Lectures
- Richardson, R. (1991, September). "Intern functioneren van ouderenorganisaties", Lecture at the Society Community Development The Netherlands , September, Utrecht
- Richardson, R. (1991, October). "Intern functioneren van ouderenorganisaties", lecture at the conference of the Nijmegen Gerontological Institute’, Nijmegen
- Richardson, R. (1993, October). "Vormen van educatie in afdelingen van ouderenbonden; een typologie”. Lecture at the ‘Symposium of Education’, Unie KBO, Arnhem.
- Richardson, R. (1994, March). "Structurele en culturele veranderingen in de krijgsmacht". Lecture at the Study day of the Association of Qualitative Evaluation Research, Utrecht.
- Richardson, R. (1996, November). "Herschepping van bedrijven". Lecture at the Forum Change management , Academy for Entrepreneurship, University of Maastricht.
- Richardson, R. (1997, January). "Stromingen in het Kwalitatief Evaluatie onderzoek". Lecture at the conference of Andragogy, University of Groningen.
- Richardson, R. (1997, January). "Reactie op: Strategisch management van onderop". Co-reference at the Action Research Conference, University of Tilburg.
- Richardson, R. (1997, March). "Herschepping van bedrijven". Lecture at Forum Change management, Academy for Entrepreneurship, University of Maastricht.
- Richardson, R. (1997, October). "Managing diversity in de Krijgsmacht". Lecture at the symposium ‘Managing Diversity in de Armed Forces’, NLDA, Breda.
- Richardson, R. (1997, December). “Organisatieverandering in de Krijgsmacht”. Lecture at the symposium Symposium of the Faculty of Military management, NLDA, Breda.
- Richardson, R. (1997, December). Normatieve theorie in casestudy onderzoek. Lecture at the study day ‘case study research’, Society of Qualitative Research, University of Utrecht
- Richardson, R. (1998, September-December). Managing Diversity. 5 Lectures for commanders of the 1st Armed Corps, IDL, Den Haag.
- Richardson, R. (1999, October). Ouderen in de Multiculturele Samenleving: van Beroepspolitiek naar een Culturele politiek. Lecture at the conference ‘A shattering diamond’, Centre for development Studies, Utrecht.
- Richardson, R. (1999, December). Cultuur in Geüniformeerde Organisaties. Lecture at the symposium ‘organisational renewal’, Netherlands Institute of Physical Safety, Schaarsbergen.
- Richardson, R. (1999, June. De ouderenbeweging in de 21e eeuw: van gezelligheid via praatpaal, op weg naar een culturele beweging? Lecture at SBI Symposium, SBI, Driebergen.
- Richardson, R. (2000, May). Managing Diversity in geüniformeerde organisaties. Lectute at the symposium Police and communication’, ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
- Richardson, R. (2001, September). Jeugd en Krijgsmacht: botsende culturen? Lecture at symposium ‘Youth and Armed Forces: clashing cultures?”, NLDA, Breda.
- Richardson, R. (2003, March). Van hiërarchisch gestuurde teams naar zelfgestuurde teams. Lecture at study day for ‘Tax and Customs Administrators’, De Beyaard, Hulshorst.
- Richardson, R. (2004, April). Het MND en de Toekomst. Lecture at the symposium ‘ Where to go’, Multicultural Defence Network, NLDA, Breda.
- Richardson, R. (2005, May). Diversiteit en Defensie. Lecture at the faculty of ‘Communication and Journalistics’, University of Utrecht.
- Richardson, R (2005, June). Diversiteit in geüniformeerde organisaties: is het bij defensie anders dan gewoon?. Lecture at ‘diversity.web’, SEBA. Amsterdam.
- Richardson, R (2005, November). Etnisch culturele diversiteit: wat is dat? Lecture at study day of the Dutch Military Police, Schiphol Amsterdam.
- Richardson, R. (2006, June). Kleur bekennen. Lecture at the conference ’Confessing Colour’, NLDA, Breda.
- Richardson, R. (2008, October). Toekomst van het MND. Lecture at the 5th anniversary of the MND, Rotterdam, Diergaarde Blijdorp.
- Richardson, R., (2008, December). Het diversiteitbeleid van Defensie kritisch bekeken. Keynote Speech at symposium 'Diversiteit in diversiteit', December 5th, 2008, Centre for Police studies, Belgium, Brussels.
- Richardson, R. (2009, April). Diversity policy in the Dutch Armed Forces. Keynote speech at the conference on “Ensuring Equal Opportunities for Professional Realisation in Security Sector”, Sofia, Sunday, 5 April 2009, Grand Hotel Sofia.
- Richardson, R. (2009, October). Restructuring MND. Lecture at the annual MND celebrations, Rotterdam, Rotterdam Airport.
