Anna van der Weij has been affiliated with Utrecht University since 2021 as a PhD candidate in the interdisciplinary project . Their research focuses on the functioning of the border area around the Lower Germanic limes, from the Northern Netherlands to Belgium, during the early Roman Empire. They are interested in the impact of the inhabitants on the landscape and vice versa and currently study burial practices within the research area. Their broader research interests include the archaeology of religion and death and the archaeology and history of the Roman Imperial era, particularly with regard to identity and Roman Britain.