Jojanneke van der Toorn obtained M.A. degrees in Psychology (2003) and Cultural Anthropology (2005; Cum Laude) from the Free University Amsterdam. She then completed a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at New York University in 2010. After working as a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale university (2010-2012) and as an Assistant Professor at Leiden University (2012-2016), she is currently an Associate Professor at Utrecht University and Professor by Special Appointment of LGBT+ Workplace Inclusion at Leiden University.
Grants, fellowships and subsidies
Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2024
NWO SUMMIT grant (co-applicant), 2024
Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2023
Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2023
Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2022
Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2022
Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2021
Center for Unusual Collaborations grant (co-applicant), 2021
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Grant in Aid (co-applicant), 2020
Goldschmeding Foundation grant (PI), 2020
Utrecht Young Academy grant (PI), 2020
Aspasia writing grant (PI), 2019
Europe Network Fund (co-applicant), 2019
Instituut Gak grant (co-applicant), 2019
SEED Money grant (co-applicant), 2018
Aspasia travel grant, 2016
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Conference Subsidy, 2015
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Small Grant, 2015
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Grant in Aid, 2012
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Rubicon Grant (PI), 2011
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Junior Scholars Committee Travel Grant, 2011
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Small Grant, 2011
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) Junior Scholars Committee Travel grant, 2009
Friends of Katzell Summer Fellowship for Applied Research in Psychology (PI), 2009
Richard J. Campbell Travel Grant, 2008
New York University Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2006, 2007, 2008
New York University Humanities Grant, 2007
Foundation Dr. Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, 2005
Henry Mitchell MacCracken Fellowship, 2005 – 2010
Fulbright Scholarship, 2004
Awards
Gratama Science Prize, Gratama Foundation, 2015
Roberta Sigel Junior Scholar Paper Award, 2015
Supervised PhD Students
Kshitij Mor, Utrecht University 2021-present
Chenhao Zhou, Utrecht University 2021-present
Paula Hoffmann, Utrecht University 2021-present
Birgit van Winden, Leiden University 2021-present
Marjon Bohré, Leiden University 2020-present
Anat Ruhrman, Leiden University 2019-present
Onur Sahin, Leiden University 2017-2024
Maarten van Bezouw, VU University of Amsterdam 2015-2020