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Caspar van Lissa is an Associate Professor in Methodology and Statistics at Tilburg University's Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His research focuses on advancing theory construction in social sciences through machine learning, meta-analysis, and open science practices. He holds leadership roles in the Tilburg Young Academy and chairs the Open Science Community Tilburg. His work spans developmental psychology, statistical methodology, and reproducible research, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
- Affiliations: Methodology & Statistics Department, Academic Collaborative Center for Digital Health & Mental Wellbeing
- Education: PhD in Adolescent Development (Utrecht University, 2016), Postdoc in Family Sociology (Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2015–2018)
Research Interests: Theory crisis in social sciences, cumulative knowledge acquisition, meta-analysis, emotion regulation, and reproducibility in research. He develops tools like MetaForest and Bayesian evaluation frameworks (e.g., bain package).
Awards: 2021 Teacher of the Year (USocia), NWO Veni (2019) and Vidi (2024) grants. He has supervised 42 Bachelor, 32 Master, and 3 PhD students.
Labs/Teams: Co-founder of the Theory Methods Society, leads the Data-driven Insight team at Actionable Intelligence Consulting, and collaborates internationally with institutions like the Max Planck Institute and Stanford University.
