Paul Leseman

Paul Leseman, PhD, is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Utrecht. He was coordinator of Utrecht University's interdisciplinary research focus area Coordinating Societal Change from 2007 to 2011 and is currently coordinator of Utrecht University's research impulse area Educational and Learning Sciences. Dr. Leseman is currently coordinator of the Special Interest Group Development and Learning in Early Childhood of the EARLI and principal investigator of the Dutch national cohort study Pre-COOL on the effects of early childhood care and education provisions on children’s development and school achievement, starting in 2010.