groot, M., Muhangi, D., de Vries, D. H., Mafigiri, D. K., & Pool, R. (2015). Selection and performance of village health teams (VHTs) in Uganda: lessons from the natural helper model of health promotion. Human Resources for Health, 13, Article 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-015-0074-7 [details]

    2014

    2013

    • Tijdens, K., de Vries, D. H., & Steinmetz, S. (2013). Health Workforce Remuneration: comparing wage levels, ranking and dispersion of 16 occupational groups in 20 countries. Human Resources for Health, 11, 11. Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-11-11 [details]

    2012

    • Pham, H. N., Protsiv, M., Larsson, M., Ho, H. T., de Vries, D. H., & Thorson, A. (2012). Stigma, an important source of dissatisfaction of health workers in HIV response in Vietnam: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 12, 474. Article 474. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-474 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., & Fraser, J. C. (2012). Citizenship rights and voluntary decision making in post-disaster U.S. floodplain buyout mitigation programs. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 30(1), 1-33. http://www.ijmed.org/articles/589/ [details]

    2011

    • Kick, E. L., Fraser, J. C., McKinney, L. A., & de Vries, D. H. (2011). Repetitive flood victims and acceptance of FEMA mitigation offers: an analysis with community-system policy implications. Disasters, 35(3), 510-539. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01226.x
    • Newman, C. J., de Vries, D. H., d'Arc Kanakuze, J., & Ngendahimana, G. (2011). Workplace violence and gender discrimination in Rwanda's health workforce: Increasing safety and gender equality. Human Resources for Health, 19(9). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154143/?tool=pubmed
    • de Vries, D. H. (2011). Temporal vulnerability in hazardscapes: flood memory-networks and referentiality along the North Carolina Neuse River (USA). Global Environmental Change, 21(1), 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.09.006 [details]
    • de Vries, D. H. (2011). Time and population vulnerability to natural hazards: the pre-Katrina primacy of experience. In H. Kopnina, & E. Shoreman-Ouimet (Eds.), Environmental anthropology today (pp. 140-160). Routledge. [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., & Tijdens, K. (2011). Using the wageindicator websurvey to monitor human resources for health. In C. R. Pierantoni, M. R. Dal Poz, & T. França (Eds.), O trabalho em saúde: abordagens quantitativas e qualitativas (pp. 273-289). CEPESC, IMS/UERJ, ObservaRH. http://www.obsnetims.org.br/adm/arq/livro/2141551.pdf [details]
    • de Vries, D. H., Galvin, S., Mhlanga, M., Cindzi, B., & Dlamini, T. (2011). "Othering" the health worker: self-stigmatization of HIV/AIDS care among health workers in Swaziland. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 14, Article 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-14-60 [details]

    2020

    2019

    • Giles-Vernick, T., Kutalek, R., Napier, D., Kaawa-Mafigiri, D., Dückers, M., Paget, J., Masud Ahmed, S., Yeong Cheah, P., Desclaux, A., De Vries, D., Hardon, A., MacGregor, H., Pell, C., Rashid, S. F., Rodyna, R., Schultsz, C., Sow, K., & Wilkinson, A. (2019). A new social sciences network for infectious threats. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(5), 461-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30159-8 [details]
    • Takacs, J., Tsolova, S., Kinsman, J., de Vries, D. H., & Cremers, A. L. (2019). Community engagement in public health emergency preparedness. European Journal of Public Health, 29(Supplement 4), 574. Article ckz186.514. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.514

    2023

    2021

    • Pols, J., M'charek, A., van Weert, J., & de Vries, D. (2021). De impact van COVID-19 op sociaal kwetsbare mensen. In D. de Vries, & L. Muns (Eds.), Kwetsbaar op afstand: Verhalen uit coronatijd (pp. 21-38). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • Pols, J., M'charek, A., van Weert, J., & de Vries, D. (2021). Lessen en beleidsaanbevelingen over sociaal kwetsbare mensen uit de eerste COVID-19 periode. In D. de Vries, & L. Muns (Eds.), Kwetsbaar op afstand : Verhalen uit coronatijd (pp. 97-106). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • de Vries, D. (2021). Een studie tijdens de eerste COVID-19 periode in Nederland. In D. de Vries, & L. Muns (Eds.), Kwetsbaar op afstand: Verhalen uit coronatijd (pp. 13-20). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • de Vries, D. (2021). Nawoord: De spiegel van Daaf. In D. de Vries, & L. Muns (Eds.), Kwetsbaar op afstand: Verhalen uit coronatijd (pp. 107-108). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
    • de Vries, D., & Muns, L. (Eds.) (2021). Kwetsbaar op afstand: Verhalen uit coronatijd. Amsterdam University Press. [details]

