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SURMOB: Social Mobility in Suriname Researchers: Harry B.G. Ganzeboom, Tamira E. Sno, Regien
G. Riedewald Last update: October 1, 2026
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The
SURMOB project studies patterns of social stratification and social mobility
in Suriname. Despite its highly interesting social history, Suriname is
only rarely considered in international comparative social research. The
project collects quantitative survey data on social stratification, social
mobility, migration and related social attitudes among nationally
representative samples. This data collection is also aimed at integrating
Suriname into the International Social Survey Programme [ISSP].
The
projects are funded by NUFFIC and VU University Amsterdam. VU PhD researchers Sno and Riedewald are Lecturers at Anton de Kom University of Suriname.
Tamira
Sno’s PhD project Social Mobility and Status Attainment in Suriname,
supervised by Ganzeboom, studies pattern of social mobility and occupational
status attainment among Surinamese.
Project Proposal
Regien
Riedewald’s PhD project Drop Out: a Waste of Human Resources? also
supervised by Ganzeboom, studies educational attainment, and in particular
the prevalence, antecedents and consequences of early school-leaving. This project has been suspended as of 2020.
Project Proposal
Publications
and Presentations from the SURMOB project
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