Aniek Siezenga
PhD candidate
- Name
- A.M. Siezenga MSc
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- a.m.siezenga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1330-2799
Aniek Siezenga is a PhD student at Leiden University and affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg.
More information about Aniek Siezenga
Short CV
Aniek Siezenga is a PhD student at Leiden university and affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for the study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg. Under the supervision of prof. dr. Jean-Louis van Gelder, she is involved in the ERC research program "CRIMETIME". This research project focuses on the development of a virtual reality and smartphone intervention for young delinquents.
After completing her master’s degree Clinical Pedagogical Sciences at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, she worked as a therapist at de Waag (centre for ambulant forensic mental health care) and in a social team, and as a teacher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. As of October 2020, Aniek works at Leiden University.
Research
The research project ‘FutureU’ aims to develop an intervention for reducing self-defeating and criminal behavior. Technology, such as Virtual Reality and smartphone apps, is used to explore the possibilities for offender rehabilitation.
Workdays
Monday to Friday
PhD candidate
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Neuropedagogiek en ontwikk. stoornissen
- Siezenga Aniek M. Mertens Esther C.A. Gelder Jean-Louis van (2025), To use and engage? Identifying distinct user types in interaction with a smartphone-based intervention, Computers in Human Behavior Reports 17: 100602.
- McClanahan W.P., Sergiou C., Siezenga A.M., Gerstner D., Elffers H., Schalk J. van der & Gelder J.L van (2024), Neighborhood crime reduction interventions and perceived livability: : A virtual reality study on fear of crime, Cities 147: 104823.
- Mertens E.C.A., Thielmann I., Nocentini A., Siezenga A.M. & Gelder J.L. van (2024), Putting situational affordances in an intervention context: how the interaction between personality and intervention situations can help us explain differential intervention responses, PLoS One 19(12): e0309180.
- Mertens E.C.A., Siezenga A.M., Schalk J. van der & Gelder J.L. van (2023), A novel smartphone-based intervention aimed at increasing future orientation via the future self: a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a prototype application [Smartphone intervention to foster future orientation], Prevention Science : .
- Siezenga A.M., Mertens E.C.A. & Gelder J.L. van (2023), A look under the hood: analyzing engagement and usage data of a smartphone-based intervention, BMC Digital Health 1: 45.
- Siezenga A.M., Gelder J.-L. van & Schalk J. van der (2022), What works in the Digital Age?: VR and smartphone applications for forensic psychology. In: Liell G.C., Fisher M.J. & Jones L.F. (Eds.), Challenging bias in forensic psychological assessment and testing. London: Routledge . 130-157.
- Mertens E.C.A., Schalk J. van der, Siezenga A.M. & Gelder J.L. van (2022), Stimulating a future-oriented mindset and goal attainment through a smartphone-based intervention: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Internet Interventions 27: 100509.
- Mertens E.C.A., Siezeng A.M. & Gelder J.L. van (2022), Oog in oog met de toekomstige versie van jezelf, Kind en Adolescent Praktijk 21(4): 43-45.
- Mertens E.C.A., Siezenga A.M., Tettero T. & Gelder J.L. van (2022), A future orientation intervention delivered through a smartphone application and virtual reality: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Psychology 10: 315.