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Miriam S.D. Oostinga serves as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety department within the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences at the University of Twente. Her research focuses on critical communication dynamics in high-stakes environments, particularly police-civilian interactions and crisis negotiation scenarios.
Her research interests center on communication error management in law enforcement contexts, suicide negotiation paradigms, and cybercrime crisis resolution. Recent work challenges traditional linear models in suicide negotiation while developing innovative training methods using virtual reality. Her fingerprint analysis reveals dominant expertise in Communication Psychology (100%), Police Psychology (77%), and Crisis Negotiation (71%), with strong connections to Law Enforcement (57%) and Empathy research (57%).
Analysis of her 22 research outputs (including 8 in 2024) shows increasing specialization in digital crisis response, with recent publications addressing ransomware negotiations and VR-based suicide intervention training. Her work consistently applies psychological principles to real-world security challenges, bridging academic research with practitioner needs.
With an h-index of 4 based on Scopus citations, her impact is emerging particularly in policing studies and crisis negotiation literature. Her research demonstrates strong practical application through collaborations with law enforcement agencies and security practitioners.
Dr. Oostinga actively contributes to academic discourse through conference presentations, including 12 recorded activities since 2014. Her work emphasizes practical training applications and evidence-based protocols for high-risk communication scenarios, particularly focusing on error recovery mechanisms in prolonged suspect interactions and police-citizen encounters.
