Roeland van der Rijst is professor of Educational Sciences and Director of Teacher Professional Development and Science Orientation at the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON).

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Roeland van der Rijst is full Professor of Educational Sciences and Director of the department for Teacher Professional Development and Science Orientation of the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching. He holds a PhD in Educational Sciences, an MSc in Physics, an MA in Philosophy, and an MEd in Science Education. He joined Leiden University in 2005 after serving as a science teacher at international and bilingual schools for secondary education in South-Africa and the Netherlands.

Prof. van der Rijst is an expert in the field of research into further and higher education. His studies explore various aspects of teaching and learning in higher education institutions and how faculty development contribute to student learning and sustainable change. His research has been used by government agencies, accreditation bodies, foundations, consortia, and individual campuses to forward talent development agendas and initiatives. His studies form the basis to design leadership development trajectories. He is regularly consulted by higher education institutes related to his work on research-based teaching and learning, diversity/equity/inclusion in higher education, faculty development initiatives, and teacher agency. He is an international expert on teaching in higher education and faculty development.

Prof. van der Rijst is a well-published scholar with many international research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and various professional editorials, books, book chapters, and reports. He is a honorary fellow of the Leiden Teachers’ Academy and has received nominations for the national awards of doctoral supervision. Furthermore he is Editor-in-Chief of the Dutch national educational research journal Pedagogische Studiën, associate editor of the International Journal of Education Research, and is a member of the editorial boards of Teaching in Higher Education and the European Journal for Higher Education.

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