Lourens J. Waldorp

Lourens J. Waldorp is a researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam with broad expertise in statistical network modeling, causal inference, and formal theory construction in psychology. Waldorp's research spans the development and application of network approaches to psychological phenomena, including work on graphical models, vector autoregressive models, and causal discovery methods in both experimental and observational contexts. Waldorp's methodological contributions address model checking, Bayesian inference for group differences in networks, and the integration of statistical physics principles with psychological network theory. Recent work by Waldorp has focused on applications including pandemic behavior compliance, psychopathology modeling, and the formalization of psychological interventions through network control approaches.