Willem E. Frankenhuis
Academic Positions
- 2023-present. Associate Professor, Evolutionary and Population Biology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2020-present. Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI-CSL), Freiburg, Germany
- 2020-2023. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2018-2020. Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2012-2017. Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology (tenure 2014), Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2012. Postdoctoral Researcher, Cognitive Development Center, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Selection of Academic Leadership
Selection of Honors and Grants
- 2021. Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)
- 2019-2024. Vidi Grant (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme), Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- 2019. Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- 2018-2020. Jacobs Foundation Early Career Research Fellowship
- 2017-2023. James S. McDonnell Foundation 2017 Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition (JSMF)
- 2017. Boyd McCandless Award, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), American Psychological Association (APA)
- 2016. Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- 2016-2018. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant (RWJF)
- 2014-2018. Veni Grant (Innovational Research Incentives Scheme), Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- 2014. New Investigator Award, European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association (EHBEA)
- 2011-2012. UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship
- 2006-2008. Huygens Scholarship, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science
- 2006-2007. Fulbright Fellowship
- 2006-2007. VSB Foundation Scholarship
Education
- 2012. UCLA, Ph.D. Biological Anthropology
- 2006. University of Amsterdam, M.Sc. Psychology (cum laude)
- 2006. University of Amsterdam, M.A. Philosophy (cum laude)
- 2005. University of Amsterdam, B.Sc. Psychology (cum laude)