Does the home environment cause children to struggle in school?
The developmental interplay between the factors in the home environment and educational achievement.
LEARN! Research Seminar by Alexandra Starr 28 January 2025 16:00 - 17:00
About LEARN! Research Seminar by Alexandra Starr
Starting date
- 28 January 2025
Time
- 16:00 - 17:00
Language
- English
Dr. Alexandra Starr
Alexandra is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biological Psychology at the VU Amsterdam. Her research interests lie in understanding why children differ in their learning ability and cognitive development. She uses structural equation modelling and polygenic score analyses to investigate the genetic and environmental contributions that shape educational achievement and drive the intergenerational transmission of family background inequality. She is interested in research designs that intend to test causality. Leveraging family data, she aims to identify factors in the home learning environment (e.g., household chaos, parent-child interactions, cognitive stimulating activities) that might be causally related to children’s education. Alexandra holds a PhD in Psychology from Bielefeld University, and has previously worked as a postdoc at the University of York (Department of Education).
