2023-present: Head of Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam
2011-present: Associate professor of forensic psychology at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam.
2020: Ad interim Head of Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam
2017-2020: External member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology, University of Portsmouth
2010-2015: Honorary research fellow at Ghent University and Maastricht University.
2005-2011: Postdoctoral researcher of the Research Foundation -Flanders (FWO) at Ghent University.
2000-2005: Ph.D, Ghent University.
Traditional techniques for detecting deception, such as the 'liedetector test' (or polygraph), are based upon the idea that lying is associated with stress. However, it is possible that people telling the truth will experience stress, whereasnot all liars will. Because of this, the validity of such methods is questionable. As an alternative, a knowledge-based approach known as the 'Concealed Information Test' has been developed which investigates whether theexaminee recognizes secret information - for example a crime suspect recognizing critical crime details that only the culprit could know. The Concealed Information Test has been supported by decades of research, and is used widely in Japan. This is the fi rst book to focus on this exciting approach and will be of interest to law enforcement agencies and academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.