Tim Immerzeel has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Utrecht University since 16 August 2026. There, he teaches students who aspire to become secondary school teachers. He is also involved with Klimaatwijzer, a platform that provides secondary school teachers with ready-to-use teaching materials and background information on climate change.

Until recently, he worked in the Department of Sociology at Utrecht University. There, he was involved, among other things, in the development of a national minor in Climate Sociology (click here for more information) and conducted research into the role sustainability professionals can play in accelerating climate-just transitions. This research was part of the KIN-ACT project of the Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland.

In 2015, he obtained his PhD from Utrecht University for research into the mobilising effects of the rise of populist radical right parties on citizens in Western and Eastern European democracies. Following his PhD research and a postdoctoral position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, he became a secondary school teacher of social studies and social sciences. He subsequently taught at several secondary schools in Rotterdam, Alphen aan den Rijn, and Utrecht.