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Staff members with discipline Psychology, Developmental

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

drs. E.C.I. (Esther) Arrindell
Contact
e.c.i.arrindell rug.nl
Function
Educational Advisor
H. (Hamide) Avci, MSc
Contact
h.avci rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Developmental Psychology, Coaching, Intercultural Competence, Leadership, Longitudinal Research, Dynamic System methods
L. (Laura) Ballato, Dr
Contact
l.ballato rug.nl
+31 50 36 36786
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Lecturer/ Researcher/Coach/Coordinator BSS Honours Master programme & Buddy Project
Field / Discipline
Researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation.
dr. S.A. (Stefania) Barzeva
Contact
s.a.barzeva umcg.nl
Function
Researcher
Talent Development, Employability, Career Services
S.E. (Scholte) Boels, MSc
Contact
s.e.boels rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4864
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Trainer/Advisor FEB Career Services
Focussing on action-perception learning and development from a combined perspective of Ecological Psychology and dynamical systems theory. Using Uncontrolled Manifold analyses and multifractal analyses to asses stability, variability, and interaction... read more
dr. R.M. (Raoul) Bongers
Contact
r.m.bongers umcg.nl
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Assistant Professor
Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, Hemispheric specialization, child neuropsychology, neuropsychological assessment, and dementia.
prof. dr. J.M. (Anke) Bouma
Contact
j.m.bouma rug.nl
+31 50 36 37601
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Professor
Theory and history of (lifespan) developmental psychology; tensions between parents and educationalists; the relationship between art and psychology (in particular children's drawings); childhood in psychology, autobiography, art and fiction; children and... read more
dr. G. (Gerrit) Breeuwsma
Contact
g.breeuwsma rug.nl
+31 50 36 36331
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Assistant professor
gender identity, brain development, puberty and adolescence, body perception, sex differences, psychopathology
dr. S.M. (Sarah) Burke
Contact
s.m.burke umcg.nl
+31 6 2223 7532
Function
Senior researcher
Broadly: history of psychology, history of biology, history of philosophy of science, history of logic, history of cognitive science, public understanding of science

Specifically: Theory and history of developmental psychology (esp. the Cold War...
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J.T. (Jeremy) Burman, PhD
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j.t.burman rug.nl
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Senior Assistant Professor
Early Assessment and Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Pediatric Health Psychology, Dance Movement Therapy
M.H. (Marja) Cantell, Dr
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m.h.cantell rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Developmental psychopathology; Psychiatric genetics; Reward sensitivity; Personality.
R.D. (Dener) Cardoso Melo
Contact
r.d.cardoso.melo umcg.nl
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PhD Candidate
social and cognitive development
perception-action
embodiment
complex dynamical systems
empirical aesthetics
art experience
dr. R.F.A. (Ralf) Cox
Contact
r.f.a.cox rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
I am intrigued by the possibilities for learning and development that engaging in joint action can offer, which I study from a dynamical systems perspective. I investigate the process of discovering possibilities for action (affordances) within a social... read more
dr. L.S. (Laura) Cuijpers
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l.s.cuijpers rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
M.B. (Marije) ten Den, MSc
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m.b.ten.den rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Expertise over de ontwikkeling van het kind in dynamische interactie met met de omgeving. Thema's: leerkracht-leerlinginteracties, leren in de diverse klas, eerste en tweede taalverwerving, problemen in de vroegkinderlijke ontwikkeling, de ontwikkeling... lees meer
prof. dr. M.W.G. (Marijn) van Dijk
Contact
m.w.g.van.dijk rug.nl
+31 50 36 36324
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Full Professor
Arts, cognition and education
dr. T. (Theisje) van Dorsten
Contact
t.van.dorsten rug.nl
+31 50 36 39059
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Assistant Professor

