| 1956 |
Born in Hengelo (Overijssel), the Netherlands, as the first child of Maaike van den Hoek and Geert Hofstede |
| 1971-1973 |
Lausanne, Switzerland (Collège de l'Elysée) |
| 1973 |
Odijk, the Netherlands (Herman Jordan Lyceum) |
| 1976-1983 |
Wageningen University, population biology |
| 1985-1986 |
Volmac Toptraining (computer programmer) |
| 1986- |
Wageningen University, Information Technology group |
| 2001- |
Guest professorships: LSE, ETH Zürich, Hochschule Luzern, Uni Zürich, EHSAL Brussel, TU Delft |
| 2003- |
Invited lectures at Conferences, Universities, Non-profit organizations and Companies. Countries: Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, USA, cyberspace. |
| 2013 - 2014 |
NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship 'Emergence of the glass ceiling'. |
| 2018 |
Personal professor of Artificial Sociality, Wageningen University. |
| 2018 |
Extraordinary professor, North-West University, South Africa. |
