Summary of research
Dr. Ruth van Veelen is Assistant Professor at the department of Social, Health and Organisational Psychology at Utrecht University. Her research focuses on group diversity and social identity processes at work. In her current projects, she studies how gender stereotypes associated with certain professions or professional cultures form (invisible) barriers to women’s and men’s professional identity development and career choices, and contribute to persistent gender gaps on the labor market.
In her research, Ruth collaborates interdisciplinary (IOS Gender & Diversity Hub), with external stakeholders (LNVH, TechYourFuture) and in work sectors where gender ratio’s are highly skewed (e.g., high-tech, academia, economics, healthcare).
Expertise
Social psychology
