René van der Veer
Professor emeritus
- Name
- Prof. dr. R. van der Veer
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- r.van.der.veer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Academic Career
- Casimir Professor (2002-present)
- Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1987)
- Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1985-present)
- PhD. Social Sciences, Leiden University (1985)
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1977-1985)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1975-1977)
- MSc. Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1975)
- Student-assistant, Department of Experimental Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam (1973-1975)
Main research interests
- Cultural historical theory
- Attachment
- History of ideas
Activities
- Member Editorial Board, From Past to Future, Technical Report Series, Clark University (1998-present)
- Member Editorial Board, Culture and Psychology (London: Sage Publications) (1994-present)
- Co-ordinator of the Research Cluster 'Theory and History' of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development (ISED) (1993-present)
- Consulting Editor, Socio-Cultural Research News (Madrid: Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje) (1992-present)
- Reviewer for Culture & Psychology, Developmental Review, European Journal of Social Psychology, Human Development, New Ideas in Psychology, Studies in Soviet Thought, Theory and Psychology, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Infancia y Aprendizaje, Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press (1990-present)
- Member Editorial Board, Infancia y Aprendizaje (Madrid: Visor) (1988-1992)
- Member of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) (1984-present)
- Member of the European Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Cheiron (1982-present)
Grants
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. J. Valsiner (2 months, received from the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development ISED) (1994)
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. I. M. Arievitch (whole year, received from NWO) (1993)
- Grant received for visiting professorship of Dr. J. Valsiner (4 months, received from NWO) (1989)
- Grant received to work as a visiting professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (4 months, received from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO) (1987)
Professor emeritus
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Education and Child Studies
- Parenting, Child Care and Development
- Sahadat I. (29 June 2018), Alle ouders doen maar wat, en dat is prima. Interviewed by Sahadagt Ianthe for De Volkskrant, Wetenschap: 44-49. [interview].
- Veer R. van der (4 June 2005), Three fundamental themes of Janet's theory of conduct. Trauma, Dissoziation, Persönlichkeit. Erstes Symposium der Pierre Janet Gesellschaft.. Freiburg, Germany. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (12 December 2003). Kind, ouder en deskundigen. Leiden. [inaugural address].
- Veer R. van der (25 June 2003), Vygotsky and Marxism. 10th European Conference on Developmental Psychology.. Milano, Italy. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (29 August 2003), Trying to see the whole picture: The case of young Heinz Werner. 10th Biennial ISTP Conference.. Istanbul, Turkey. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (8 January 2002), Selection and distortion in Vygotsky's writings. Colloque "L'approche historico-culturelle en sciences humaines" on occasion of the inauguration of the international Website for Cultural-Historical Human Studies. Geneve / Zwitserland. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (25 September 2002), Tamara Dembo: Baku, Berlin, Northhampton. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Berlin, Germany. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (13 June 2002), Multiple readings of Vygotsky. 5th ISCRAT Conference. Amsterdam. [lecture].
- Veer R. van der (12 June 1998), Units of analysis. Do we need them?. Invited paper presented at the 4th ISCRAT Conference. Aarhus, Denmark. [lecture].