Experience

For work before academia, see my LinkedIn.

Education

Journal articles

1. Kaan, J., Khaluf, Y., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (2026). Simulating extinction and its role in food reinforcement learning for ultra-processed foods. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 29(3), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.6083
2. Thompson, K., Kaan, J., Qi, J., Pham, A.A., & Viviani, E. (2026). Simulating COVID-19 lockdowns’ impact on depressive symptoms in the Northern Netherlands. BMC Public Health, 26(1), 1048. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27001-3
3. Kaan, J., Kunz, S., Moore, D.S. & Khaluf, Y. (2026). Lack of group-to-individual generalizability in pseudocontingencies. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 10459. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41585-1
4. Kaan, J., Ulug, C., Thompson, K., Khaluf, Y., Wagemakers, A., & Moore, D.S. (2025). Health in All Network Simulator: mixed-methods protocol to test social network interventions for resilience, health, and well-being of adults in Amsterdam. BMJ Open, 15(4), e100703. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100703
5. Kaan, J., & van Kleef, E. (2024). Decoupling of desire and salivation over repeated chocolate consumption and the moderating role of food legalizing. Biological Psychology, 192, 108846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108846

Conference papers

• Ulug, C., Wagemakers, A., Kaan, J., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (2026). Neighbourhood restaurants as social infrastructure: Exploring opportunities for social connection in Amsterdam. Accepted for AESOP Sustainable Food Planning. Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN).

Papers in progress

• Kaan, J., