Meet our Advisory Board
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education, Academic Head of Research for Psychology and Human Development at University College London. Executive Member of European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (JURE portfolio) Member of the British Psychology Society. I am the Educational Needs Advisory for the Williams
Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education, Academic Head of Research for Psychology and Human Development at University College London. Executive Member of European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (JURE portfolio) Member of the British Psychology Society. I am the Educational Needs Advisory for the Williams Syndrome Foundation (WSF), UK and part of the Professional Panel for WSF I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Academy for Education (SFHAE). My research focuses on improving educational outcomes, especially mathematical abilities for all.
Dr. Nina Polytimou
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Lecturer in Psychology and Year 2 co-Leader for the BSc Psychology with Education at the UCL Institute of Education. Dr Polytimou completed her PhD in Developmental and Experimental Psychology in 2018, and her research spans across two intertwined areas: [a] the relationship between musical engagement and the development of language and c
Lecturer in Psychology and Year 2 co-Leader for the BSc Psychology with Education at the UCL Institute of Education. Dr Polytimou completed her PhD in Developmental and Experimental Psychology in 2018, and her research spans across two intertwined areas: [a] the relationship between musical engagement and the development of language and cognition in preschool and school-aged children and [b] the impact of musical engagment and music therapy interventions on socioemotional developent and well-being. She is currently co-leading a project on the effects of a music-therapy intervention for refugee mothers and children in the UK.
Dr. Tyler Colasante
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Dr. Tyler Colasante
Assistant Professor Tyler Colasante conducts research on child development and technology guided by two interconnected questions: 1) How can developmental science inform the development of ethical technology? And 2) How does technology affect children's development, both positively and negatively?
Dr. Julia Mori
Professor Jo Van Herwegen
Dr. Tyler Colasante
Dr. Julia Mori is an advanced postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Research in School and Instruction at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. She is currently a project leader in a longitudinal intervention SNSF-project ‘Well-Being in School in Switzerland’ (WESIR), designed to identi
Dr. Julia Mori is an advanced postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Research in School and Instruction at the Institute of Educational Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. She is currently a project leader in a longitudinal intervention SNSF-project ‘Well-Being in School in Switzerland’ (WESIR), designed to identify factors influencing the development of student and teacher well-being and to incorporate well-being strategies into classroom practices. Her main research and teaching interests are well-being in school, school alienation, emotion and motivation, teacher–student relationships, whole-school approach, accompanied by profound methodological knowledge in quantitative and qualitative research methods and intervention research. She is active in contributing to the field of educational science, bridging the gap between research and praxis, and supporting career development and well-being of early career researchers. Julia Mori regularly holds presentations at scientific conferences and was invited several times as a keynote speaker on the topic of well-being in school.
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
The mathematician, statistician and computer scientist Alexander von Humboldt Professor Sayan Mukherjee has, among other things, presented crucial work in the still young field of topological data analysis, through which imaging methods can be improved and predictions about diseases can be made. In Leipzig, Mukherjee's expertise in evalua
The mathematician, statistician and computer scientist Alexander von Humboldt Professor Sayan Mukherjee has, among other things, presented crucial work in the still young field of topological data analysis, through which imaging methods can be improved and predictions about diseases can be made. In Leipzig, Mukherjee's expertise in evaluating biological data will open up new avenues in precision medicine.
Dr. Tina Malti
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Alexander von Humboldt Professor Tina Malti's research focuses on social-emotional development and mental health across the first two decades of life. She develops, tests, and delivers interventions that nurture all children's potential for positive growth.
Dr. Marcus Specht
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Dr. Mari Tervaniemi
Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht is Professor for Digital Education at the Technical University of Delft and Director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Center for Education and Learning. He received his Diploma in Psychology in 1995 and a Dissertation from the University of Trier in 1998 on adaptive information technology. From 2001 he headed the depart
Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht is Professor for Digital Education at the Technical University of Delft and Director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Center for Education and Learning. He received his Diploma in Psychology in 1995 and a Dissertation from the University of Trier in 1998 on adaptive information technology. From 2001 he headed the department “Mobile Knowledge” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT). From 2005 to 2018 he was Professor for Learning Technologies at the Open Universiteit Nederland and head of the Learning Innovation Lab. His research focus is on Computational Thinking, Learning Analytics, AI in Education, and Virtual and Augmented Reality for Education. Prof. Specht is an Apple Distinguished Educator and was President (2013-2015) of the International Association of Mobile Learning.
Dr. Mari Tervaniemi
Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Dr. Mari Tervaniemi
Research Director, PhD (Psych.) Mari Tervaniemi works at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. Her research group is part of the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body, and Brain as well as of Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki. Her multimethodological and interdisciplinary research has focused
Research Director, PhD (Psych.) Mari Tervaniemi works at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. Her research group is part of the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body, and Brain as well as of Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki. Her multimethodological and interdisciplinary research has focused at investigating the mechanisms of human auditory neurocognition, emotion, and expertise. Currently she also investigates the possibilities of music to support well-being and learning in childhood and adolescence.