I am a Developmental Psychologist with a PhD in Education and Child Studies. My research focuses on children and families where growing up safely is not self-evident. I am interested in underlying processes that explain parent- and child behavior in these circumstances. 
 

Ellen de Bruijn Professor of Neurocognitive Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

I study the cognitive and neural mechanisms of action-control processes that are necessary to interact successfully with the environment and with other humans. I investigate modulations of these processes in healthy volunteers and in clinical populations from a social neurocognitive perspective. I make use of various approaches and methods, such as behavioural experiments, EEG, and fMRI techniques, as well as psychopharmacological manipulations.

Anne-Laura van Harmelen Professor

My research aims to understand how we can increase resilience in young people with a history of adverse early experiences. My work helps to inform prevention and intervention strategies aimed at reducing mental health and behavioural problems in at-risk young people. By understanding and improving social resilience, my research aims to increase social safety. 

Maikel Kuijpers Assistant Professor in European Prehistory, Faculty of Archaeology

I hold a PhD in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. I specialize in the Bronze Age – my work concerns the formulation of knowledge over time, cognitive archaeology, craftsmanship, and skill. What is knowledge, how is it produced, and why is it valuable?

Jeroen ten Voorde Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law

My expertise lies in the domain of substantive criminal law, criminal law theory and philosophy of law. My research concentrates on the question to what extent there exists space in (substantive) criminal law to allow for cultural differences.

I am a PhD candidate in the Brain, Safety and Resilience programme, where I study the social and neurobiological risk and resilience mechanisms through which adverse early-life experiences impact individuals’ psychosocial functioning. Previously, I worked at New York University and the University of Oxford. I completed my MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London and my BSc in Psychology at Goethe University Frankfurt.

Sara Perlstein PhD candidate / self funded

Sara Perlstein is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs under the research groups 'Crisis Governance' and 'Physical Violence and Public Order'. Her research focuses on risk perception in relation to pandemics and terrorism, respectively.