Research
Marieke's research focuses on care professionals in the long-term care sector, particularly nursing home and home care settings, and specifically on the occupational group of certified nursing assistants (in Dutch: verzorgenden IG). Marieke is interested in occupational development and change processes, professional identity, and the relationship between different occupational groups. She previously studied what certified nursing assistants need to develop and express their voice, and how they can position themselves to have that voice heard.
As an engaged scholar, she is a devoted to engage in co-creation in research, open science and accessible science communication. For example, Marieke has engaged certified nursing assistants and other societal stakeholders, throughout the entire research process: from identifying knowledge gaps, to the development of research question and the co-creation of valorization products.
Grants and prizes
Over the years, Marieke received multiple research and valorizations grants as principle investigator and project leader: i.e., an NWO-Veni, and from ZonMw, the Ministry of Health, Van Coevorden en Adriani Foundation, Hofjes Codde en van Beresteyn Foundation, VUvereniging, Goldschmeding Foundation.
Marieke also received various prizes for her research and valorization activities. For example, the '2019 Best Dissertation Award' from the (then) Faculty of Social Sciences, or the 'Highly Commended Paper Award for Early Career Researchers' at the 2022 Organizational Behaviour in Health Care Conference. But also the 'Friend of Nursing Award' from Sigma Theta Tau Rho Chi at-Large Chapter, an international network of Nursing Scientists.
