2022 Winner of the Simon Stevin prize (an award and honour for researchers with international reputations who have achieved an exceptional success in the area of knowledge exchange and impact for society)

2022 Elected as Sociology teacher of the year

2022 Book 'Where does all the time go' nominated for best sociology book for a larger audience

2019 Finalist Huibregtsen Prize, for ERC Advanced Grant and POC, major recognition

2019 paper award at the WAOP conference 2019, for paper Aarntzen, L., Derks, B., van Steenbergen, E., Ryan, M., & van der Lippe, T. (2019). Work-family guilt as a straightjacket. An interview and diary study on consequences of mothers' work-family guilt. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103336.

2018  New module granted for European Social Survey Round 10 on ‘Digital Social Contacts in Work and Family Life’, with Abendroth, Treas and Hargittai

2018 Elected top overall contributor to work and family research, based on an overall assessment of eight modalities of excellence, Work and Family Researchers Network

2013  Finalist Annual Competition for the 2013 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research for article ‘Social support and the working hours of employed mothers in Europe’ Social Science Research by Abendroth, A, Van der Lippe, T. & Maas, I. 2012.

2007  University of California/Utrecht University Partnership Prize for Cross-National Research on Family, Work, & Gender
2004  Utrecht University High Potential Prize ‘Interdependencies between work and family life’