YAL alumni

Learn more about the former members of the Young Academy Leiden who contributed to a better position for young academics.

Anouk Goemans

Anouk was one of the first 13 members of the Young Academy Leiden. She worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies at Leiden University. Her research focused on vulnerable children and families, with projects related to child maltreatment, children in care, and peer victimisation. She was coordinator of YAL’s outreach workgroup. In 2020, Anouk left the university and the Young Academy Leiden to work for Jeugdbescherming West as a behavioral scientist.

Stéphanie van der Pas

Stéphanie was part of the first members who set up the Young Academy Leiden. As assistant professor at the Mathematical Institute she conducted research in statistics. With this approach she has been able to cover a wide array of important topics, such as the dosage of chemotherapy, linguistics and many others. In 2019 and 2020 she was the treasurer of the YAL and a member of the interdisciplinarity workgroup. From 2021 onwards, she will continue her research at the Amsterdam UMC.

Olaf van Vliet

Olaf was one of the first 13 members of the Young Academy Leiden as well as a member of the Interdisciplinarity workgroup. As Professor of Comparative Welfare State Analysis at the Department of Economics and at the Institute of Public Administration. His research and teaching interests include comparative political economy, welfare state reform, income inequality, globalization, European integration and labor economics.