- Richardson, R. (2010, January). Take it or Leave it!. Sociaal emotionele redenen van uitval in initiële opleidingen van defensie. Lecture at the conference ‘Personele uitval en mentale weerbaarheid’, Soesterberg, TNO.
- Richardson, R. (2010, April). Diversiteit: van excuus naar vakmanschap? Lecture at Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, The Hague, SZW.
Experiences as a trainer
- Richardson, R. (1988, December,). The computer in Qualitative Research, training on the European Conference ‘ 'Youth and Labour’, Utrecht
- Richardson, R. (1991). "Kwalitatieve methodologie en KWALITAN", training for the Department of Andragogy, University of Groningen, November, Groningen.
- Richardson, R. (1997 – 2003). “managing cultural diversity’ en ‘morele dilemma’s”. About 80 trainingsessions for students, commanders of units, civilian specialists and medical specialists. Breda: NLDA
- Richardson, R. (2001, June). ‘Managing cultural diversity als tool voor cultuurverandering’, training for municipality civil servant of the City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
- Richardson, R. (2001, November). ‘Managing cultural diversity als tool voor cultuurverandering’, training for municipality civil servant of the City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
- Richardson, R. (2001, December). ‘Managing cultural diversity als tool voor cultuurverandering’, training for municipality civil servant of the City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
- Richardson, R. (2003, November). ‘Managing cultural Diversity bij de GGZ, 2 training sessions for The Insitute of Mental health care, Nijmegen.
- Richardson, R (2004, September). ‘Managing cultural diversity als tool voor cultuurverandering’, training for municipality civil servant of the City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
- Richardson, R. (2006, September). ‘Managing cultural diversity’, DiversityTraining for Dutch School Managers, KPCgroep, ’s-Hertogenbosch.
- Richardson, R. (2007, March). ‘Ethnic Cultural policy and MND in the Armed Forces’, DiversityTraining Kmar District West, Huize Beukbergen, Beukbergen.
- Richardson, R. (2007, September). ‘Ethnic Cultural policy and MND in the Armed Forces’, DiversityTraining, Kmar District West, Huize Beukbergen, Beukbergen.
- Richardson, R. (2007, November). ‘Ethnic Cultural policy and MND in the Armed Forces’, DiversityTraining, Kmar District West, Huize Beukbergen, Beukbergen.
- Richardson, R. (2008, October). ‘Ethnic Cultural policy and MND in the Armed Forces’, DiversityTraining, Kmar District West, Huize Beukbergen, Beukbergen.
Experiences as co supervisor, member of Ph.D. Boards
- From February 2010: co supervisor Ph.D. research: “The effectiveness of Cross cultural an Moral competences in action”, (CICAM Nijmegen).
- October 13th 2010: member of Ph.D. board of dissertation: “Scenario’s for the West” (Cassandra Vrolijk)
- January 16th 2008: Co supervisor dissertation of Femke Bosman: “Uniformed Diversity. A multifaceted approach towards the diversity climate in the Netherlands defence organisation”, University of Tilburg.
Exeperiences as a teacher and thesis supervisor
- From September 2005 until now: lecturer in Human Factors and Safety at the Faculty of Military Science in Breda
- From June 2006 until now: guest lecurer in research methodology at the Dutch Graduate School of Management (DGSM), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- From December 1993 until now: assistant professor in Methodology and Military Behavioural Science at the Faculty of Military Science in Breda
- From January 1989 – December 1993: lecturer in methodology at the department of Pedagogy, Radboud University Nijmegen
- From september 1986 - Augustus 1988: lecturer in methodology, Department of methodology, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Supervisor of Bachelor thesis: Routine violations in de CLSK. (Slaager, B.F.L., (November, 2009). Breda: NLDA
- Supervisor of Master thesis: Cross Cultural and Moral Competences. (Kulcu, E., (August, 2009) Rotterdam: EUR.
- Co-supervisor of Bachelor Thesis: Rules of Eligibility (Bak, B. den, December 2009). Breda: NLDA.
- From 1993 to 2009: supervisor Master thesis of approximately 25 Bachelor theses.
Administrative experiences
- From January 2010 until now: Advisor of the Groen Links fraction in ‘s-Hertogenbosch city council
- From February 2002 until now: chairman of the Dutch Multicultural Defence Network
- From September 2002 until now: board member of the Foundation of the Freedom
- Festival Noord-Brabant (May 5th celabrations)
- From January 1998 – 2000: editor board member of KWALON, the Dutch Journal for Qualitative Research
- From October 1991 - December 1997: board member of the Society for Interpretative Social Science Research in the Netherlands
- From June 1988 - October 1991: board member and secretary of the Foundation for Anti Discrimination Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Organised symposia and congresses
- 2006: organiser symposium: “Kleur Bekennen”, Faculty of Military Science, Breda, The Netherlands
- 2004: organiser symposium: Multicultural defence network, Faculty of Military Science, Breda, The Netherlands
- 2004: organiser symposium: Islam and Armed Forces, IDL, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 2001: organiser symposium: “Youth and Armed Forces: clashing cultures?” Faculty of Military Science, Breda, the Netherlands
- 1998: organiser international symposium: “Managing Diversity in the Armed Forces”, Faculty of Military Science, Breda, the Netherlands.