Cognitive science, Theoretical Psychology, Developmental Psychology

Thesis: Culture as Cognition. A thorough description, operationalisation and valorisation of a new overarching theory on the origin of human´s ability for culture, the basic skills and...
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drs. W.J. (Welmoed) Ekster
Contact
w.j.ekster rug.nl
+31 50 36 35841
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PhD student
within individual processes
identity development
career decision making
early school leaving
motivation

dr. M.A.E. (Mandy) van der Gaag
Contact
m.a.e.van.der.gaag rug.nl
+31 50 36 36315
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Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Suicidality among youth
dr. M.W.M. (Mandy) Gijzen
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m.w.m.gijzen rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
Field / Discipline
My research is centrally concerned with how social environments (ranging from cultural resources and discourses to everyday social interactions) influence individual development. For example, my PhD research project focuses on how sexual identity... read more
dr. J.H. (Ole) Gmelin
Contact
j.h.gmelin rug.nl
+31 50 36 33480
Function
Assistant Professor
Placement and internships, Labour Market Faculty of Arts
E.E. (Esther) Haag, MA
Contact
e.e.haag rug.nl
+31 50 36 35844
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Placement Coordinator Faculty of Arts
Teacher-student interaction in primary education, creativity, music education
drs. L.H. (Linda) Hendriks, M
Contact
l.h.hendriks rug.nl
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PhD student
The development of (proneness to) somatic symptoms in children.
E. (Elske) Hogendoorn, MSc
Contact
e.hogendoorn umcg.nl
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PhD student
Master of Paediatric Physical Therapy
dr. L.D. (Dorothee) Jelsma
Contact
l.d.jelsma rug.nl
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Pediatric Physical Therapist
Developmental, clinical and personality psychologist, with a special interest in the dimensions of happiness and psychopathology. Focuses on daily life stress and emotion dynamics and their role in emotion disorders (esp. anxiety, depression, self-harm... read more
dr. B.F. (Bertus) Jeronimus
Contact
b.f.jeronimus rug.nl
+31 50 36 35446
Function
Associate professor
Deconstructing Depression (VICI project); Depression and Cardiovascular Disease (VIDI project); Stress in Action (Gravitation project)
prof. dr. P. (Peter) de Jonge
Contact
peter.de.jonge rug.nl
+31 50 36 36309
Function
Professor of Developmental Psychology
education, human development, multimodal communication, gestures, interpersonal attunement of behavior, complex dynamical systems, coordination dynamics, ecological psychology
dr. L. (Lisette) de Jonge-Hoekstra
Contact
lisette.hoekstra rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Resilience and mental health development | Intergenerational transmission| Family and peer experiences | Parent-child interactions | Longitudinal data-analysis |Differential susceptibility | Gene-environment interactions 
J.S. (Jennifer) Klop-Richards
Contact
j.s.klop-richards umcg.nl
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Researcher
B. (Birte) Klusmann
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b.klusmann rug.nl
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PhD Student
psychological needs, intergroup relations, cultural adaptation, motivation
J. (Jannis) Kreienkamp, MSc
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j.kreienkamp rug.nl
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PhD Researcher
Social development across the lifespan, with a focus on genetic and environmental origins of individual differences
prof. dr. T. (Tina) Kretschmer
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t.kretschmer rug.nl
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Professor
Field / Discipline
dr. S.J.M. (Sanne) Kuijper
Contact
s.j.m.kuijper rug.nl
+31 50 36 36681
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Teacher/Researcher
Teacher-student interactions, engagement and well-being, creativity, (special) educational needs
prof. dr. W.E. (Elisa) Kupers
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w.e.kupers rug.nl
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Associate professor
Seconc Language Learning, Bilingualism and Multilingualism in (Primary) Education, Young Refugee Students, Well-being, Trauma
H. (Hanneke) Leeuwestein, MSc
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h.leeuwestein rug.nl
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PhD Student Developmental Psychology
Beginning Teacher Coaching, Motivation, Psychological Needs, Human Resource Management, Intercultural Competence in Business
J. (Hugh Jiliang) Liu, MSc
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hugh.liu rug.nl
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PhD student
Cognitive modeling, computational modeling, language acquisition, bilingualism, speech perception
dr. Y.E. (Yevgen) Matusevych
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yevgen.matusevych rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, Humane AI
