I am a researcher in mathematics education, with a focus on meaningful mathematics education across different educational contexts.

My current research focuses on strengthening the connection between mathematics education and vocational practice in upper secondary vocational education (MBO). In my postdoctoral research at the Expertisepunt Rekenen-Wiskunde, I investigate how such connections can be designed and implemented, and how sustainable collaboration between mathematics teachers and vocational subject teachers can be supported at both local and national levels.

My work is closely connected to educational practice and makes use of case study research. I conduct a case study at Lentiz MBO Groen (Middelharnis), where mathematics and vocational teachers collaborate in a professional learning community to strengthen the alignment between mathematics and vocational lessons. In addition, I am working on a multiple case study exploring ‘good practices’ across five MBO programmes, based on interviews with teachers and students and classroom observations in both mathematics and vocational settings. In both lines of research, I examine the role of AI in designing coherent and context-rich mathematics education. This interest is also reflected in my work in secondary education, where I facilitate a professional learning community on the responsible use of AI in classroom practice.

Alongside this work, I continue to build on my doctoral research on statistics education. This has resulted in two accepted papers for the International Conference on Teaching Statistics (2026), which are also accepted for publication in Euclides.

I recently published the Zebra booklet Inferentiële statistiek, aimed at supporting teachers in introducing key concepts of statistical inference in classroom practice https://www.epsilon-uitgaven.nl/zebra-reeks/inferentiele-statistiek/11219