Education
2018 Leiden Delft Rotterdam Alliance. Masterclass Strategisch leiderschap (Masterclass Strategic leadership)
2017 Leiden University. Leergang Academisch Leiderschap (Module Academic leadership)
2012 University of Amsterdam. University teaching license
2010 University of Amsterdam. Cursus Vertrouwenspersoon Universiteit van Amsterdam (Module Institutional Counsellor)
1996 University of Bristol. Course MLwiN
1989 – 1994 Utrecht University. PhD Social Sciences (Award best dissertation Educational Sciences in the Netherlands and Flanders)
1981 – 1988 University of Amsterdam. MSc Social and Work Psychology (propedeuse, kandidaats, doctoraal)
1976 – 1981 Petrus Canisius College Alkmaar. Gymnasium a
Career
2022 - Oslo Metropolitan University. Full professor Teaching Profession, Centre for the Study of Professions
2016 - 2022 President of the Netherlands Educational Research Association (VOR)
2016 - 2022 Leiden University. Director, ICLON – Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching
2012 - 2022 Leiden University. Full Professor Teaching and Teacher Education, ICLON – Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching
2006 – 2012 University of Amsterdam. Associate professor, Graduate School of Teaching and Learning
1996 – 2006 Utrecht University. Assistant professor, IVLOS Institute of Education
1992 – 1996 Utrecht University. Researcher, IVLOS Institute of Education
1989 – 1994 Utrecht University. PhD-student, IVLOS Institute of Education
1987 – 1989 University of Amsterdam. Research assistant, Department of Psychology
Visiting scholar
2024 Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Visiting professor
2024 Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China, Visiting professor
2023 Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Visiting professor
2006 Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam. Visiting professor
1998 Swansea University, Swansea, Wales. Visiting research fellow
1997 University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica. Visiting research fellow
Awards
2018 Dutch-Flemish award best dissertation supervisor in Educational Sciences
1995 Dutch-Flemish award best dissertation in Educational Sciences in year 1994
1994 - 2022 Member of the KNAW acknowledged Dutch ICO National School for Educational Research
Editorial boards
Co-editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Research
Associate editor Teaching and Teacher Education
Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Technology in Education
Editor-in-Chief of The European Educational Researcher
Editor-in-Chief of International Journal on Studies in Education
Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Research in Education and Science
Editor.-in-Chief of International Journal of Education Science
Editorial board of Frontline Learning Research
Editorial board of Technology, Pedagogy and Education
Editorial board of Journal of Teaching Research
Editorial board of Journal of Academic Management
Committees
Member of ESF's College of Expert Reviews
President of the conferences organized by International Society for Technology, Education and Science (https://www.istes.org/) (since 2020)
Member of the conference committee EDUTEC 2026 International Congress, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana (Spain), November 2026
Past boards
2022 - 2024 Consultant for LC4Inclusion - The Journey of Schools as Learning Communities for Inclusion financed by National Research Agency of Portugal
2024 Leadership board Centre for the Study of Professions
2018 - 2022 Advisory board of Teacher resilience (Groningen University) financed by Dutch Research Council
2016 - 2022 European Educational Research Association Council member (EERA)
2016 - 2022 Advisory board Archief en Documentatiecentrum NederlandseGedragswetenschappen
2015 - 2022 Board member Scientific Committee Medical Education of the Leiden University Medical Center
2021 Programme council of the Dutch Research Council (NRO)
2021 Scientific board Nationaal Programma Onderwijs (NPO) / National Education Programme of the Netherlands
2021 Board of Regional Alliance Zuid-Holland
2020 - 2021 Steering board Arena Teacher edcuation of the EUniWELL network - European University for Well-Being
2020 - 2021 Expert board of 'Awareness of Student’s Skills: an Employability Toolkit for the Humanities (ASSET-H) financed by Erasmus+
2020 - 2021 Board of KNAW acknowledged ICO National School for Educational Research
2020 - 2021 Curatorium Chair e-Learning in primary and secondary education (Stichting Kennisnet)
2020 - 2021 Advisory board of NRO-PO-raad project Evaluation knowledge infrastructure (Verwey Jonker Institute Utrecht)
2018 - 2021 Advisory board of NSO Netherlands School of School leadership
2017 - 2021 Steering board EuroHub network of Imperial College London, Tartu University, University College London, University of Helsinki, Utrecht University, and Leiden University
2016 - 2021 Chair management board of ICLON Graduate School of Teaching, Leiden University