Motivation and academic emotions, social-emotional learning, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, towards inclusive and equitable quality education, innovation, implementation and transformation in... read more
prof. dr. A.E.M.G. (Alexander) Minnaert
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a.e.m.g.minnaert rug.nl
+31 50 36 36495
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Professor Inclusion and Special Needs Education & Clinical Educational Sciences / Research project leader Learning and educational problems
My research focuses on understanding daily life stress and mental health relations. I am studying how researchers measure daily life stress and what implications it has for mental health outcomes. More broadly I am interested in studying how daily stress... read more
S. (Solomiia) Myroniuk Myroniuk, MSc
Contact
s.m.myroniuk rug.nl
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PhD candidate
Field / Discipline
Sportpsychology, Resilience, Within-Person Dynamics, Science of the Individual, Ergodicity, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Monitoring, Time Series Analysis, Dynamical Networks, Nonverbal Behavior, Emotions
N.D. (Niklas) Neumann, MSc
Contact
n.d.neumann rug.nl
+31 50 36 36487
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PhD Student Sportpsychology
prof. dr. A.J. (Tineke) Oldehinkel
Contact
a.j.oldehinkel umcg.nl
+31 50 361 4550
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Professor Lifecourse Epidemiology of Common Mental Disorders
Developmental Psychopathology; Depression; Anxiety; Adolescents; Applied video games; Serious video games; Predicting psychopathology onset
dr. M. (Marlou) Poppelaars
Contact
m.poppelaars rug.nl
+31 6 2553 2354
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Assistant professor, Developmental Psychology
Anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adults, psychiatric epidemiology, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, publication bias
dr. A.M. (Annelieke) Roest
Contact
a.m.roest rug.nl
+31 50 36 32757
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Assistant Professor psychology
With a background in developmental psychology, my research concerns the developmental processes of self and identity as situated in time and context. The contexts that I am primarily interested in are family and educational interactions. In much of my... read more
N.M.P. (Naomi) de Ruiter, Dr
Contact
n.m.p.de.ruiter-wilcox rug.nl
+31 50 36 33023
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Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent 1)
dr. M.M. (Marina) Schoemaker
Contact
m.m.schoemaker umcg.nl
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Universitair Hoofd Docent
Adolescent psychology, social relationships, forensic psychology, behavioral development
dr. J.J. (Jelle) Sijtsema
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j.j.sijtsema rug.nl
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Sportpsychologie, psychologisch momentum
J.K. van der Sluis, MSc
Contact
j.k.van.der.sluis rug.nl
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Psychology - Teaching Unit/Developmental psychology
Field / Discipline
Perception-action, perceptual-motor development, physical activity and cognition in children
dr. J. (Joanne) Smith
Contact
j.smith umcg.nl
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Assistant Professor
animal-assisted therapy and interventions, micro-developmental research, observational research, child-adult interactions, child-animal interactions, time-serial coding and analysis, dynamic systems theory, cross-recurrence quantification analysis, autism... read more
dr. S. (Steffie) van der Steen
Contact
s.van.der.steen rug.nl
+31 50 36 36303
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associate professor
dyadic interaction in educational contexts and play contexts
children's talented behavior and how it can be stimulated
process analyses in studying the effects of educational interventions
dr. H.W. (Henderien) Steenbeek
Contact
h.w.steenbeek rug.nl
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Associate Professor
Sport, learning and performance; talent development; sport and cognition
C. (Chris) Visscher
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c.visscher rug.nl
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Head of department / Professor
diagnostiek - gespreksvaardigheden - interventie - stage
dr. M. (Marieke) Visser
Contact
m.visser rug.nl
363 6607
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Field / Discipline
Pharmacotherapy for mental disorders, development of comorbidity, psychiatric epidemiology, meta-science
Y.A. de Vries
Contact
y.a.de.vries rug.nl
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Senior researcher (Accare)
Positive bias | Optimism | Information processing bias | Mental health | Depression | Loss of pleasure | Experience sampling | Intergenerational transmission | Peer experiences

My main research interest is positive bias, the phenomenon that many people...
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dr. C. (Charlotte) Vrijen
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c.vrijen rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
O. (Özlem) Yeter, MSc
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o.yeter rug.nl
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