2017 - 2023 Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UU.

2014 - 2017 Vice dean graduate education, member of the Faculty Board.

2011 - present Affiliated with Centre for Adolescent Psychiatry, Reinier van Arkelgroep

2003 - present Full professor and chair ‘Developmental Psychology’, Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University.

2001 - 2003 Full ‘Van der Leeuw’ - professor ‘Diagnostics and Prevention of Psychosocial Problems in Children’, Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University.

1998 - 2000 Associate professor ‘Social Development’, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen.

1995 - 1998 Assistant professor, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen.

1993 - 1995 Postdoc fellow / Assistant professor, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen.

1990 - 1993 Postdoc fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for psychological research section Developmental Psychology, München (Germany). (Director: Prof. Dr. Franz E. Weinert).

1985 - 1990 PhD-student, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen.

1984 - 1985 Clinical and Research Assistant, Child Oncology Centre (University Hospital Nijmegen).