Jolien van Breen
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. J.A. van Breen
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9506
- j.a.van.breen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2776-7132
Jolien van Breen is an Assistant Professor in the Violence and Violence Prevention research group. She has a background in Social Psychology, obtaining her PhD from the University of Groningen. Jolien's research focuses on interpersonal conflict and violence, and particularly the social-structural aspects of interpersonal violence. She is also part of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience and Security.
More information about Jolien van Breen
News and media
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Research on the use of reviews following homicide in domestic settings -
NWO Open Competition grant for two FGGA researchers -
New track 'Governance of Violence' addresses need to conduct violence specific studies -
Registration open new minor Violence Studies -
New courses on 'Violence'
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Homicide and Immigration: Trends and Developments
Research Output
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Understanding and analysing changes in poverty among the elderly across 16 European countries using decomposition approach -
Arguing against accusations of national disloyalty. Analyzing sequences of confrontational maneuvering in Dutch plenary debates on EU issues -
The Finite Promise of Infinite Love, or What Does It Mean to Love Forever?
My current research focuses on inter-group conflict and violence. I am specifically interested in how people understand and navigate conflict and violence.
My background is in experimental social psychology - I studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and Amsterdam before obtaining my PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Groningen. Between 2017 and 2020, I was a postdoc at the University of Exeter (UK). Since September 2020 I have been working at Leiden University, within the Interdisciplinary Programme Social Resilience and Security.
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
- Institute of Security and Global Affairs
- Physical violence and public order