Joanna Wojtkowiak
Assistant professor
- j.wojtkowiak@uvh.nl
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Joanna Wojtkowiak has a background in cultural psychology (MSc) and a PhD in Religious Studies (both obtained at the Radboud University Nijmegen). She worked at the VU medical center on a research project on care ethics in decision-making at the end of life. Since 2012, she has been teaching and conducting research at the University of Humanistic Studies in the department of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies. Her research focuses on ritual innovation, meaning making, life transitions (such as birth and death) and chaplaincy/ spiritual care from interdisciplinary perspectives, such as religious studies, cultural psychology, anthropology and philosophy. She co-developed the one-year postacademic celebrant training program and is currently director of the Bachelor program in Humanistic Studies.
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birth and death as transitional experiences
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community building and empowerment through rituals
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cultural aspects of meaning making
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embodied and pluralistic spirituality
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emerging rituals in plural society
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natality, mortality and meaning in life
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ritual design and methods for ritual making
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rituals in chaplaincy and spiritual care
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Reviewer, o.a. Social Science and Medicine, Death Studies, PLOS one, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, European Journal for Psychotraumatology, Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Culture, Health & Sexuality
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Board member,Kenniscentrum Levensbeschouwing en Geestelijke Volksgezondheid (KSGV)
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Board member/Chair IRILIS - Institute for Ritual and Liturgical Studies
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