dr. WEAM (Merije) van der Hulst-van Rookhuijzen

Merije van Rookhuijzen is thesis and internship coordinator and lecturer at the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL) chair group at Wageningen University. 

Merije coordinates all thesis and internship related matters within CHL and is involved as lecturer in various courses and supervises BSc and MSc theses and internships.

Additionally, Merije is involved in a PhD project as co-supervisor, where she aims to understand the spillover effects of interventions encouraging sustainable food consumption.

Publications:

Van Rookhuijzen, M. (2023). Nudging for impact: beyond the immediate effectiveness of nudge interventions promoting healthy food intake (Doctoral dissertation, Wageningen University and Research). https://edepot.wur.nl/587092

Van Rookhuijzen, M., De Vet, E., Gort, G., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2023). When nudgees become nudgers: Exploring the use of self-nudging to promote fruit intake. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(4), 1714-1732. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12464

Van Rookhuijzen, M., De Vet, E., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2023). The effect of transparency on the temporal spillover effect of default nudges. British journal of social psychology, 62(3), 1363-1375. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12636

Van Rookhuijzen, M., De Vet, E., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2021). The effects of nudges: One-shot only? Exploring the temporal spillover effects of a default nudge. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.683262

Van Rookhuijzen, M., & De Vet, E. (2021). Nudging healthy eating in Dutch sports canteens: A multi-method case study. Public Health Nutrition, 24(2), 327-337.

de Lint, L., De Vries, R., Van Rookhuijzen, M., op‘t Landt, S., & de Vet, E. (2025). Beyond the first choice: How (nudged) vegetarian food choices spill over to subsequent food choices. Appetite, 108394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108394

Courses:

Applied Consumer Studies (MCB-32306)

Psychology of Behaviour Change (CHL-52306)

Interventions for Health Behaviour Change (CHL-36306)