Tatiana Ciff is a senior lecturer and researcher in behavioural and social sciences within the Professorship Green Economics & Process Optimization and Research Group at the European Studies study program. Her research focuses on the social-psychological aspects of human behaviour, human capital, entrepreneurship, intercultural leadership, innovation, emotional intelligence, LLL, coaching and (social) mentoring, Europeanisation, and the design and evaluation of educational programmes. She is a member or the Researchers’ Committee at Mentoring Europe, member of the International Community of Practice: Quality Mentoring Systems and Frameworks (Canada) and a fellow researcher in the LLO working group at the University of the North (UvhN), the Netherlands. She participated in several national and international subsidised projects and published in international journals.

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Ciff, T. and Terpstra M. (2016) Career coaching in the Dutch higher education – A case study –. Anul LXIV Nr. 2• 2016 2 (2016): 85.
Ciff, T. (2020). Coaching in secondary and tertiary education: The effects of two interventions on students’ well-being and teachers' stress. The University of Groningen. Doi: 10.33612/diss.135802015
Ponsioen, A., Ciff, T., Brouwer, A., & van Lieshout, H. (2023). (Zij)-instroom en behoud van personeel voor IT-functies. Werkgeversonderzoek in het kader van Make IT Work in the North. Hanzehogeschool Groningen. (part of the Make IT work in the North project funded by ERFO HC) zij-instroom-en-behoud-van-personeel-it-fucnties88.pdf (hanze.nl)
Ciff, T. (2024), "Whether and how coaching for mental health and well-being should be offered in post-Covid-19 pandemic Dutch higher vocational education: coaches’ perceptions", International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-07-2023-0057
Ciff, T., Brouwer, A. E., Ponsioen, A., & Van Lieshout, H. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in the tight Dutch IT labour market. Technology in Society, 102541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102541
Ciff, T., & Brady, B. (2025). A European curriculum on mentoring for social inclusion. NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. DOI: 10.48544/c9de8a89-ecce-4686-a155-59b2cb7fc145. https://hbokennisbank.nl/details/nhlstenden:oai:surfsharekit.nl:c9de8a89-ecce-4686-a155-59b2cb7fc145
Ciff, T. (2025). Evaluation of the implementation of a European curriculum on mentoring for social inclusion. NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. DOI: 10.48544/ec116e6d-b6e9-4a09-97b9-7c58cb5ac34d. https://hbo-kennisbank.nl/details/nhlstenden:oai:surfsharekit.nl:ec116e6d-b6e9-4a09-97b9-7c58cb5ac34d
Ciff, T. (2025). Teaching and training materials on mentoring in European higher education. NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. DOI: 10.48544/f0c7570c-8c4c-4e43-abae-ad7bae7146d2. https://hbo-kennisbank.nl/details/nhlstenden:oai:surfsharekit.nl:f0c7570c-8c4c-4e43-abae-ad7bae7146d2
- Make IT work in the North. Funded by ERFO HC, investigates on inflow into the IT labour market for non-IT trained personnel. In cooperation with Harm van Lieshout (Hanze University of Applied Sciences) and IT Academy North Netherland. Total budget: 1.221.114 euro, NHL Stenden: 236.052 euro (2018-2023).
- Erasmus+ Action Type: KA220-HED - Cooperation partnerships in higher education Call 2023. Partner universities: Bertha von Suttner Privatuniversität St. Pölten- Austria (leading partner), KU Leuven -Belgium, Universitat de Girona-Spain, NHLStenden University of Applied Sciences- the Netherlands and University of Galway-Ireland. Project lump sum: €400.000. Started in January 2023 till December 2026.
- European Studies, NHL Stenden: Facilitating the EU Professional in the Frisian Local Government. Started in September 2024 till September 2026.