The fifty members of The Young Academy are jointly responsible for its identity and activities. Their engagement is therefore extremely important. They share a deeply felt enthusiasm for science and scholarship and the desire to share that enthusiasm with society. Members are appointed for a five-year period, with ten members being added and ten departing each year. This ensures a steady stream of new plans and ideas.
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Expertise: Artificial intelligence, expert systems Read more about Tim Baarslag
Expertise: Ancient history & Classical languages and cultures & Greek language and literature Read more about Tazuko van Berkel
Expertise: History of arts and architecture & The interdependence of the history of art with the history of materials, techniques and knowledge Read more about Marjolijn Bol
Expertise: Sociology & Social inequality & Stratification & Education and Labour market Read more about Thijs Bol
Bas Borsje investigates how we can adapt our environment to the changing climate. His research at the interface of hydraulic engineering, physics, ecology and public administration integrates these different areas of expertise to explore how we can use nature to protect coastal areas against climate change. Read more about Bas Borsje
Expertise: Ancient and medieval history & Manuscript studies & History of religion Augustine and the church fathers Read more about Shari Boodts
Expertise: Psychology, pedagogics & Child development of self-view Read more about Eddie Brummelman
Bieke Cattoor explores landscape imagination, focusing on everyday urban environments. Her work is both analytical and design-based – integrating insights from the humanities, the exact sciences and the social sciences – and contributes to a more liveable, sustainable, and resilient city. Read more about Bieke Cattoor
Pieter Coppens (born 1983) is broadly concerned with Islamic intellectual history, through the lens of the history of Koranic interpretation. He works mainly with sources in classical Arabic. Read more about Pieter Coppens
Scott Douglas (born 1983) studies cases of successful collaboration between public authorities and civil-society organisations concerning highly complex issues such as radicalisation, functional illiteracy, and child abuse. Read more about Scott Douglas
Max van Duijn (born 1984) investigates people's ability to empathise with others and envision the world from their perspective; this is also known as "thought reading" or "Theory of Mind". Read more about Max van Duijn
Expertise: Aerospace Engineering & Atmospheric pollution & Public health & Climate effect Read more about Irene Dedoussi
Expertise: Physics & Nanophotonics & Nanotechnology Read more about Sanli Faez
Expertise: History & Early-modern globalisation & colonialism & slavery Read more about Karwan Fatah-Black
David Fernandez Rivas develops solutions to problems in society using microbubbles and various other technologies, particularly in the field of medicine. One of his inventions is the needle-free injection of drugs and vaccines. Read more about David Fernandez Rivas
Romy Gaillard is a paediatrician and population epidemiologist. In her research, she focuses on child growth and development in the womb and just after birth. The first 1,000 days of life are instrumental in determining the likelihood of chronic diseases later on. Read more about Romy Gaillard
With her research on complex information processing by immune cells, Kristina Ganzinger (born 1986) seeks to build bridges between physics and immunology, between classical biophysics and synthetic biology. Read more about Kristina Ganzinger
Expertise: Geo-information & Earth observation Read more about Caroline Gevaert
Expertise: Biophysics & clinical physics & Macromolecular chemistry & polymer chemistry Read more about Tom de Greef
Expertise: International history & Political history & Environmental history Read more about Liesbeth van de Grift
Expertise: Democratisation and authoritarianism & Legitimacy and political representation & Electoral fraud & Democracy and human rights Read more about Carolien van Ham
Expertise: Clouds radiation and solar energy and atmospheric dynamics turbulence and 3D atmospheric simulation models Read more about Chiel van Heerwaarden
Expertise: Thoracic oncology & Pulmonary disorders Read more about Lizza Hendriks
Expertise: Philosophy & Political Philosophy & Ethics in organizations Read more about Lisa Herzog
Expertise: Soft condensed matter physics & Physical chemistry & Theoretical physics, (quantum) mechanics & Theoretical chemistry, quantum chemistry & Gases, fluid dynamics, plasma physics Read more about Liesbeth Janssen
