My research interests are:
I am currently conducting PhD research within the SAME project. My PhD research is about the peer interactions of multilingual children in daycare in the Netherlands. I combine quantitative and qualitative methods, e.g. social network analysis, observation, interviews, and surveys. My PhD research was also part of Project MIND about bilingual daycare (www.projectmind.nl)
My supervisors are:
Read more about my research on Faces of Science or watch a short video about my project here.
In the past, I was involved in projects about equal opportunities in primary school (Anna Glazenborg, Folkert Kuiken, Sible Andringa), multilingual students at university (Heleen Vander Beken) and multilingual language policy in The Hague (Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade). See the publications below.
Wilhelm Thieme developed the CSNA app in cooperation with me for social network analysis purposes. The app allows you to track in real time on an iPad who is interacting with whom, and gives an edgelist as the output format. The open source code is available here: https://github.com/wjthieme/csna. The app is freely accessible for research purposes, as long as you cite it:
Thieme, W.J., & Thieme, A.M.M. (2021). CSNA: Application for Classroom Social Network Analysis. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/csna/id1561754611
I blog about my research, linguistics, multilingualism and ECEC for Faces of Science: https://www.nemokennislink.nl/facesofscience/wetenschappers/anne-mieke-thieme/
I am chair of the WAP-bulletin editorial team: https://www.hetwap.nl/wie-zijn-wij/redactie-wap-bulletin/
I give guest lessons in primary school classes about multilingualism, and I am part of the Scientific Content Team of Kletskoppen: https://kletskoppenfestival.nl/
I also sometimes give workshops or talks for ECEC organisations.