Moniek Buijzen (Ph.D., 2003) is an Associate Professor in the Amsterdam School of Communication Research, ASCoR, at the University of Amsterdam. In 2003 she received a 3-year Veni award for talented junior researchers from the Dutch National science foundation (NWO). In 2008 she received a prestigious 5-year NWO Vidi grant for a research project on young people's commercial media environment. Buijzen's research focuses on the processes and effects of advertising, social marketing, and family and peer group communication about consumer matters. Her work has been recognized with several awards from the International Communication Association (ICA).

In addition to her academic activities, Buijzen focuses on bridging the academy-society divide. She is a member of the advisory boards of the Dutch AV rating system and the Media Literacy Network, and is a board member of the Dutch Foundation for Science Correspondence. Together with colleague Esther Rozendaal she initiated Bitescience.com, a subscribtion website presenting academic research knowledge in bitesize portions. For more information, see www.bitescience.com.

Buijzen is the author of over 50 academic publications. Below a list of selected publications, see her Curriculum Vitae for a full list.

Buijzen, M., Van Reijmersdal, E. A., & Owen, L.H.  (2010). Introducing the PCMC model: An investigative framework for young people’s processing of commercialized media content. Communication Theory, 20, 427-450

Buijzen, M. (2009). The effectiveness of parental communication in modifying the relation between food advertising and children's consumption behaviour. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 105-121.

Buijzen, M., Rozendaal, E., Moorman, M., & Tanis, M. (2008). Parent vs. child reports of parental advertising mediation: Exploring the meaning of agreement. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media , 52, 509-525.

Buijzen, M., Schuurman, J., & Bomhof. E. (2008). Associations between children's television advertising exposure and their food consumption patterns: A household diary-survey study. Appetite, 50, 231-239.

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2008). Observing purchase-related parent-child communication in retail environments: A developmental and socialization perspective. Human Communication Research, 34, 50-69.

Buijzen, M. (2007). Reducing children's susceptibility to commercials: Mechanisms of factual and evaluative advertising interventions. Media Psychology,9, 411-430.

Buijzen, M., Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Sondij, P. (2007). Parental mediation of children's emotional responses to a violent news event. Communication Research, 34, 212-230.

Curriculum vitae