Since July 2016 Chris Phielix is the E-learning manager of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

After receiving his Master's degree (Educational Sciences) in February 2004, he worked as a lecturer at Utrecht University. In December 2004 he worked as a research assistant at an international testing and assessment company named Cito in Arnhem. Since May 2005 he worked as an educational consultant at FLOAT in Doorn.

Chris completed his PhD-thesis between 2006 and 2012, which focused on socio-emotional aspects of group functioning. The main research goals are (1) examining ways to let group members become aware of their socio-emotional group behaviour by means of a peer-feedback tool and (2) examining ways to alter individual socio- emotional group behaviour by means of a reflection instruction.

From January 2011 to June 2012, Chris worked as a researcher and thesis supervisor at the Interfaculty Centre for Teacher Education, Teaching (ICLON), at Leiden University.

Chris worked from January 2012 to July 2016 as an academic teacher at Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University. 

From 2014, Chris is involved in three research projects: teacher attrition, teacher accountability, and academic teachers in primary education.

Keywords: computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), socio-emotional group behavior, peer assessment, peer feedback and reflection tools, teacher attrition, teacher accountability, academic teachers in primary education (ALPO)