Prof. W.J.P. Stommel (Wyke)

My research concerns spoken and digital communication in institutional environments. Varying from video consultations in the medical domain to instant messaging for counseling and interaction with robots: on the basis of the methods of conversation analysis I study how people achieve goals, construct identities and build relationships step by step verbally and non-verbally in their communication. I frequently work in interdisciplinary teams, also in direct collaboration with (medical) professionals. Thus, the research directly contributes to/ provides new insights in their work.

Currently, I supervise:
- Marie Rickert (postdoc, digitalisation in adult L2 learning for professional purposes)
- Maartje Roodzant (phd, confirmation in online and offline psychotherapy)
- Evi Dalmaijer (phd, digitalisation of (para)medical interaction and practice)
- Mieke Breukelman (phd, uncertainty in trans and intersex care)
- Lynn de Rijk (phd, non verbal communication with robots)
- Eline Wagelaar (research assistant, oral exams Dutch Literature in secondary school)

Furthermore, I work on methodological aspects of research, such as the ethics of research on digital data. In 2013, I co-initiated the Microanalysis Of Online Data (MOOD) network. For a review of our boek Analysing Digital Interaction see: : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/symb.639

My inaugural lecture "The rules of (digital) conversation" from March 21, 2025, can be viewed (in Dutch!) here: https://youtu.be/I95fhj-zipo.