Joni Delanoeije (MSc in Psychology/Ethology, PhD in Business Economics) is an FWO postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in work and organizational psychology (Work and Organisation Studies, KU Leuven) and anthrozoology (KU Leuven, Odisee), and is board member of the International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations (IAHAIO). She is in charge of her own research projects on new ways of working, the inclusion of animals in (home-)working and education environments (“office dogs” and “campus cats”), and human-animal-nature interactions at large, in which she collaborates with Washington State University, Ghent University, VU Amsterdam, ELTE Budapest and others. She obtained her PhD in Business Economics in 2019, which focused on sustainable work practices with regard to employees work-home interface, (“work-life balance”), specifically on how new ways of working, such as home-based telework, relate to employee well-being and performance.
Academically trained in theoretical psychology, business economics and ethology, her main research topics include sustainable work environments and human-animal-nature interactions using a “one welfare” approach, i.e. simultaneously addressing human, animal and environmental well-being. Combining insights from organizational and systems psychology, comparative psychology, ethology and anthrozoology, she aims to further the understanding of employee and animal experiences and interactions between people, animals and nature in our society. Joni has won various awards and distinctions, she is a regular invited speaker at (inter)national academic and practitioner’s seminars and conferences, and she has published in Human Relations; Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Work & Stress; Journal of Vocational Behavior; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology; Ethology; Anthrozoös and Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Besides her work as a researcher, Joni is a dog behavior trainer and enthusiast and gets engaged in activities aiming for a better world for (human and non-human) animals.
On a personal note, Joni lives in Lubbeek, near Leuven, Belgium, together with her two-legged lover, her daughter, three dogs and a cat. She spends her free time on reading, running, and dreaming about the future.
