Professor Victor Van Daal
Vandaalv@edgehill.ac.ukResearch Interests:
Vandaalv@edgehill.ac.uk
Professor in Education
Director of the Centre for Literacy and Numeracy Research (CLNR)
Faculty of Education
Research Interests:
Typical and atypical development of reading and arithmetic, Second language learning, Multimedia and literacy learning, International comparative studies on reading comprehension and mathematics, Methodology and statistics for social sciences
Qualifications:
PhD Free University Amsterdam (1993). Thesis entitled 'Computer-based reading and spelling practice for young dyslexics'
Biography:
I joined Edge Hill University in March 2013, after having worked as a Professor of Special Education at the Reading Centre at Stavanger University, Norway. Before moving to Norway in 2005, I was a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Dyslexia Unit at the University of Wales, Bangor (1999-2004). I studied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (MA in 1981) and obtained a PhD from the Free University in Amsterdam (1993). From 1993 to 1999 I worked as a Lecturer and a Senior Lecturer at both universities in Amsterdam.
