Rens van de Schoot obtained his doctorate (cum laude) at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, with a dissertation on informative hypotheses and Bayesian statistics (click here). Currently, he is working at the methods and statistics department, Utrecht University. Besides his research on how to directly evaluate expectations, Rens collaborates with many developmental researchers from different fields on projects about identity development, immigrants and post traumatic stress. Finally, he takes part of different projects about the labour market position of PhD students. 

Key publication: Van de Schoot, R., Hoijtink, H., et al. (2011). Evaluating Expectations about Negative Emotional States of Aggressive Boys using Bayesian Model Selection. Developmental Psychology, 47, 203-212

Location

The Netherlands

Disciplines

• Psychology

Affiliation

Utrecht University

Website

http://rensvandeschoot.wordpress.com/