My scientific profile lies at the intersection between developmental and educational psychology. While my PhD education has provided me with a solid theoretical and empirical knowledge of child development, my post-doc fellowship at TrygFonden’s Centre of Child Research has given me practical experience in designing and executing of interventions in the early childhood education with the aim of improving children’s language, mathematical, and socio-emotional skills, and executive functions.

My primary reserach interests lie within:

• Child Development (socio-emotional, executive functions, language, mathematical, autobiographical memory outcomes)
• Parent-Child Interactions (verbal interactions, parental sensitivity, parental mind-mindedness, home learning environment)
• Interventions in the Early Childhood Education (development and implementation of early interventions promoting children’s language, mathematical, socio-emotional competences and executive functioning in the daycare, preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school grades)

I teach in children's socio-emotional development and parent-child interactions. I supervise bachelor and master's theses in Psychology.

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