Rate My Professor Anke Liefbroer

Her research specializes in meaning-making processes and their relationship to mental well-being, particularly in secularized societies, alongside empirical studies on spiritual care interventions, chaplaincy education, spiritual caregivers' roles and competencies, and fundamentalism. She developed the dialogue model 'In Dialogue with Your Life Story' for spiritual care in home-based palliative settings, demonstrating enhanced spiritual well-being among patients. Key publications include her inaugural lecture "Met je ziel onder je arm? Zingeving en mentaal welzijn in een geseculariseerde samenleving" (2025), "Opening up the black box of chaplaincy: a qualitative study into the reported workings of a narrative and interfaith spiritual care intervention in palliative care at home" (2025, Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, with Foppen et al.), "Mapping the concept of fundamentalism: a scoping review" (2025, Politics and Religion, with Kindermann et al.), and "The Fundamentalism Matrix: A Tool for Defining, Mapping, and Operationalizing Fundamentalism" (2025, Oxford University Press chapter). Liefbroer was named Teacher of the Year 2023 at Tilburg University and selected as a national finalist. She teaches courses including Sociology and Psychology of Religion, Master's Thesis Spiritual Care, and Religion and Psychopathology, bridging theory, research, and professional practice. She leads a research group on meaning-making and mental well-being.