Dr. Laura Boeschoten

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Laura Boeschoten is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University. Her research interests primarily focus on developing research infrastructures for digital trace data collection. She is the project lead of PDI-SSH funded 'Project D3I' (Digital Data Donation Infrastructure), which runs from 2022 to 2025, aimed at providing a permanent service available to researchers in the Netherlands. In addition, she is currently the task lead for the NWO funded project SSHOC-NL, which integrates the digital data donation infrastructure within the wider research infrastructure landscape in the Netherlands. Starting from 2026, this vision will extend to include an integrated infrastructure for data harvesting tools in the NWO funded project Macroscope. Her research addresses the methodological challenges researchers face while conducting data donation studies and aims to develop intuitive and easy data donation workflows for both researchers and participants. She also supports the development of research infrastructure projects that particularly emphasize scalability and sustainability.

Research Interests

Requirements for Utrecht University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Advanced knowledge of research methods and statistics
Application Checklist
  • Transcript of records
  • Motivation letter
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Proof of English proficiency
Specialization Notes

Department of Psychology