    2020

    2019

    2018

    • de Vries, D., Cremers, L., & Kinsman, J. (2018). Synergies in community and institutional public health emergency preparedness for tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands: A case study on tick-borne encephalitis and lyme borreliosis. (Technical report - ECDC). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. https://doi.org/10.2900/80366 [details]

    2015

    2009

    • McQuide, P., Settle, D., Abubaker, W., Alsheikh, M., Regina Pierantonin, C., & de Vries, D. H. (2009). Use of administrative data sources for health workforce analysis: multicountry experience in implementation of human resources information systems. In M. R. Dal Poz, N. Gupta, E. Quain, & A. L. Soucat (Eds.), Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health with special applications for low- and middle-income countries (pp. 113-126). World Health Organization. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547703_eng.pdf

    2020

    Prize / grant

    • de Vries, D. (2022). Capacity Development for Social Science for Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action.
    • de Vries, D. (2020). Social Impact of Physical Distance of Vulnerable Populations in the Netherlands. http://www.coronatijden.nl
    • de Vries, D. (2019). Determining the gaps in the social science field of epidemic preparedness, response and recovery.
    • de Vries, D. (2019). Supporting EU/EEA, EU pre-accession and neighbouring countries in public health emergency preparedness, LOT 2: Assessment (evaluation) of public health emergency preparedness.
    • de Vries, D. (2018). SoNAR-Global: A Global Social Sciences Network for Infectious Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance. https://www.aighd.org/project/sonar-global/?zoek=&type%5B%5D=active&area%5B%5D=infectious-disease-elimination
    • de Vries, D. (2017). Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: a participatory process to translate research into action.
    • de Vries, D. (2017). Rampsporen: antropologisch veldwerk naar het geheugen van Nederlandse rampen in het landschap.
    • de Vries, D. (2015). Lessons learned on programmatic collaboration between key populations: A case study of BUZA’s Bridging the Gaps – Health and Rights for Key Populations global alliance.
    • de Vries, D. H. (2015). Lessons learned on programmatic collaboration between key populations: A case study of BUZA’s Bridging the Gaps - Health and Rights for Key Populations global alliance.

    Membership / relevant position

    • de Vries, D. (2020-). Member Scientific Committee Netherlands Red Cross, Netherlands Red Cross.
    • de Vries, D. (2017-2019). Sharenet International - International Board.
    • de Vries, D. (2014-2016). Chair Operational Research Committee, Sharenet International.

    Media appearance

    Talk / presentation

    Others

    • de Vries, D. (consultant) (30-6-2017 - 31-3-2018). ECDC Case study: Enablers and Barriers for Community and Institutional Public Health Emergency Preparedness Synergies., Umeå University (consultancy). http://www.cbrne.umu.se/

    2008

    • de Vries, D. H. (2008). Temporal Vulnerability: Historical Ecologies of Monitoring, Memory, and Meaning in Changing United States Floodplain Landscapes. [Thesis, fully external, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]. Proquest Umi Dissertation Publishing. http://search.proquest.com/docview/304547796

    2021

    • Vries, D. H. . (2021). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): herhaalde interviews met kwetsbare ouderen en mantelzorgers. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xmh-q2h8
    • Vries, D. H. ., Kroon, H., Muusse, C. & Planije, M. (2021). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): interviews met dak- en thuislozen, belangenorganisaties en professionals. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xbj-pdq4
    • Vries, D. H. ., Kwekkeboom, R., van Schravendijk, M., Willems, P., Albers, C. & Christiani, A. (2021). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): herhaalde interviews met mensen met licht verstandelijke en andere beperkingen. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z6m-3f9n
    • Vries, D. H. ., Bröer, C., Bouw, C., Vlaar, N., Borst, F., de Sauvage Nolting, R. & Veldkamp, G. (2021). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): herhaalde interviews met gezinnen met jonge kinderen. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zxn-fud8

    2020

    • Vries, D. H. . (2020). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): herhaalde interviews met mensen met ernstige psychische aandoeningen en professionals. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xb3-e938
    • Vries, D. H. . & Steinmetz, S. (2020). Sociale impact van fysieke afstand op kwetsbare populaties tijdens COVID-19 (2020): herhaalde survey data onder bewoners, hun familie en medewerkers van verpleeghuizen en woonzorgcentra. EASY. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zrf-583p
    This list of publications is extracted from the UvA-Current Research Information System. Questions? Ask the library or the Pure staff of your faculty / institute. Log in to Pure to edit your publications. Log in to Personal Page Publication Selection tool to manage the visibility of your publications on this list.
  • Ancillary activities
    • AIGHD
      Onderzoek
edit contact information   edit profile page