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Wendy Janssens is Professor in Development Economics. She is the director of the HERA institute (Health Economics Research Amsterdam), academic board member of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. She is also research advisor for PharmAccess Foundation. Currently, she is leading amongst others an interdisciplinary research programme on mobile technology and universal health coverage for mothers and children in Kenya, including the evaluation of maternal mental health interventions.
She has received numerous research grants, including a BRAC grant to study digital finance, women's empowerment and mental well-being in Kenya; a DFID-ESRC grant to study social norms and child marriage in Pakistan; an NWO-Wotro grant to study family planning, HIV/AIDS and empowerment in Mozambique; and an NWO-VENI grant to study the interaction between health insurance and microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
She has extensive experience in designing and coordinating multi-disciplinary research programmes to provide rigorous and locally grounded policy advice to national and international organisations as well as governments (such as Oxfam Novib, Pathfinder International, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the World Bank).
Impact evaluations and behavioral, experimental and micro-econometric analyses of (i) access to health care and health insurance, (ii) global mental health, (iii) sexual and reproductive health (iv) gender, intra-household decision-making, polygamy, and violence against women and girls.
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Ancillary activities are updated daily
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Development Economics, PhD, Social Capital and Cooperation: An Impact Evaluation of a Women’s Empowerment Programme in Rural India, Vrije Universiteit - Tinbergen Institute
Award Date: 23 May 2007
Business Economics, Master, MA in Business Economics, Maastricht University
Award Date: 30 Jun 1998
Culture, Psychology and Psychiatry, Participant in the anthropology graduate school winter course, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research
Medical Anthropology on Sexual and Reproductive Health / HIV , Participant in the AISSR graduate school winter course , Amsterdam Institute for Social Sciences Research
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Aksünger, N. (PhD candidate), Pradhan, M. (Principal Investigator) & Janssens, W. (Principal Investigator)
Project: Research
Janssens, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Janssens, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Janssens, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Janssens, W. (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy
Janssens, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Janssens, W. (Recipient), Aksünger, N. (Recipient) & Galama, T. J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Janssens, W. (Recipient), 2021
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Janssens, W. (Recipient), Groot Bruinderink, M. (Recipient) & Morsink, K. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2015
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Janssens, W. (Recipient), 2020
Prize / Grant: Grant › Societal
Abajobir, A., Donfouet, H., Sidze, E., de Groot, R., Pradhan, M. & Janssens, W.
11/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
24/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
24/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
29/04/19 → 3/05/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
3/10/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Janssens, W. (Creator), Kramer, B. (Creator), van der List, M. (Contributor) & Pap, D. (Data Manager), DataverseNL, 18 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.34894/AXFRPB
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Janssens, W. (Creator) & Pradhan, M. (Creator), DataverseNL, 19 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.34894/AKWPIA, https://doi.org/10.34894/AKWPIA
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Barr, A. (Contributor), Janssens, W. (Contributor), Kebede, B. (Contributor), Dekker, M. (Contributor) & Kramer, B. (Contributor), ICPSR, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.3886/e113730v1, https://doi.org/10.3886%2Fe113730v1
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Janssens, W. (Creator), Barr, A. (Contributor), Dekker, M. (Contributor), Kebede, B. (Contributor) & Kramer, B. N. (Contributor), openICPSR, 2 Apr 2019
DOI: DOI: 10.1257/app.20170438, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113730/version/V1/view
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Janssens, W. (Contributor), Kramer, B. (Contributor), List, M. V. D. (Contributor) & Paper, D. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.34894/axfrpb, https://doi.org/10.34894%2Faxfrpb
Dataset / Software: Dataset