Biography
Elisabeth Timmermans received a LEaDing Fellows scholarship and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Media & Communication. In 2017 she obtained her doctoral degree in social sciences at the KU Leuven (Belgium). She is mainly interested in how new media influence romantic relationship development, maintenance and dissolution. Her research expertise involves mobile daters’ motives and outcomes as well as ghosting and infidelity experiences on dating apps. She recently published her popular scientific book Liefde in tijden van Tinder.
You can find more information about Elisabeth’s research findings on her personal website: www.liefdeintijdenvantinder.be
Elisabeth also tweets as @DrCarpenters about interesting research findings related to her topics of interest (https://twitter.com/drcarpenters).
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Visiting fellow | Department of Media and Communication
- timmermans@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- C Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans, L L Sharabi, D J Roaché, A Croft, E Dorrance Hall, L James-Hawkins, V Lamarche & M Uhlich (2021) - Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38 (6), 1901-1919 - doi: 10.1177/02654075211011527 - [link]
- J M Noordzij, M A Beenackers, J Oude Groeniger, E J Timmermans, I Motoc, M Huisman & F J van Lenthe (2021) - Land use mix and physical activity in middle-aged and older adults: a longitudinal study examining changes in land use mix in two Dutch cohorts - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s12966-021-01083-1 - [link]
- L L Sharabi & Elisabeth Timmermans (2020) - Why settle when there are plenty of fish in the sea? Rusbult’s investment model applied to online dating - New Media & Society - doi: 10.1177/1461444820937660 - [link]
- Y-C Her & Elisabeth Timmermans (2020) - Tinder blue, mental flu? Exploring the associations between Tinder use and well-being - Information, Communication and Society (print), 1-17 - doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2020.1764606 - [link]
- Elisabeth Timmermans & C Alexopoulos (2020) - Anxiously Searching for Love (Among Other Things): Attachment Orientation and Mobile Dating Application Users' Motives and Outcomes - Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 23 (7), 447-452 - doi: 10.1089/cyber.2019.0542 - [link]
- Elisabeth Timmermans, Anne-Mette Hermans & Suzanna Opree (2020) - Gone with the wind: A mixed-methods study to explore mobile daters’ ghosting experiences
- C Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans & J McNallie (2020) - Swiping more, committing less: Unraveling the links among dating app use, dating app success, and intention to commit infidelity - Computers in Human Behavior, 102, 172-180 - doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.009 - [link]
- Elisabeth Timmermans & C Alexopoulos (2019) - Attachment Styles and Mobile Dating App Users’ Motives and Outcomes
- Elisabeth Timmermans (2019) - Als u in 2019 wilt daten, kent u maar beter het jargon (en wij helpen u een handje) - De Morgen - [link]
- Elisabeth Timmermans & Suzanna Opree (2019) - An exploratory study to examine ‘ghosting’ as a relationship dissolution strategy in interactions through dating apps
- Elisabeth Timmermans (15 August 2019) - De gevaren van online datingapps
- Elisabeth Timmermans (29 June 2019) - Jortcast #135: Swipen voor de seks?
- Elisabeth Timmermans (25 June 2019) - De nadelen van Tinder
- Elisabeth Timmermans (20 February 2019) - De gevaren van daten via Tinder
- Elisabeth Timmermans (12 February 2019) - Swipen of houden?
- Elisabeth Timmermans (12 February 2019) - Hoe Tinder ons liefdesleven heeft veranderd
- Elisabeth Timmermans (10 February 2019) - Ghosting: als je Tinderdate je plotseling volledig negeert
- Elisabeth Timmermans (9 February 2019) - Liefde in tijden van Tinder
- Elisabeth Timmermans (7 February 2019) - Dit krijg je als je 3000 mensen vraagt naar hun Tinder-ervaring
- Elisabeth Timmermans (1 February 2019) - Op zoek naar de ware
- Elisabeth Timmermans (2018) - Relaties en seksualiteit in het digitale tijdperk (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Elisabeth Timmermans (2018) - Waarom werken Tinderalgoritmes niet altijd in jouw voordeel? (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Popular - Elisabeth Timmermans (2018) - Het dating experiment (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Elisabeth Timmermans (2018) - Why you fail at love online (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Popular
- Elisabeth Timmermans (2017) - Top 4 student paper award of the Mass Communication Division of the International Communication Association
Master Thesis
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5000
Master Thesis Project
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5050
