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Marijke de Belder is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in linguistics and teacher training. She obtained her Master's degree from KU Leuven and her doctorate from Utrecht University, along with a habilitation from the CvO Universität Oldenburg. Her professional background includes work at universities in Belgium, the Netherlands, Cyprus, and Germany. De Belder's research interests focus on the reform of Dutch-language education and the increased emphasis on subject content, with a particular interest in language education methodologies. She explores the motivations of students in choosing to pursue a teaching career in Dutch and the pedagogical approaches related to teaching languages in higher education. Her expertise includes Dutch morphosyntax, and she integrates theoretical knowledge with empirical data in this domain. She has published on the Dutch language's composition, nominal inflection, and allomorphy. De Belder participates in interdisciplinary research, currently co-supervising a doctoral project examining the intersection of linguistic and geographical thinking. Additionally, she collaborates on interdisciplinary educational initiatives concerning language and law. Alongside her research, she has contributed to the book 'Introduction to Dutch Linguistics', published by Amsterdam University Press, aimed at first and second language learners.
Department of Psychology