Amarins Jansma holds a double bachelor's degree in Psychology and Health Sciences from Maastricht University, and completed a research master in Social and Health Psychology at Utrecht University cum laude. From 2020 to 2024, Amarins did research for her PhD into the motivations and radical action willingness of the environmental and climate movement. As of January 1, 2025, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher with Adapt!. Amarins is part of the interdisciplinary hub Security in Open Societies (SOS), an interdisciplinary team of scholars researching the intersection of security, freedom, democracy and policy.