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J.M. (Hanny) Baan
prof. dr. C.J. (Casper) Albers
Function
Dean Faculty Behavioural and Social Sciences / Professor of Applied Statistics and Data Visualisation
Expertise
I am professor in Applied Statistics and Data VisualisationMy research focuses on the development of statistical models for applications in the social sciences. Furthermore, I’m interested in science communication concerning uncertainty - for which data visualisation plays a key role - and the improvement of scientific practice in general.

Furthermore, I'm dean of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

See casperalbers.nl for details.

prof. dr. L.F. (Laura) Bringmann
Function
Associate Professor (Psychological methods for intensive longitudinal data)
Expertise
Time series analyses, network analyses, theoretical psychology and philosophy of science. 
S. (Sebastian) Castro Alvarez, PhD
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher on Measurement Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data
A.F. (Anja) Ernst, PhD
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise
My research focuses on the analysis of intensive longitudinal data, with the aim of improving how we model dynamic psychological processes. In particular, I develop statistical models that capture meaningful individual differences in such data. For instance, I create clustering approaches tailored to intensive longitudinal data, allowing for the identification of more homogeneous subgroups of individuals and thus more precise insights.

I am also committed to translating novel statistical methodologies into freely accessible software, enabling transparent, reproducible research and immediate practical application. The code to estimate the statistical models developed in my research is openly available on the Open Science Framework and GitHub (links below).
S.M. (Sarahanne) Field, PhD
Function
Assistant Professor
Expertise
Ethics; philosophy of science; metascience; science reform; research methodology; science and technology studies; RRI; open science; qualitative research methods; pedagogy
prof. dr. H.A.L. (Henk) Kiers
Function
Professor in Statistics and Data Analysis
Expertise
Use and usability of statistics. Studying how to make methods more understandable, or to replace them by more understandable methods.
dr. E.M.L.A. (Edith) van Krimpen-Stoop
Function
Teacher
Expertise
Statistics, test theory, IRT
prof. dr. R.R. (Rob) Meijer
Function
Professor of Psychometric and Statistical Techniques
Expertise
psychometerics; psychological- and educational testing; personnel- and educational selection
dr. A.S.M. (Susan) Niessen
Function
Assistant professor Psychology, ius promovendi
Expertise
Educational and psychological assessment, high-stakes testing, predictive validity, applicant perceptions, selection psychology, talent assessment
prof. dr. B. (Boele) de Raad
Function
emeritus
prof. dr. D. (Don) van Ravenzwaaij
Function
Professor (adjunct)
Expertise
Bayesian statistics, computational methods, reproducibility
prof. dr. M.E. (Marieke) Timmerman
Function
Professor of Multivariate data analysis
Expertise
My main research theme involves explaining observed data, typically resulting from psychological research, with a meaningful and concise model. This task becomes really challenging when multivariate and/or longitudinal measurements are to be modeled jointly. Specific methods of interests concern the development and evaluation of latent variable models (e.g., exploratory factor model), models for test construction and test norming. Also, I contribute to the improvement of psychological tests and their correct use.
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