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Marjolein Fokkema

Professorship:

Computational Statistics with Applications in Psychology, 1. August 2026

Department:

Statistics

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Studies and doctorate:

  • 2015: PhD in Quantitative Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2008: MSc in Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Portrait Prof. Marjolein Fokkema © Julian Welz

Stages:

  • 2023-2025: Associate professor, Methodology and Statistics, Institute of Psychology, Leiden Universiteit, Netherlands
  • 2015-2023: Assistant professor, Methodology and Statistics, Institute of Psychology, Leiden Universiteit, Netherlands

Focus in research:

  • Interpretable Machine Learning
  • Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics
  • Statistical methods for multilevel and multisource data