COMMUNICATING SCIENCE
I am highly motivated to disseminate my work to the general public. I regularly participate in outreach event such as public lectures, give interviews in newspapers and on television, and I am the author of a popular science book ‘Het Riskante Brein’. A selection of media appearances can be found on this page.
Newspaper & Magazine articles
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2021 Interview De Stentor
2021 Interview Didactief Special Financiële Geletterdheid 2020 Interview Algemeen Dagblad 2020 Interview NRC 2020 Interview 'De Psycholoog' 2018 Opinion piece 'De Volkskrant' 2017 Interview RTL Nieuws 2017 Interview NRC 2017 Interview Algemeen Dagblad 2017 Interview Psychologie Magazine 2017 Interview De Morgen 2017 Interview Het Nieuwsblad 2014 Interview Leidsch Dagblad 2014 Interview J/M Ouders 2014 Interview Psychology Magazine 2014 Interview Didactief 2013 Research press coverage in Sp!ts newspaper |
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Books
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2017 Author ‘Het Riskante Brein’, Uitgeverij Unieboek | Het Spectrum - Press coverage in NRC, Algemeen Dagblad, De Morgen, Het Nieuwsblad, Trouw, Psychologie Magazine & BNR radio
2017 Co-author ‘Hoe zwaar is licht’, Uitgeverij Balans |
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Television, Radio & Online
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Television
2021 Interview NH Nieuws 2017 Contestant ‘Nationale Wetenschapsquiz’ 2016 Interview Channel One News 'Inside Your Brain' series 2015 Invited guest at ‘De Dokter Corrie Show’ 2013 Interview Jeugdjournaal |
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Radio
2017 Interview BNR 2015 Interview Kennis van Nu 2015 Interview FunX radio 2013 Interview Radio 1 2011 Interview Radio Rijnwoude Online 2019 Contributor NOS Stories ‘Minors & Online Gambling’ 2016 Interview www.kennislink.nl 2015 Interview 7days - online newspaper for adolescents 2014-2016 Author Faces of Science Blog 2014-2015 Author for the Leiden University Psychology Blog |
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Outreach events
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2019 Organizer Hoe?Zo! Show
The Hoe?Zo! Show is a show to increase enthusiasm for science in children. In this show children ask questions, which are answered by a team of 4 PhD students. 2016 Co-organizer 'Braintime-festival' The Braintime festival was an outreach event for all participants in my PhD project. A total of 500 participants and their parents visited museum 'Corpus' in Leiden for a day filled with workshops and science. 2015 Co-organizer ‘3 October University’ A public event with lectures and interactive sessions in which the public could interact with scientists and participate in research |
Hoe?Zo! Show - Utrecht University 2019 - Photo credit Lize Kraan
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Policy & Consultancy
Policy on adolescent financial literacy and debt
2021 Interview newsletter Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR) -
2019 Interview ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’ (‘Preventing Adolescent Debt’) - Diversion
2019 Invited presentation at the official book launch of ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’
2019 Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Roosendaal
2019 Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Groningen
2019 Presentation for youth workers at the yearly symposium organised by Humanitas
2019 Presentation symposium Financial Literary for Adolescents - Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling
2021 Interview newsletter Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR) -
2019 Interview ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’ (‘Preventing Adolescent Debt’) - Diversion
2019 Invited presentation at the official book launch of ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’
2019 Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Roosendaal
2019 Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Groningen
2019 Presentation for youth workers at the yearly symposium organised by Humanitas
2019 Presentation symposium Financial Literary for Adolescents - Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling
Consultancy
2020 Sounding board - project 'Renting without Worries' (Huren Zonder Zorgen)
2015 Consultant BBC documentary ‘Child of Our Time’
2015 Consultant Trimbos Institute, short animation to inform parents and adolescents about drugs
2015 Consultant driving safety for adolescents, Regionaal Orgaan Verkeersveiligheid, Gelderland
2020 Sounding board - project 'Renting without Worries' (Huren Zonder Zorgen)
2015 Consultant BBC documentary ‘Child of Our Time’
2015 Consultant Trimbos Institute, short animation to inform parents and adolescents about drugs
2015 Consultant driving safety for adolescents, Regionaal Orgaan Verkeersveiligheid, Gelderland
Public lectures
2019 Lecture Jeugdsymposium Bergen op Zoom
2019 Lecture ‘Why do adolescents take more risks than adults?’, Expeditie Next, Rotterdam
2016 Lecture 'Why do children learn faster than adults', SPUI25, Amsterdam
2015 Lecture Public Library Amsterdam
2014 Lecture 'Broodje Kennis', Amsterdam
2013 Lecture Youth Center South Park, Leiden
2012 Presenter at Bessensap, NWO, presentation for journalists on adolescent risky driving
2019 Lecture ‘Why do adolescents take more risks than adults?’, Expeditie Next, Rotterdam
2016 Lecture 'Why do children learn faster than adults', SPUI25, Amsterdam
2015 Lecture Public Library Amsterdam
2014 Lecture 'Broodje Kennis', Amsterdam
2013 Lecture Youth Center South Park, Leiden
2012 Presenter at Bessensap, NWO, presentation for journalists on adolescent risky driving
Primary School & High School
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Primary School & High School Lectures
2019 Lecture for parents, Het Vierde Gymnasium, Amsterdam 2015 Lecture for high school students, Picasso Lyceum, Zoetermeer 2014 Workshop leader 'Science Communication', Pre-University College, Leiden University 2013 Lecture Children's University, Haarlem 2012 Guest teacher primary school 2012 Guest teacher biology high school 2011 Lecture for parents at a primary school 2011 Invited guest teacher at a primary school for a lecture about the brain 2011 Supervisor thesis high-school students, thesis was awarded a 9,5 out of 10 2011 Group leader Young Academy on Wheels, Royal Academy of Sciences High school programs 2019 Developer of a guest lecture for high school students This guest lecture was given to a total of 8 classes at 5 different high schools in 2019. |
Children's University - Haarlem
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Performance & Art
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2016 Volunteer ‘It’s only human’
2016 Contributor ‘Illusions’ exhibit, Museon, Science Museum, The Hague 2015 Contestant ‘Science Battle’ |
It's only human exhibition
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Science Battle
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