Biography
Ingmar Franken is a full professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam, within the Clinical Psychology group in the Department of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies. He obtained his PhD in 2003 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Amsterdam. Currently, he serves as the head of the Center for Addiction and Substance Use Research (cesarresearch.nl) in Rotterdam.
His research interests primarily focus on the neurocognitive aspects of addiction and substance abuse. He is dedicated to the "From Lab to Society" research approach, which emphasizes a strong connection between basic experimental research and clinical practice. He has had the privilege of presenting his work at numerous international conferences and has successfully secured both governmental and private funding for his research, including prestigious grants like the VENI and VIDI. Additionally, he has succesfully supervised 24 PhD students so far throughout his career.
He is a member of the editorial boards of Drug and Alcohol Dependence and European Addiction Research, and he reviews for over 60 scientific journals and organizations, including the European Research Council (ERC). He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles and serves as the main editor of the Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology as well as two Dutch handbooks for professionals on Psychopathology and Addiction. He also has a small part-time appointment as therapist at Antes, specializing in addiction treatment.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- franken@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Olga D. Boer, Thea Wiker, Shervin H. Bukhari, Rikka Kjelkenes, Clara M.F. Timpe, Irene Voldsbekk, Knut Skaug, Rune Boen, Valerie Karl, Torgeir Moberget, Lars T. Westlye, Ingmar H.A. Franken, Hanan El Marroun, Rene J. Huster & Christian K. Tamnes (2025) - Neural markers of error processing relate to task performance, but not to substance-related risks and problems and externalizing problems in adolescence and emerging adulthood - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 71 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101500 - [link]
- Michiel Boog & Ingmar Franken (2024) - The Role of Impulsivity in Addictive Behavior - [link]
- C. Henrico Stam, Frederik M. van der Veen & Ingmar H.A. Franken (2024) - Evidence for post-decisional conflict monitoring in delay discounting - Biological Psychology, 192 - doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108849 - [link]
- Olga D Boer, Ingmar H A Franken, Ryan L Muetzel, Janna Cousijn & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - Examining associations between brain morphology in late childhood and early alcohol or tobacco use initiation in adolescence: findings from a large prospective cohort - Biological Psychology, 192 - doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108859 - [link]
- Michiel Boog, Mette C Visser, Loes Clarijs, Ingmar H A Franken & Arnoud Arntz (2024) - One-Year Follow-Up: Schema Therapy for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder - Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31 (4) - doi: 10.1002/cpp.3040 - [link]
- Yvette Grootjans, Anita Harrewijn, Laura Fornari, Tieme Janssen, Ellen R A de Bruijn, Nienke van Atteveldt & Ingmar H A Franken (2024) - Getting closer to social interactions using electroencephalography in developmental cognitive neuroscience - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 67 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101391 - [link]
- René Freichel, Janine Pfirrmann, Peter J de Jong, Janna Cousijn, Ingmar H A Franken, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Ilya M Veer & Reinout W Wiers (2024) - Executive Functioning, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: Understanding Developmental Dynamics Through Panel Network Approaches - JAACAP open, 2 (1), 66-77 - doi: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2023.11.001
- Annelot Wismans, Pauline Jansen, Roy Thurik, Peter Prinzie & Ingmar Franken (2024) - Seeking the roots of entrepreneurship: Childhood and adolescence extraversion predict entrepreneurial intention in adults - Applied Psychology, 73 (4), 2021-2046 - doi: 10.1111/apps.12531 - [link]
- Ingmar H.A. Franken (2023) - Is sexual craving a sign of sex addiction? - Addiction, 118 (12), 2315-2316 - doi: 10.1111/add.16362 - [link]
- Michiel Boog, Eveline Rietdijk & Ingmar H.A. Franken (2023) - Sex work and substance use disorder: the role of personality and trauma - Journal of Substance Use, 29 (6), 1050-1056 - doi: 10.1080/14659891.2023.2238315 - [link]
- Maren Wehrle, Daan Brinks, Zhenyu Gao, Ingmar Franken, Matthias Wieser & Ingmar Franken (17 August 2022) - Neurological Disorders have significant impact on patients and health systems
- Maren Wehrle, Daan Brinks, Zhenyu Gao, Ingmar Franken, Matthias Wieser & Ingmar Franken (16 August 2022) - -Erasmus University Rotterdam : Neurological Disorders have significant impact on patients and health systems
- Marien Lievaart, Freddy Veen, J Huijding, JE Hovens & Ingmar Franken (2015) - The Relation between Trait Anger and Impulse Control in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: an EEG Study (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Josanne Dongen, I Brazil & Ingmar Franken (2015) - Psychopathy and its relation to empathy (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Reshmi Marhe, AJ Waters, BJM Wetering & Ingmar Franken (2010) - Implicit and explicit drug-related cognitions predict relapse in heroin and cocaine: An ecological momentary assessment study (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
- Ingmar Franken, Rianne Kok & PAC (Pol) van Lier (2017) - Erasmus Initiative Grant
Justflow Counseling
- Start date approval
- January 2023
- End date approval
- January 2026
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- psychologisch advies
Antes Zorg
- Start date approval
- September 2024
- End date approval
- September 2027
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Counseling
stichting BOPP-West
- Start date approval
- September 2024
- End date approval
- September 2027
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Bestuursfunctie
Kansspelautoriteit
- Start date approval
- April 2025
- End date approval
- April 2028
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- LId van adviesraad Kansspelautoriteit
4.1C Addiction
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWP4029K