2016 - 2021 Board member Curatorium Chair Huisartsgeneeskunde, in het bijzonder onderzoek naar opleiden (Stichting SBOH)
2016 - 2021 Board of the Opleidingsschool Rotterdam / Partnership schools Rotterdam
2016 - 2021 Board of the Interuniversitaire Commissie Lerarenopleiding / Dutch Teacher Education Council
2016 - 2021 Convention ambassador Leiden City of Knowledge
2014 - 2021 Steering committee of Vakdidactiek Geesteswetenschappen / Dutch Council Pedagogies in Humanities
2013 - 2021 Expert committee Wetenschapsknooppunt / Dutch Science Hubs
2013 - 2021 Advisory board Center of Education and Learning, Strategic Alliance of the universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
2017 - 2020 World Educational Research Association representative (WERA)
2017 – 2019 Advisory board of Samenwerking tussen onderwijspraktijk en onderzoek ten behoeve van schoolontwikkeling (Oberon / Utrecht University)
2015 – 2019 Advisory board of SOONER (Open University / Utrecht University)
2013 – 2019 Chair the research program of the Center of Education and Learning, Strategic Alliance of the universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
2011 – 2019 Advisory board of Netherlands Institute of Masters in Education
2017 – 2018 Chair advisory board of Regionaal Steunpunt Leiden /Zuid-Holland
2012 – 2018 Council member of research in higher education (CROHO), Leiden University
2012 – 2018 Board of NSO Netherlands School of School leadership
2011 – 2017 Coordinator of the SIG Teaching and Teacher education of the ICO National School for Educational Research
2012 – 2017 Board of ICO National School for Educational Research
2013 – 2016 Advisory committee of the National Initiative on teacher professional development School aan Zet
2010 – 2016 Management board of ICLON Graduate School of Teaching, Leiden University
2012 – 2016 Chair of the research program Teaching and Teacher learning, ICLON Graduate School of Teaching, Leiden University
2012 – 2016 Chair of the examination board of the Masters teacher education of Leiden University
2012 – 2016 Examination board of the Master of Science Teaching and Learning in Higher Education of VU University Amsterdam
2006 - 2012 Local lead researcher of the international research consortium Students' International Social Competence Assessment (SISA)
2012 – 2013 Steering committee of Non satis scire, a national project on assessment in teacher education financed by SURF foundation
2011 – 2012 Programme Council for ICT and education of the University of Amsterdam
2010 – 2016 Board of the division Learning and Instruction of the VOR Dutch society for educational research
2008 – 2010 Advisory board of Educatief Meesterschap Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2006 – 2010 Management board ILO Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, University of Amsterdam
2006 – 2010 Advisory board of the Centre for professional development (CNA), University of Amsterdam and Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2001 – 2006 Management team Centre for ICT in Higher Education, Utrecht University
1996 – 2001 Management team IVLOS Institute of Education Utrecht University
Past editorial boards
2022 - 2026 Associate editor Learning and Instruction
2012 - 2026 Review board of Electronic Journal of e-Learning
2014 - 2024 Editorial board of Humanities
2021 - 2023 Associate editor of Educational Psychology
2018 - 2021 Consulting editor of Educational Psychology
2010 - 2019 Scientific board of Computers in Human Behavior
2016 – 2017 Editorial board of Taalmuseum Leiden
2013 - 2017 Associate editor of International Journal of Higher Education
2016 – 2017 Editor-in-Chief of Pedagogische Studiën
2012 – 2016 Editorial board of Pedagogische Studiën
2007 – 2015 Scientific board Journal of Educational Technology & Society
2006 - 2012 Executive editor of Pedagogische Studiën
Past conference committees
2025 Conference committee of the 24th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 22-23 October 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 Conference committee of the 23rd European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 24-25 October, Porto, Portugal
2023 Conference committee of the 22th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 26-27 October 2023, Pretoria, South-Africa
2022 Conference committee of the 21th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 27-28 October, Brighton, United Kingdom
2021 Conference committee of the 20th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 28-29 October, Berlin, Germany
2021 Conference committee of the 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL), 23-24 September, Brighton, UK
2020 Conference committee of the 19th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 29-30 November, Berlin, Germany (virtual)
2020 Conference committee of the 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL), 25-26 September, Brighton, UK (virtual)
2020 Scientific committee chair of the Vietnam Education Symposium 2020, Tomorrow Schools – Future Citizens, 9 June, online
