Dr. Sanne Opree

Biography

Sanne Opree is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Research Methods in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research line, "The good(s) life," investigates the effects of advertising and commercial media on youth’s materialism and well-being. She holds an MA in Culture Studies (2007) and an MSc in Sociology (2009) from Tilburg University. In March 2014, she obtained her PhD degree in Communication Science from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR). Before her current position, Sanne worked as an Assistant Professor in Youth & Media at the University of Amsterdam from September 2013 to March 2015. She has contributed to renowned journals such as Communication Research, Media Psychology, and Pediatrics. Her work has been recognized with paper awards at international conferences, including the Baschwitz Young Scholar Article of the Year Award from ASCoR in 2015 and the Annual Research Prize from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2017. Sanne has also received teaching awards from both the Graduate School of Communication at the University of Amsterdam and the Graduate School of Social Science and the Humanities at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her teaching interests encompass quantitative methods, research ethics, advertising, and consumer culture theory. In 2017, she became the bachelor thesis coordinator for the International Bachelor in Communication and Media (IBCoM) program at her university.

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