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dr. T.D. (Tim) Huijgen

Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education (UD1)
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Funded current projects (selection)

  • 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.
  • 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.


Completed funded projects (selection)

  • 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."
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