Jonathan D. Leipoldt

I currently work on a double doctarate at the University of Trondheim, Regional Centre for Mental Health and Child Welfare (RKBU) in Norway and at the University of Groningen, department of Special Needs Education and Youth Care. My PhD Project is about social climate in residential youth care institutions. More info about the project can be found here:http://www.ntnu.no/web/rkbu/live-a-life-in-residential-care . Furthermore, I am a co-founder and editor of Orthoreka!, a journal for excellent mastertheses at the University of Groningen. Before taking the PhD I have worked as a policy advisor and psychometric analysist for examinations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Furthermore, I have worked at a Triversum, child and adolescent psychiatry hospital as a research internship for the project `Mentalisation based treatment for adolescents with personality problems`. Academic interests Adolescents Personality problems Therapeutic residential youth care Living environment Modern test theory / IRT Structural Equation Modelling Qualitative Systematic Reviews Teaching and supervision Education cordinator programme group Developmental Psychology, UvA BA and MA Theses University of Amsterdam Various courses BA Clinical Developmental Psychology Professional activity Co-founder and editor of Orthoreka! An online open access platform for excellent and practically relevant mastertheses EUSARF Academy - Board Member EUSARF Academy Summer School HESTIA 2017 - Member of the organizational commitee EUSARF Academy 2016 - Member of the organizational commitee