Daniel van Middelkoop

Daniel van Middelkoop serves as a Full Professor at Hogeschool van Amsterdam across multiple specialized domains: Professional agency / Labour and Human Capital in Transition, Economic Transformation, and THE CENTRE FOR APPLIED RESEARCH ON ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT. He is actively affiliated with The Work Lab, where he conducts research on work quality and professional development in educational contexts.

His research interests span Higher Vocational Education, Professional Agency, Labour and Human Capital, Teacher Well-being, and Organizational Change within Dutch educational institutions. The fingerprint analysis of his work reveals strong connections to teacher teams, craftsmanship development, and universities of applied sciences, with characteristic Dutch educational context.

Professor van Middelkoop has produced 67 research outputs with remarkable consistency since 2008, showing particularly high productivity from 2018 onward. His publication trends reveal a clear focus on pandemic impacts on educational staff well-being (2020-2022), professional agency development (2023-2025), and work quality in educational settings. His output spans books, reports, book chapters, and journal articles, demonstrating both academic rigor and practical application.

His professional activities include:

• 23 oral presentations
• 18 invited talks
• 6 thesis supervisions
• 4 conference participations
• 3 conference organizations

Professor van Middelkoop has actively engaged with media on six occasions, discussing research findings about teacher well-being, pandemic impacts on education, and work quality in academic settings. His recent supervision of Freddie van Vessem's thesis demonstrates his ongoing commitment to mentoring the next generation of researchers and practitioners in the field of educational work environments.