Ageing Network Tilburg University (ANTU)
We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers who are building a network for ageing research at Tilburg University. Our research is focused on healthy as well as pathological ageing from a holistic, longitudinal perspective considering the individuals' characteristics, and their social and physical environment including work as well as care contexts.
We are specifically interested in risk and protective factors that account for between-person differences and within-person changes in cognition, well-being, and life-satisfaction in old age. Ultimately, our aim is to progress knowledge and improve the life situation for each and every person, physically or mentally healthy or challenged.
What Do We Offer to Researchers?
- Our dedicated network offers a unique opportunity to connect with researchers from various backgrounds and expertise to explore ageing from different viewpoints.
- Active participation will allow members to get inspiration from a variety of research topics, methodologies, and analyses.
- Moreover, it will open the possibility of developing new collaborative networks, e.g. for joint research and funding grant proposals.
We welcome all researchers with an interest in healthy or pathological ageing. We meet once a month and share recent research findings and ideas. Feel free to join us by contacting Ruth Mark.
Who We Are
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Abbie Bailey
PhD StudentHerbert Simon Research Institute (HSRI)
Abbie’s research focuses on interventions to support physical health in the workplace, and how these can be tailored across the lifespan.
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Alexandra Hering
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology.
The main topic of her research is the development of goal-directed behaviour from childhood to older age and on possible ways to promote goal-directed behaviour across the lifespan.
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Annerieke Stoop
Senior ResearcherTranzo: Care for Older Adults
Her research focuses on autonomy, technology, social needs and social networks, and quality improvement.
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Anushiya Vanajan
ResearcherDepartment of Developmental Psychology
She studies how social roles predict individual differences in successful ageing in older adults through a lifespan perspective.
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Charlotte Pas
PhD StudentDepartement of Developmental Psychology
Charlotte's research focuses on the development of memory for intentions across the lifespan, using neuroimaging and everyday life measurements.
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Charlotte Sleurs
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Charlotte aims to elucidate mechanisms involved in induced neurotoxicity, brain injury and accelerated ageing, by combining multimodal neuroimaging, biomarkers and clinical neuropsychological assessments.
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Daniëlle van Gaans
Science PractitionerTranzo: Care for Older Adults
Daniëlle's research focuses on the stakeholders involved when applying surveillance technology for people with dementia in nursing homes.
Daniëlle van Gaans
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Dorien Kooij
ProfessorDepartment of Human Resource Studies
Her research focuses on successful aging at work, and in particular on HR practices for older workers, on job crafting, on how work motivation changes with aging, and on future time perspective.
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Dounya Schoormans
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Her research focuses on biological mechanisms that prevent cancer survivors to age successfully.
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Eleonore Smalle
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology
Eleonore’s research focuses on life span age differences in (second) language acquisition, and how these relate to differences in implicit and explicit learning strategies.
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Emmie Verspeek
PhD studentDepartment of Developmental Psychology
Her research focuses on transitions to nursing homes by studying individual, social and institutional contributors to wellbeing.
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Eveline Wouters
ProfessorTranzo: Technological and Social Innovation for Mental Health
Her research focuses upon accessibility, acceptance and implementation of technological innovations in chronic health care.
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Flavia Cherecheș
PhD StudentHerbert Simon Research Institute (HSRI)
Flavia’s research focuses on how taking care of grandchildren can foster successful aging. -
Francesco Pupillo
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology
Francesco’s research focuses on cognitive and socio-emotional aging and combines experimental, naturalistic, and computational methods. -
Gabriel Olaru
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology
His research focuses on personality development and assessment across the adult lifespan.
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Gubing Wang
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Her research focus on co-designing digital interventions for older adults (with dementia) and their caregivers to support their health and wellbeing, while reflecting on the design methods and processes
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Ittjay Mannheim
PhD StudentTranzo: Care for Older Adults
Topics he mainly studies are ageism and the role of age-based stereotypes and stereotype activation on the use and design of digital technology.
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Jantine Schuit
Vice Rector MagnificusFull professor of Health, Behaviour and Society
She conducts research in the field of overweight prevention using policy measures and lifestyle interventions.
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Julia Nolte
LecturerDepartment of Communication and Cognition
Julia's research examines age differences in the engagement with information and media to inform judgments and decisions. -
Katrien Luijkx
ProfessorTranzo: Care for Older Adults
With her research she aims to contribute to person centered care for older adults. Moreover, she aims to bridge the gap between science and practice, especially in nursing home care.
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Katrijn van Deun
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Methodology and Statistics
She is an expert in data analysis, in particular high-dimensional and linked data.
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Keri Pekaar
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Human Resource Studies
She conducts research on stimulating proactivity and the role of self- and other-focused emotion processes in workplace settings.
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Liselore Snaphaan
Senior ResearcherTranzo
She is leading the dementia research program of GGzE/Tranzo, in which different stakeholders collaborate to enhance user-based innovative solutions and support people living with dementia in daily activities.
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Marcel van Assen
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Methodology and Statistics
His research focuses on meta-research, and he investigates the assessment of frailty of elderly as well as antecedents and consequences of frailty.
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Marijn van Wingerden
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
He is interested in applying machine learning and AI for healthcare issues, in particular computational psychiatry and dementia.
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Meriam Janssen
Senior ResearcherTranzo: Care for Older Adults
Her research focuses on contributing to person-centered care for older adults.
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Nicola Ballhausen
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology
Her research focuses on cognitive development across the lifespan. In particular, she is interested in the development of memory for intentions in older age and the impact of adversity on older adults’ cognition.
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Patrick Klaiber
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Developmental Psychology
His research examines how daily life experiences change across the adult lifespan and how they can contribute to successful aging.
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Richard Heersmink
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Philosophy
His philosophical research focuses on the way technology can be used to help aging people with memory disorders to better remember their personal past
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Robert Gobbens
ProfessorInholland University of Applied Sciences
He studies frailty, disability, and quality of life among older people.
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Ruth Mark
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Cognitive Neuropsychology
Her research focuses on older patients with neurological disorders, especially people with different forms of dementia and their caregivers.
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Sascha Bolt
Senior ResearcherTranzo: Care for Older Adults
Her research focuses on improving the quality of person-centered care and palliative care for older people (with dementia).
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Silvy Collin
Assistant ProfessorCognitive Science and AI department
Her research topics are cognition, mainly memory, using behavioral and neuroimaging measures.
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Tineke Roelofs
Healthcare PsychologistTranzo: Care for Older Adults
She conducts research on ethical themes in long term care for people with dementia, such as intimacy and sexuality.
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William Marler
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Communication and Cognition
He studies digital inequalities across the life span, including the barriers older adults face in accessing and using digital technologies to connect to others for social support.
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Yvonne Brehmer
ProfessorDepartment for Developmental Psychology
She conducts research on cognitive training and interventions from a lifespan perspective and predictors of individual differences in aging successfully.
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Zeynep Saruhanlioglu
PhD StudentDepartment for Developmental Psychology
Her research focuses on identifying and enhancing emotional resources for sustaining daily cognitive functioning throughout the lifespan and in workplace settings.
Cross-cutting themes
The Herbert Simon Research Institute for Health, Well-being, and Adaptiveness is a research center devoted to carrying out excellent, state of the art research in order to contribute to healthy and resilient people. We have selected three themes, which involve the collaboration between various Departments and address actual themes in need of both fundamental and applied research.