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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