Prof. E.J.P.G. Denessen (Eddie)

Eddie Denessen got his PhD in 1999 on sociocultural differences in attitudes towards education in the Netherlands. He focused on the relations between social class backgrounds, religious and political values with perceptions of ‘good education’.

After his PhD, he developed his expertise in various related domains, such as educational inequalities, teacher expectations, differentiation in schools and classrooms, school choice, cultural ethnic segregation, and parental involvement in education.

From 2016 to 2023, Eddie Denessen held a chair by special appointment as professor of Socio-cultural Diversity and Differentiation in Education at Leiden University

Since 2023 he is full professor in Education and Social Inequality at Radboud University

Eddie Denessen is chair of the Education & Society division of the Dutch Education Research Association and chair of the steering committee of the European research Network About Parents and Education (ERNAPE).