Victor conducted his BA (prehistoric archaeology), MA (palaeolithic archaeology) and PhD (Near Eastern archaeology) at Leiden University, where he also held positions as post-doctoral researcher and lecturer for BA and MA.
Through his continuing affiliation with Leiden University, he is editor of the faculty book-series, and regular lecturer and thesis supervisor. He has participated and co-directed archaeological projects in The Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Iraq and Cyprus, and has followed courses at UCL (UK), Wiener lab (GR) and Delft University of Technology (NL).
Since 2020 he is postdoctoral researcher at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, and since 2023 affiliate Research Fellow at CYENS, at the MuseumLab MRG.