Arnika van Heerden

Arnika van Heerden is a PhD Candidate at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, focusing on the (cost)effectiveness of interventions that influence academic achievement in higher education. Concurrently, Arnika serves as a Senior Policy Researcher at Hogeschool van Amsterdam, where responsibilities include digitizing applied research indicators for monitoring and evaluation. Previous roles include Senior Educational Policy Advisor at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, where Arnika was involved in effectiveness analyses aimed at reducing dropout rates and enhancing student achievement. As a Project Manager, the focus was on initiatives like “Interventions for Student Success” to improve participation among ethnic minority students. Arnika’s academic credentials include a PhD candidacy in Economics at the University of Amsterdam and a Master of Science in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.