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Willem Frankenhuis

Professor, University of Amsterdam

Willem Frankenhuis is a Professor at the University of Amsterdam. He studies how individuals tailor their cognition and behavior to local environmental conditions. His core activity is the development of a research program designed to discover and leverage the social-cognitive skills and abilities that might be enhanced in harsh and unpredictable environments. Willem Frankenhuis is a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2018-2020.

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Contributions by Willem

Willem Frankenhuis / 30 June 2026

Articles Society Development Equity

A boy is looking up at the sky on a rainy day while holding an umbrella.

Willem Frankenhuis and Tania Jenkins / 17 June 2020

Videos Development Diversity

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Willem Frankenhuis / 15 May 2018

Articles Learning & Education

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Emmy Noether independent group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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Assistant Professor, McGill University

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Professor of Developmental Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg

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