About Me
I started my academic career at the VU Amsterdam, where I conducted my PhD at the Department of Organization Sciences and Center for Philanthropic Studies (CPS, Faculty of Social Sciences). I studied how and why the public supports crowdfunding for product development and services using field and lab experiments. Using social information (information about the behaviour of others, a type of nudge), I designed crowdfunding campaigns to collect more funds and improve donor happiness. Crowdfunding is an online tool to collect public funds to financially support private individuals, companies, foundations and/or charities. For my postdoc, I continued working for CPS, also joining the Department of Sociology (VU Amsterdam). This time focussing on longitudinal data analyses, I continued my crowdfunding research, also focussing on other types of fundraising strategies. I’m an Associate Editor at the Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing and a project manager at the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP).
Organisations
Publications
- Van Teunenbroek, C. & Smits, C. (2023). Four lessons learned: Employees' perceptions of reward-based crowdfunding for cultural institutions. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, e1793.
- Nooij, B., Van Teunenbroek, C., Veenswijk, M. & Teelken, C. (2023). Intended versus implemented work-space: A systematic literature review on activity-based workplace in higher education. Facilities.
- Van Teunenbroek, C., Chiesa, C. D., & Hesse, L. (2023). The contribution of crowdfunding for philanthropy: A systematic review and framework of donation and reward crowdfunding. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, e1791.
- Van Teunenbroek, C. (2023). What is the potential of crowdfunding?. In The Fundraising Reader (pp. 539-543). Routledge.
- Van Teunenbroek, C. & Hasanefendic S. (2023). Researching the crowd: Implications on philanthropic crowdfunding and donor characteristics during a pandemic. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, e1773.
- Van Teunenbroek, C., De Wit, A., Koolen-Maas, S. & Bekkers, R. (2022). Betrokkenheid en online geven tijdens een pandemie: Een verkenning van het geven van geld en tijd voor en tijdens COVID-19 in Reeskens, T., André S. & Völker, B. (Ed), De sociologie en de pandemie: Inzichten en vooruitblik na twee jaar coronacrisis. Tilburg University Press (pp. 152-165).
- Koolen-Maas, S., Van Teunenbroek, C., & Bekkers, R. (2021). Culture change is hard: Evidence from tax reform in the Netherlands in Peter, H. & te Huber, G. L. (Ed.), in The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy (pp. 476-508).
- Van Teunenbroek, C., Bekkers, R., & Beersma, B. (2021). They ought to do it too: Understanding effects of social information on donation behavior and mood, International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, 18(2), 229-253.
- Van Teunenbroek, C., Bekkers, R., & Beersma, B. (2020). Look to others before you leap: A systematic literature review of social information effects on donation amounts. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(1), 53-73.
- Van Teunenbroek, C., & Bekkers, R. (2020). Follow the crowd: Social information and crowdfunding donations in a large field experiment. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 3(1), 1-17.
- Van Teunenbroek, C. (2016). Social aspects and successfully funding a crowdfunding project: The impact of social information. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(6), 139-150.
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Google Scholar Link
Projects
I focus on researching the reliability of crowdfunding to fund product development, focusing on reward-based and donation-based crowdfunding (i.e. philanthropic crowdfunding). I study the effects of informal quality signals and expert decisions using experiments and surveys, using theories from social psychology, behavioural economics and organizational behaviour.
My additional projects focus on the role of disintermediation between charities and individuals and the use of crowdfunding for cultural institutions.
Media
I’m a frequent speaker in both formal and social media. You can contact me for the following subjects:
- Crowdfunding and other online forms of fundraising
- Giving behaviour in the Netherlands
- Charities in the Netherlands
- Social norms and people following the behaviour of others
In the press
Media appearance (past two years)
2023
- International Podcast ‘Why Philanthropy Matters’ (26 June 2023): https://whyphilanthropymatters.com/podcasts/
- National printed Media AD (03 June 2023): https://archive.ph/g4BHG
- Printed article GoedGeregeld (Summer 2023): https://www.goedgeregeldmagazine.nl/
- Printed article Vakblad Fondsenwerving (28 February 2023): Van Teunenbroek, C. & Smits, R. (2023) Crowdfunding voor de culturele sector. Vakblad Fondsenwerving, eerste editie.
- National online news article RTL4 (15 February 2023), episode: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/editienl/artikel/5365917/nationale-actiedag-giro555-natuurramp-geven-we-meer-oorlog
- National television appearance Editie NL (15 February 2023), episode 46: https://tvblik.nl/editie-nl/aflevering-46-9
- National online news article RTL4 (15 February 2023): https://www.nu.nl/aardbeving-syrie-en-turkije/6251066/of-en-hoeveel-we-doneren-aan-giro555-nederlanders-zijn-zeer-gul.html
- National online news article NU.nl (15 February 2023): https://www.nu.nl/aardbeving-syrie-en-turkije/6251066/of-en-hoeveel-we-doneren-aan-giro555-nederlanders-zijn-zeer-gul.html
- National printed media Dagblad Trouw (14 februari 2023): https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/doneerdilemma-giro555-of-geld-naar-klein-initiatief~bb92b9c2/
- National television appearance NL (8 February 2023), episode 40: https://tvblik.nl/editie-nl/aflevering-40-9
- National online news article RTL4 (7 February 2023): https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/editienl/artikel/5364656/giro555-doneren-turkije-syrie-vast-bedrag-kiezen
2022
- Local printed media Dagblad Brabants Dagblad (24 September 2022): https://www.bd.nl/brabant/waarom-inzamelingsacties-zo-succesvol-zijn-mensen-leven-mee-met-andermans-leed-en-willen-helpen~aeee3556/?cb=79add715419cd27815a059d4c94d21aa&auth_rd=1
- Printed article Vakblad Fondsenwerving: Van Teunenbroek, C. & Koolen-Maas, S. (2022). Zes Learnings uit Geven in Nederland. Vakblad Fondsenwerving, vierde editie, 10-11.
- Printed article De Dikke Blauwe: Van Teunenbroek, C. (2022). Een verkenning van online werven. De Dikke Blauwe, 16, 180-184.
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
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