Joeri Tijdink

Joeri Tijdink is an associate professor and principal investigator at Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, and is affiliated with VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Joeri Tijdink is an associate professor and principal investigator at Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, and is affiliated with VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After studying medicine at Utrecht University (1999–2006) and specializing as a clinical psychiatrist in Amsterdam (2007–2012), he completed his PhD (2012–2015), entitled Publish & Perish: Research on Research and Researchers. His thesis focused on the impact of publication pressure on research quality and the mental health of researchers. His current research focuses on research integrity, reproducibility, research quality, mental well-being in academia, and research culture. He is involved in several national and international research projects, including the TIER2 project (www.tier2-project.eu), which explores the future(s) of reproducibility and develops tools to support reproducibility practices. He is also a principal investigator in the EU-funded TRUSTparency project, which implements promotion plans for different stakeholders to foster reproducibility practices. In addition, he leads several projects aimed at supporting a responsible research culture in diverse academic settings and studies how early career researchers can be empowered to speak up. He initiated the national Akademiethermometer survey, which investigates the mental health of academics in the Netherlands. Joeri is also the author of the book The Happy Academic – How to Thrive and Survive in Academia (2023), which offers guidance to early career researchers navigating the challenges of academic life. In his work, he consistently focuses on individual, cultural, and systemic factors that can help improve academia, with a strong emphasis on promoting mental health among researchers. Alongside his research, he continues to work as a clinical psychiatrist. In 2022, he was appointed as a member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, highlighting his commitment to improving research quality, strengthening the societal relevance of research, and fostering a more supportive academic environment for early career researchers.