Even in a formal culture like this the English titles are ok.Īlthough most academics are fairly relaxed about it, I would encourage you to learn about the culture they're from (not yours-international research teams are common) and how they prefer to be addressed. They still expect to be addressed by their academic rank by their students and people meeting for the first time. For instance, Japanese academics will often use "Family-name San (Mr/Mrs)" with each other but this is because they use honorifics in contexts Westerners would use first names. Of course this all depends on your cultural context. This is especially common in my country (New Zealand) where formal titles are seldom used. Once we know each other, they often go to first name terms. In my experience, Professors won't mind being mistaken for Dr as much as Mr/Mrs. Mr or Mrs is no less formal in English and academic titles are also gender neutral which is more professional in my opinion.
#GISTO PROF OR PROF FULL#
However use Prof (or their full academic title, they're often not hard to find online or in their emails) if you know it. This is appropriate for most academics as all Professors are also Doctors. Therefore, even in The Netherlands, I would avoid Mr. Better safe than sorry better to be too formal than too informal. X, if you don't know the person, you might make a faux pas. So, although chances are it will be no problem to address someone as Mr. There are certainly people working at universities in The Netherlands who would expect to be addressed to with their titles.
Many people in The Netherlands will feel the same. In all likelihood I will not even notice. I don't think my title makes me any better than anybody else, and certainly I don't feel insulted if someone refers to be as Mr. Although I have a PhD, I find that it feels strange to be referred to as Dr. I am from The Netherlands (but I live in the UK).
Sweden is similar (but I believe Germany is not). The Netherlands has a democratic but also a meritocratic culture.
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