Blogs & Media

I believe research with impact is more than just citations and publishing in top journals. Below are some of my attempts to translate research to practice.

Podcast: Economie & Gezondheid

In this Dutch Podcast that hosts new voices in economics, I discussed my work in health economics from a broad point of view. Listen here: https://esb.nu/seizoen-2-aflevering-4-gezondheidseconomie/

https://www.eur.nl/nieuws/wat-kunnen-economen-doen-voor-een-gezonde-samenleving

Smarter Choices for Better Health

Any blogs or articles about my work as a post-doctoral researcher in the Erasmus Initiative Smarter Choices for Better Health (Action Line: Prevention) can be found here.

ESB: Stuur bij preventief gezondheidsbeleid ook op de context

ESB: Zet financiële prikkels breder in ter bevordering gezondheid

VGE Bulletin: Gezondheidseconomie & Preventie

Blogpost: Beyond one-size-fits-all prevention: offering choice among different types of financial incentives

Ph.D. research coverage

Around my Ph.D. defence, my research was covered in several media outlets.

Erasmus University Rotterdam's homepage

VGE Bulletin: Gedragseconomie & Zorg

YouTube video (self-produced)

Academic Health Economist's blog: Thesis Thursday

Newspaper article(s)

Dutch

Blogs and other popular science articles

Please find an overview of blogs and popular science articles I've written about my Ph.D. research below:

Understanding decisions about length and quality of life

A large part of the research I conducted during my Ph.D. research focuses on health state valuation, or in other words how we quantify quality of life. My focus was on understanding how we decide in the tasks generally used to quantify quality of life ('time trade-off and standard gamble'). Several of my Publications have been covered by Academic Health Economists' Blog, who provide excellent and accessible summaries of published work:

Understanding Pest Control

Together with dr. Sara Burt I published papers on pest control (available via 'Publications'). Besides this study, we wrote several short reports on the studies::