Cornelis Johannes "Cor" van Dijkum (born 1950) is a Dutch sociologist, consultant and academic at the Utrecht University, known for his contributions in the field of methodology for complex societal problems.
[1][2] Van Dijkum obtained his MSc in Physics from the University of Amsterdam in the 1970s, and in 1988 his PhD in Social Sciences from the Utrecht University[3] with the thesis entitled "Paradoxen : een methodologische studie naar vicieuze cirkels in denken en handelen" (Paradoxes: a methodological study to vicious circles of thought and action).
After his graduation Van Dijkum had started his academic career at the Utrecht University, where he became professor at the Department of Methodology and Statistics.
[4] He has been director of the NOSMO (Dutch Organization for Methodological Research in the Social Sciences) for about a decades.
[7] Over the years working groups were created around the following subjects: Notable academics who cooperated in NOSMO beside Van Dijkum were Gerhard van de Bunt, Dorien DeTombe, Stasja Draisma, Frans van Eijnatten, Henk Flap, Joop Hox, Edith de Leeuw, Cora Maas, Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders, Han Oud, Tom Snijders and Fred Wester.