Jojanneke van der Toorn obtained M.A. degrees in Psychology (2003) and Cultural Anthropology (2005; Cum Laude) from the Free University Amsterdam. She then completed a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at New York University in 2010. After working as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale university (2010-2012) and as an Assistant Professor at Leiden University (2012-2016), she is currently an Associate Professor at Utrecht University and Professor by Special Appointment of LGBT+ Workplace Inclusion at Leiden University.

Grants, fellowships and subsidies

Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2023

Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2023

Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2022

Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2022

Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2021

Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2021

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Grant in Aid (co-applicant), 2020

Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2020

Utrecht Young Academy grant (PI), 2020

Aspasia writing grant (PI), 2019

Europe Network Fund (co-applicant), 2019 

Instituut Gak grant (co-applicant), 2019

SEED Money grant (co-applicant), 2018

Aspasia travel grant, 2016

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Conference Subsidy, 2015

International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Small Grant, 2015

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Grant in Aid, 2012

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Rubicon Grant (PI), 2011

International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Junior Scholars Committee Travel Grant, 2011 

International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Small Grant, 2011

International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Junior Scholars Committee Travel grant, 2009

Friends of Katzell Summer Fellowship for Applied Research in Psychology (PI), 2009

Richard J. Campbell Travel Grant, 2008

New York University Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2006, 2007, 2008

New York University Humanities Grant, 2007

Foundation Dr. Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, 2005

Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellowship, 2005 – 2010

Fulbright Scholarship, 2004

Awards

Gratama Science Prize, Gratama Foundation, 2015

Roberta Sigel Junior Scholar Paper Award, 2015

Supervised PhD Students

Kshitij Mor, Utrecht University 2021-present

Chenhao Zhou, Utrecht University 2021-present

Paula Hoffmann, Utrecht University 2021-present

Birgit van Winden, Leiden University 2021-present

Marjon Bohré, Leiden University 2020-present

Anat Ruhrman, Leiden University 2019-present

Onur Sahin, Leiden University 2017-present

Maarten van Bezouw, VU University of Amsterdam 2015-2020