Paul van Geert

Paul van Geert
Paul van Geert
Born	8 January 1950; Temse, Belgium
Alma mater	Ghent University;
Known for	Developmental psychology; Complex Dynamic Systems Theory; Modeling and simulation;
Spouse	Waegeman
Children	David van Geert (1972); Liesbet van Geert (1974)
	Scientific career
Fields	Developmental psychology; Complex Dynamic Systems Theory;
Institutions	University of Groningen; ;
Thesis	Language development in the light of cognition and perception (1975)
Doctoral students	Marijn van Dijk (2004)
Website	van Geert on the website of the University of Groningen

Paul van Geert is a Dutch linguist. He is currently a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. He is renowned for his work on developmental psychology and the application of dynamical systems theory in social science.

He is one of the members of the "Dutch School of Dynamic Systems" who proposed to apply time series data to study second language development along with de Bot, Lowie, and Verspoor.

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