2019 Conference committee of the 13th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL), 3-4-October, Odense, Denmark
2019 Conference committee of the 18th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL),7-8 November, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 Conference committee of the 17th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 1-2 November, Athens, Greece
2018 Conference committee of the 12th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL), 4-5-October, Sophia Antipolis, France
2017 Conference committee of the 11th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL), 5-6 October, Graz, Austria
2017 Conference committee of the 16th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 26-27 October, Porto, Portugal
2016 Conference committee of the 15th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 27-28 October, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 Conference committee of the 10th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 6-7 October, Paisley, Scotland
2016 Conference committee of the 3rd European Conference on Social Media (ECSM), 12-13 July, Caen, France
2015 Conference committee of the 14th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 29-30 October, Hatfield, United Kingdom
2015 Conference committee of the 9th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 8-9 October, Steinkjer, Norway
2015 Conference committee of the 2nd European Conference on Social Media, (ECSM), 9-10 July, Porto, Portugal
2015 Scientific committee member of the 2nd conference on e-Technologies in Engineering Education (eTEE), 30 April, Gdansk, Poland
2014 Conference committee of the 13th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 30-31 October, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 Conference committee of the 8th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 9-10 October, Berlin, Germany
2014 Conference committee of inaugural European Conference on Social Media, (ECSM), 10-11 July, Brighton, United Kingdom
2013 Conference committee of the 12th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 30-31 October, Sophia Antipolis, France
2013 Conference committee and Mini-track chair Social inclusiveness of games for learning of the 7th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 3-4 October, Porto, Portugal
2012 Conference committee of the 11th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 26-27 October, Groningen, the Netherlands
2012 Conference committee of the 6th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 4-5 October, Cork, Ireland
2012 Conference committee of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Digital Games and Intelligent Toys Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL 2012), 27-30 March, Takamatsu, Japan
2011 Conference committee of the 10th European Conference on eLearning (ECEL), 10-11 November, Brighton, England
2011 Conference committee of the 5th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL), 20-21 October, Athens, Greece
2011 Conference committee of the 6th International Conference on E-Learning and Games Edutainment, 7-9 September, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Conference committee of the 4th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 21-22 October, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Conference committee of DIGITEL 2010, International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, 12-16 April, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2009 Conference committee of the 3rd European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Graz, Austria
2009 Programme Committee of EARLI, August, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Conference committee of the 2nd European Conference on Game-Based Learning, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Conference committee of the Open Workshop of Ten Competence, Algarve, Portugal
2007 Conference committee Dutch national conference for teacher educators (Velon), Amsterdam
Past juries and assessment committees
2026 Review for Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
2026 Review for Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), the Netherlands
2026 Reviewer for Flanders Research Council FWO, Belgium
2026 Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2026 Teviewer for research fund Education University of Hong Kong
2025 External Evaluation Committee of the University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
2025 External Evaluation Committee Open University of Cyprus/Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, Lefkosia/Limassol, Cyprus
2025 Review for Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
2025 Review for the Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2024 External Evaluation Committee European University Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus
2024 Review for Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
