dr. T.D. (Tim) Huijgen

Funded current projects (selection)

• NWO PhD research Merel Luijendijk (2026-2031). Understanding without hearing: Deaf People in Early Modern Dutch Society.
• NWO SSH XS. (2025-2026). Building Laboratories of Democracy through Virtual Reality.
• PhD research Maaike Kogelman (2025-2029). Colouring social studies education for epistemic justice: diverse students’ and parents’ voices in re-shaping Dutch social studies curricula (CoDive).
• M20 PhD research Marit Boekema (2024-2028). Overcoming the distance: Using virtual reality to teach environmental citizenship in secondary education.
• NWO PhD research Bertjaap van der Ploeg (2022-2027). Historical perspective taking in primary history education.
• Vakdidactiek Geesteswetenschappen (2025-2028). Postdoc dr. Annemiek Houwen on the use of AI to design inclusive history classroom materials.

Completed funded projects (selection)

• VIS Grant, Ministeries van OCW/VWS (2025-2026). Project REMEMBER. International online project on holocaust education.
• Corderius Investment Grant (2022–2025). Research into the effects of a portfolio app on self-regulation, subject experience, and epistemological beliefs of first-year secondary school students.
• YAR-SER Grant, Aletta Health Grant, Impact Grant. Healthy Histories (2022–2025). In collaboration with prof. dr. Rina Knoeff, dr. Karen Hollewand, teachers and schools. Promoting resilience and well-being among students through medical history education.
• NRO Knowledge Utilization+ Grant (in collaboration with the Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Groningen and the National Expertise Center for Social Studies and Humanities, 2022–2023): Developing practical teaching methods to promote contextualization.