Gerben Albert (''Gerben'') Moerman (

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, 1976) is a Dutch sociologist who teaches at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

(UvA). His specialty is sociological methodology, and he is member of the UvA group for Dynamics of Citizenship and Culture. He is considered something of an expert on breaching, and has drawn attention for a hobby of his--the

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conspiracy theory. In 2012, he was chosen as UvA teacher of the year; he was praised for being able to interest his students in the unpopular subject of sociological methodology, and for linking theory to society and continually surprising his students.

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Gerben Albert Moerman: ''Probing behaviour in open interviews. A field experiment on the effects of probing tactics on quality and content of the received information''.
Dissertation Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2010.

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at UvA 1976 births Living people Dutch sociologists Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam People from Midden-Delfland {{Netherlands-scientist-stub