2024 Review for Flanders Research Council FWO, Belgium
2024 Review for Cariparo Foundation 2023, Italy
2024 Review for the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden
2024 Review for Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
2023 Review for Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
2023 Review for Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
2023 External Evaluation Committee Bachelor and Master Educational Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 Review committee of the Programme for Development Research of the Academy of Finland
2023 External Evaluation Committee Philips University Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus
2023 External Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Masters, VU Brussels, Belgium
2023 External Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Masters, KU Leuven, Belgium
2023 Review for the Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2022 Chair assessment committee Learn! VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022 Review committee of the Research Council for Culture and Society of the Academy of Finland
2021 External Evaluation Committee Frederick University, Limassol, Cyprus
2020 External Evaluation Committee University of Cyprus, Lefkosia, Cyprus
2020 Review for United Arab Emirates University research grants
2020 Review committee of VENI program Social and Behavioral Sciences of Dutch Research Foundation NWO-SGW
2020 Chair review committee Comenius Teaching Fellow Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2020 Review committee of the Research Council for Culture and Society of the Academy of Finland
2019 - 2022 Review panel of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium
2019 Review for individual fellowship program of Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)
2019 Jury NRO-Onderwijsprijs voor leraren [annual teacher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2019 Jury NRO-VOR-Praktijkprijs voor onderzoekers [annual researcher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2019 Jury Leiden Teacher Academy candidates 2019
2019 Review committee of VIDI program Behavioral Sciences of Dutch Research Foundation NWO-SGW
2019 Review committee Research Council KU Leuven, Belgium
2019 Chair review committee Comenius Teaching Fellow Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2019 Review committee of the Research Council for Culture and Society of the Academy of Finland
2019 Review committee of the Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship , Belgium
2018 Jury NRO-Onderwijsprijs voor leraren [annual teacher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2018 Jury NRO-VOR-Praktijkprijs voor onderzoekers [annual researcher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2018 Chair midterm review committee lectoraat Vernieuwingsonderwijs, Saxion Hogeschool, Deventer
2018 Chair review committee Comenius Teaching Fellow Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2018 Chair midterm-review committee Radboud Docenten Academie, Radboud University
2017 Jury NRO-Onderwijsprijs voor leraren [annual teacher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2017 Jury NRO-VOR-Praktijkprijs voor onderzoekers [annual researcher award Netherlands Research Foundation]
2017 Doctoral affairs committee of the University of Haifa, Israel
2017 Review for the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), Belgium
2017 Review for the Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2017 Review for the Research Council KU Leuven, Belgium
2017 Review committee of SURF foundation, the Netherlands
2015 Review committee of the IMPULS-gelden of the Stichting Confessioneel Onderwijs Leiden (SCOL)
2015 Chair of the assessment committee OPRO Passend onderwijs Langlopend Onderzoek of the Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2014 Review committee of the Vidi-proposals of the Dutch Research Foundation NWO
2014 Review committee of OPRO e-Didactiek Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2014 Chair of the assessment committee OPRO Passend onderwijs Kortlopend Onderzoek of the Dutch Research Foundation NRO
2014 Chair of the assessment committee Evaluatie trainingen potentieel gewelddadige eenlingen of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice
2013 Review committee of the Research Foundation Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen)
2013 Research review committee Stoas Wageningen | Vilentum Hogeschool, Wageningen
2012 Review committee of the Research Foundation Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen)
2012 Jury chair of the Wetenschapscongres 2012, Leiden, the Netherlands
2008 Advisory board of the tender of the Dutch National Organisation for Scientific Research
2002 Advisory board of the tender of the Dutch National Organisation for Scientific Research
2002 Advisory board of the tender of the Hogeschool Utrecht
2001 Advisory board of the tender of the Dutch National Organisation for Scientific Research