| Personal data | |
| Name: | Erik Snel |
| Year of birth: | 1957 |
| Place of birth: | De Bilt, the Netherlands |
| Work address: | Department of Sociology Erasmus University P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands |
| Email: | snel@essb.eur.nl |
| Telephone (office): | +31-10-4082083 (b.g.g. 82085) |
| Education | |
| 1969-1975: | VWO College Blaucapel, Utrecht |
| 1975-1982: | Study Sociology at Utrecht University Specialisation: Sociology of Planning and Policy |
| 1996: | Ph.D. sociology, Utrecht University |
| Work | |
| 1980-1982: | Various research assistantships at Utrecht University, Delft University and TNO Apeldoorn. |
| 1982-1998: | Various teaching and research assistantships at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Utrecht University (both Department of Sociology and General Social Sciences [ASW]) |
| Since 1998: | Assistant professor at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology (DPAS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 1998-2002: | Also affiliated to Risbo (EUR) |
| 2001: | Temporary affiliated to Verwey-Jonker Institute in Utrecht |
| 2002-2005: | Professor of Intercultural Governance at Twente University (one day a week) |
| 2005-2010 | Also teaching at University College Utrecht (UCU) |
| Since 2012 | Coordinator Urban Knowledge Lab Livable Districts (Kenniswerkplaats Leefbare Wijken). |