Who's involved?

Programme committee

• Prof. dr. Catrin Finkenauer (programme director)
• Prof. dr. Tamara van Gog (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
• Prof. dr. Jan Willem Gorter (UMC Utrecht)
• Prof. dr. Kors van der Ent (UMC Utrecht)
• Prof. dr. Tine Beneker (Geosciences)
• Prof. dr. Wim Kremer (Veterinary Medicine)
• Dr. Merel Jonker (Law, Economics & Governance)
• Prof. dr. Anja Volk (Science)
• Prof. dr. Els Stronks (Humanities)
• Dr. Thomas van Huizen (Law, Economics & Governance)

Dynamics of Youth office (DoY Office)

• Prof. dr. Catrin Finkenauer (programme director)
• Dr. Jacobine Buizer - Voskamp (managing director)
• Drs. Diederik van Iwaarden (liaison officer)
• Drs. Saskia van Reenen - de Lange (senior advisor science communications)
• Drs. Francesca Ranalli (postdoc) 
• Iris Bleeker - Beers (management/office assistant)
• Drs. Femke Everaarts (project leader)
• Drs. Neha Moopen (information specialist)

Community chairs 

• Dr. Jeroen Dudink (Early Childhood)
• Dr. Pauline Slot (Early Childhood)
• Prof. dr. Aoju Chen (Early Childhood)
• Dr. Heidi Lesscher (Thriving & Healthy Youth)
• Dr. Sanne Nijhof (Thriving & Healthy Youth)
• Dr. Odilia Laceulle (Thriving & Healthy Youth)
• Prof. dr. Jaap Denissen (Becoming Adults in a Changing World)
• Dr. Marije van Braak (Becoming Adults in a Changing World)
• Prof. dr. Veronique Schutjens (Youth education & Life Skills)
• Prof. dr. Liesbeth Kester (Youth Education & Life Skills)

Community postdocs

• Dr. Pascale van Zantvliet (Youth Education & Life Skills) 
• Dr. William Stephens (Becoming Adults in a Changing World)
• Dr. Anne Margit Reitsema (Thriving & Healthy Youth)
• Dr. Eline de Groot (Early Childhood)

Working group on education

• Prof. dr. Marian Jongmans (chairman)
• Dr. Gery Nijenhuis (Geosciences)
• Dr. Jorg Huijding (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
• Prof. mr. dr. Elaine Mak (Law, Economics & Governance)
• Prof. dr. Wim Kremer (Veterinary Medicine)
• Prof. dr. Paul Drijvers (Science)
• Dr. Geert Ramakers (UMC Utrecht)
• Dr. Frans Adriaans (Humanities)
• Drs. Judith Droste (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
• Prof. dr. Jan van Tartwijk (Social and Behavioural Sciences)

Research fields of expertise

• Dr. Sita ter Haar (The first 1001 days of a child’s life)
• Prof. dr. Susan Branje | Aoju Chen (Where do I belong? Children in multi-resident families)
• Dr. Bjorn Wansink (Change your perspective)
• Dr. Sander Werkhoven and dr. Myrte van Langen (Developmental labels: the good, the bad and the contested)
• Dr. Heidi Lesscher, dr. Sanne Nijhof, dr. ing. Sander Bakkes (Healthy play, better coping)
• Dr. Gonneke Stevens (Youth Got Talent)

Societal advisory board

• Annette Roeters, director at the Council for Child Protection
• Felisha Aakster, project manager at the Dutch National Youth Council
• Jelle Kaldewaij, director at the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research
• Léon Wever, director of special projects at Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
• Niek Jan van Kesteren, member of the Senate (CDA), former general director at VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland
• Pim van Gool, president of the Health Council of the Netherlands
• Wilma de Rek, science writer and chief editor of the books section at de Volkskrant
• Ans van de Maat, chairman of the board at the Netherlands Youth Institute