- 1997: organiser symposium: “Managing Diversity in the Armed Forces”, Faculty of Military Science, Breda, the Netherlands.
- 1996: organiser search-conference “RVE” Royal Netherlands Military Academy , Zwaluwenberg, Hollandsche Rading
- 1993: organiser conference "Qualitative evaluation research", SISWO, Amsterdam
Seminars / corses followed
- 2009: AMOS, SPSS Gorinchem, The Netherlands
- 2007: mediatraining Dutch Defense Department
- 2002: “The socratic method”, Het Nieuwe Trivium, Eindhoven
- 1997: multi-dimensional scaling, SPSS Gorinchem, The Netherlands
- 1997: Regression and analysis of Variance, SPSS Gorinchem
- 1995: "staff orientation” . The Hague, Dutch Defence College
- 1992: Teacher at Erasmus programme: "Foundations of adult education", Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona
- 1991: Erasmus programme: "Adult Education", Universitæt von Achen, Aken
- 1990: teacher at the summerschool: “Organization of Advanced Studies in Qualitative Sociology” (OASIS), University of Wales, Cardiff
- 1988: summerschool: “Organization of Advanced Studies in Qualitative Sociology” (OASIS), Maximillian Universität, München
- 1987: seminar "Qualitative Data Analysis", Prof. Dr. M. Miles (New York), university of Nijmegen
Most important networks
Ministry of Defence, Radboud University Nijmegen, Police Academy, Police corps Amsterdam, Police corps North Brabant East, Expertise Centre Diversity Police, Dexter management en advice Amsterdam, diverse foreign universities, Dutch Graduate School of Management, Multicultural Network Civil Servants, GroenLinks ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Other relevant (media) experiences
- City Council candidate (number 10) for GroenLinks ‘s-Hertogenbosch, March 2010.
- Interview in CORVUS (relatiemagazine van de faculteit Militaire Wetenschappen), Jaargang 2, nummer 4, winter.
- Interview in “Kompas”, Netherlands Defense Academy, jaargang 4, nummer 4, november 2009.
- Chairman of the panel session on “Cultural diversity and cultural competences”, IUS, Chicago, 25 October 2009.
- Chairman on the mini-symposium “cross cultural and moral competences”, Breda, the Netherlands, June 11th
- Interview with Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg: “vergeven is toch een Christelijk principe”?, De Volkskrant, 2 mei 2009.
- Radio Interview radio 5, NIO: “De wisselwerking” on Muslims in the Dutch Armed Forces, Januari 24th 2008
- Member of the expert meeting on “Recruitment and retention”, organized by the project group “Recruitment and Retention” of the Ministry of defence, Ministry of Defence, February, 2008.
- Radio Interview radio 1, EO : “De Ochtenden” on Muslims in the Dutch Armed Forces, Januari 17th 2008
- Advisor of the Secretary of State of the Dutch Defence Department (drs. K. van der Knaap) on Ethnic Cultural Diversity, June 2007-December 2007, The Netherlands.
- Chairman on the symposium : “gedragdscode” of the Air Force Base, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 22 June 2007
- Member of the 21st March 2007 expertmeeting on “Intercultural cooperation”, organised by the Dutch Foundation of PsychoTechnics, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Interview in “ACOM” (CNV-bond voor militairen) on ethnic cultural diversity in the Dutch Armed Forces, May, 2007
- Member of the 21st March 2007 expertmeeting on “Intercultural cooperation”, organised by the Dutch Foundation of PsychoTechnics, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Member of the research coordination team by the SCP research: “Uniform uit de kast”, 3rd research on homosexuality within the Dutch Defence Organisation, 2006.
- Member of the September 2006 round table conference on “Diversity” organised by “Binnen het Rijk”, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Newspaper interview “Algemeen Dagblad”, June 2005 about research “Kleur bekennen”.
- Newspaper interview “Vrij Nederland”, may 2005 about: “Imams in the armed forces”.
- Radio Interview radio 1, EO : “De Ochtenden” about “Multiple identities and double loyalties of ethnic cultural personnel in the Dutch Armed Forces”, November, 2004
- Interview in “Trivizier” on Etnic cultural diversity in the Dutch Armed Forces, October 2002.