Open Universiteit appoints Madelon van Hooff as professor

The Open Universiteit Board of Directors has appointed Madelon van Hooff as professor of Occupational Health, Well-being and Motivation, effective August 2026. Her research will investigate how workers can maintain sustainable health, well-being, and motivation within a dynamic context influenced by factors such as aging, hybrid work, caregiving responsibilities, and technological innovation.

Van Hooff’s work will specifically address both overwork and underload. She aims to study the consequences of long-term lack of challenge and boredom in the workplace, seeking to understand how organizations can prevent underload to support healthy and sustainable professional functioning.