Léonie de Jonge (born 1990) is Assistant Professor in European Politics and Society at the Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen. She is also a researcher at the Dutch Political Parties Documentation Centre (DNPP). Read more about Léonie de Jonge
Valentijn Karemaker conducts research in arithmetic geometry to examine connections between number theory, algebra and geometry. Her work in this dynamic and interdisciplinary field involves developing geometric techniques to solving equations, specifically 'Diophantine' equations. Read more about Valentijn Karemaker
Expertise: Cardiometabolic disorders & Sex and gender differences in research & Education and policy & Cardiovascular risk prediction & Primary prevention science, Society diversity and intersectionality Read more about Maryam Kavousi
Rogier Kievit (born 1982) studies how and why cognitive abilities change during people’s lifetime, particularly during childhood and old age. Read more about Rogier Kievit
Vasiliki Kosta is interested in EU fundamental rights and more generally in "horizontal" institutional and constitutional issues encompassing the various different policy fields of EU law. Read more about Vasiliki Kosta
Expertise: Public engagement emerging science and technology & science communication Read more about Lotte Krabbenborg
Olya Kudina examines how the moral concepts and decisions that guide us in our behaviour are influenced by technologies and the natural environment. She focuses on the dynamic relationship between technologies and human values, specifically how artificial intelligence influences and can strengthen democracy. Read more about Olya Kudina
Ingrid Leijten positions her research on the (changing) role and significance of fundamental rights in the context of broader constitutional law and rule of law issues. Read more about Ingrid Leijten
Expertise: Complex Tissue Engineering & Nanotechnology & Materials technology & Organs and organ systems & Macromolecular chemistry, polymer chemistry & more Read more about Jeroen Leijten
Expertise: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence & Artificial intelligence, expert systems & Palaeography, bibliology, bibliography, library science & User interfaces, multimedia & Information systems, databases Read more about Cynthia Liem
Expertise: Tumour immunology & Immunotherapy Read more about Noel de Miranda
Daphina Misiedjan's research is at the interface between human rights and the environment. She deals with such topics as access to water for people and nature, air pollution, but also climate issues. Read more about Daphina Misiedjan
Mathematician Stéphanie van der Pas investigates when and how to identify causal relationships in data. Her main research focus is medical data. Read more about Stéphanie van der Pas
Saskia Peels studies religion in ancient Greece. Her research interests include Ancient Greek concepts of holiness, religious practices across time, and rituals in which people imagined themselves interacting directly with the gods. Read more about Saskia Peels
Expertise: Mathematics, Mathematical algorithms and artificial intelligence Read more about Jim Portegies
How can spatial planning policies ensure that cities are resilient in the face of major but uncertain changes? This is the question at the heart of Ward Rauws' research on adaptive planning. He analyses how spatial planning specialists deal with uncertainty and is developing an adaptive planning methodology. Read more about Ward Rauws
Expertise: Astronomy & Astrophysics Read more about Else Starkenburg
Fenneke Sysling is a historian at Leiden University. She researches earlier scientists, especially those working in the Dutch colonies. Her work examines the role of ordinary people as research subjects, influencers, and users of scientific knowledge. Read more about Fenneke Sysling
Expertise: Philosopy & Religious studies & Religious tolerance & Political secularism Read more about Pooyan Tamimi Arab
Expertise: International Data Governance & Development studies & Social geography Read more about Linnet Taylor
Expertise: Meta-research & Psychiatry & Research integrity & Mental health in academia & Research culture Read more about Joeri Tijdink
Joris van der Voet conducts experimental and behavioural science research on decision-making and behaviour in the public sector. Read more about Joris van der Voet
Expertise: Psychology & Nursing sciences & Gerontology Read more about Hilde Verbeek
Expertise: Private (procedural) law & International law & Constitutional and administrative law & Interdisciplinary branches of law & Criminal (procedural) law and criminology Read more about Michel Vols
Expertise: Computational neuroscience & Natural Computing & Neurotechnology Read more about Fleur Zeldenrust
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