I'm an Associate Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science within the chairgroup Youth Studies at Utrecht University.

My research interests are in the field of social and political psychology/sociology. In particular, I study emotional responses and civic engagement of youth in relation to timely societal challenges, such as the climate crisis, the rise of populist radical-right parties and Europe's contested colonial past. 

In addition, I am involved as a teacher in the MERM Research Master (Ethnic prejudice course, thesis supervision), in the YDSC Master (Master thesis coordinator) and in the ISS bachelor program (e.g., Introductie ISW, BA thesis). I am also representing ISS in the Exam Comittee for the Bachelor programs in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. 

Currently, I am a consortium member and work package co-leader in a project on the changing colonial heritage in Europe (CONCILIARE) funded by Horizon Europe (2024-2027). I am also co-leading a research project on the developmental dynamics of climate anxiety and climate hope among youth, funded by an incentive grant from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.