Biography
Prof. Semiha Denktaş (Istanbul, 1973) studied Clinical & Health Psychology at Utrecht University and Integration & Migration Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She obtained her PhD on the subject of The Health and Healthcare use of Elderly First Generation Migrants in the Netherlands. Denkta? played a seminal role in the establishment of the Erasmus University College, serving as Head of the Social & Behavioural Science department from 2013 to 1 September 2018. As of 1 September 2018, she leads the Behavioural Change pillar at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences Rotterdam (ESSB). As of 1 October 2018, Prof. Semiha Denkta? helds the position of Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has a vast amount of experience in large-scale, multi-disciplinary research programmes. In 2017, she started the Behavioural Insights Group Rotterdam (BIG’R) and HEALTHY’R together with the Municipality of Rotterdam. She continues to serve as Academic Director of these collaborations. Through these vessels and under her leadership, various research projects are being conducted in Rotterdam to examine and achieve behaviour change. These include behavioural studies aimed at promoting improved mental and physical health, with a special focus on marginalised and vulnerable groups. Denkta? is a board member of Female Academics Moving toward Equity (FAME) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam; a group focused on the participation and empowerment of women in all academic ranks. She is also a board member of the “Coalitie Rotterdammers voor Mekaar” (Coalition of Rotterdammers for Each Other); a Rotterdam-focused coalition that engages its network to detect threats to social cohesion and strengthens and combines existing forces and initiatives to increase social cohesion.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- denktas@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Jelena Kollmann, Shakib Sana, Tessa Magnée, Sarah Boer, Inge Merkelbach, Paul L. Kocken & Semiha Denktas (2024) - Patients' and professionals' experiences with remote care during COVID-19: A qualitative study in general practices in low-income neighborhoods - Primary Health Care Research and Development, 25 - doi: 10.1017/S1463423624000240 - [link]
- André Mamede, Marilisa Boffo, Gera Noordzij, Semiha Denktaş & Matthias J. Wieser (2024) - The effect of cognitive reappraisal on food craving and consumption: Does working memory capacity influence reappraisal ability? An event-related potential study - Appetite, 193 - doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.107112 - [link]
- Warsha Jagroep, Jane Murray Cramm, Semiha Denktas & Anna Petra Nieboer (2023) - Views of older Surinamese adults in the Netherlands about neighbourhood age-friendliness and well-being realisation: A Q-methodology study - Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5 - doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100173
- S. Sana, I. Merkelbach, T. Magnée, J. Kollmann, R. P. Peeters, P. L. Kocken & S. Denktaş (2023) - Identifying barriers to vaccination intention at walk-in vaccination facilities in deprived neighbourhoods: A cross-sectional survey - Vaccine, 41 (45), 6754-6760 - doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.074 - [link]
- Malte Dewies, Inge Merkelbach, Jurian Edelenbos, Kirsten I.M. Rohde & Semiha Denktaş (2023) - Comprehensive Evaluation of the Behavioral Insights Group Rotterdam - Administration and Society, 55 (8), 1555-1583 - doi: 10.1177/00953997231180302 - [link]
- Warsha Jagroep, Jane M. Cramm, Semiha Denktaș & Anna P. Nieboer (2023) - Are neighbourhoods age-friendly? Experiences of older Surinamese adults in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic - Cities, 137 - doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104322 - [link]
- Helen Tibboel, Kevin Pijpers, GO (Gwendolijn Olivia) de Bruin & Semiha Denktas (2023) - The implementation of the sandpit methodology by research funding agencies: considerations regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Inge Merkelbach, Tessa Magnee, Shakib Sana, Jelena Kollmann, Paul Kocken & Semiha Denktas (2023) - Using the health belief model to explain COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Dutch urban citizens under thirty - PLoS ONE, 18 (1 January) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279453 - [link]
- S. Sana, J. Kollmann, T. Magnée, I. Merkelbach, S. Denktaş & P. L. Kocken (2022) - The role of socio-demographic and health factors during COVID-19 in remote access to GP care in low-income neighbourhoods: a cross-sectional survey of GP patients - BMC Primary Care, 23 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01887-5 - [link]
- Warsha Jagroep, Jane M. Cramm, Semiha Denktaş & Anna P. Nieboer (2022) - Health behaviours and well-being among older adults with a Surinamese migration background in the Netherlands - BMC Public Health, 22 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14414-z - [link]
- Semiha Denktas (21 November 2023) - ERC Annual Conference 2023: Research on Diversity & Diversity in Frontier Research
- Maria Carmen Punzi, Karin van Wingerde, Richard Staring, Lieselot Bisschop, Semiha Denktas, Stijntje Dijk & Martijn de Jong (13 November 2023) - GLOBAL ROUND UP SECTOR WEEKLY: UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER OF WEEK-ENDED NOV 12, 2023
Coalitie Rotterdammers voor Mekaar
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Burgerinitiatief, netwerk
De Doelen
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Lid Raad van Toezicht
De Doelen
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Voorzitter Steunfonds de Doelen
Gemeente Rotterdam
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Wetenschappelijke adviesraad gezond010
RIVM
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- BILTHOVEN
- Description
- Wetenschappelijke adviesraad VTV
Seeder de Boer
- Start date approval
- March 2024
- End date approval
- March 2027
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
3.1 Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWP-MINOR-6C
4.1 Health Psychology & Behavior Change
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWP4020H