Back in one of my academic homes for a few days. Always special to return to Oriel College, where I was a postdoc and Junior Research Fellow. Oriel was founded in 1326 (!). Oxford has cutting-edge science in an ancient place.
Last slot before the conference dinner at #LHRS2026 — wish us luck :)
We'll talk about parenting, genes, and child outcomes: how family background shapes behaviour, personality, and school achievement, and how we can disentangle genetic and environmental pathways
16:45–18:15, GS Auditorium 1, Oslo
Wonderful discussions at the LEAD Retreat in Tübingen after my keynote on genes, environments, learning, & ADHD.
Interdisciplinary audiences always ask the best questions: about causality, stats, and what heritability means for intervention.
And: 😀Keynote by day, acrobatics instructor by night 🤸♀️🧬
Wonderful discussions at the LEAD Retreat in Tübingen after my keynote on genes, environments, learning, & ADHD.
Interdisciplinary audiences always ask the best questions: about causality, stats, and what heritability means for intervention.
And: 😀Keynote by day, acrobatics instructor by night 🤸♀️🧬
🤧🧬 “When you sneeze, tiny bits of your DNA fly out.” True or false?
Today I talked and experimented with Grade 6 pupils about genes, environment, practice, and experiences, and why children differ from one another. Great questions, lots of curiosity. #MeetTheProfessor
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Excited to be affiliated with Karolinska Institutet (ki.se), Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB)!
Looking forward to collaborations on genetic epidemiology, neurodevelopmental conditions, & intergenerational research, using incredible Swedish twin and population data
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📢 We’re hiring 2 part-time student assistants to join my lab at VU Amsterdam, working with Bruno Sauce & me
The roles combine research in primary schools with new experimental research on AI and learning in uni students.
Dutch + English required. Apply by 3 July
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Many thanks to Mark Taylor and Paul Lichtenstein for the warm welcome and support!
Also enjoying seeing how far my Norwegian gets me in Sweden 💬😅
More here:
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📄 Preprint: osf.io/dt647
🧮 Great collaboration led by Lotta Sieppi and @mtorppa.bsky.social, together with Daria Khanolainen, Eija Räikkönen, Jenni Salminen, Tuire Koponen, and myself.
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Lovely to catch up with Maggie Snowling and @deevybee.bsky.social Dorothy Bishop at @stjohnsox.bsky.social Oxford. Two scientists who have shaped so much of our field, and who remain wonderfully generous colleagues. ✨ Lucky me. #DevLangDis #Dyslexia #OpenScience #DevelopmentalScience
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Ben je student en heb je al ervaring met dataverzameling en het testen en begeleiden van kinderen? Dan hebben we een geweldige baan voor je!
Dr Elsje van Bergen is an Associate Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Visiting Professor at the University of Oslo, and affiliated with Karolinska Institutet. Her research focuses on how g...
