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Vera Snijders is a PhD Candidate and Researcher at Utrecht University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, affiliated with the Development & Education of Youth in Diverse Societies department. Her work focuses on language development, bilingualism, and language mixing in children, particularly in the context of the NWO Vici-funded CALM project.
- Bachelor's Degree: University College Tilburg
- Research Master's Degree: Utrecht University (Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence; DaSCA)
Her research explores how social, linguistic, and cognitive factors influence children's language mixing behavior, with a longitudinal focus on Turkish-Dutch children and those with developmental language disorders. She collaborates with Prof. Dr. Elma Blom, Dr. Merel van Witteloostuijn, and other project members.
Vera has published three key works: a 2025 longitudinal study on language switching, a 2023 systematic review on language mixing in multilingual children, and a 2020 article on toddlers' language development. These cover topics in cognitive science, sociolinguistics, and pediatric developmental psychology.
She is based at the Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw building and can be reached via email at v.e.snijders@uu.nl.
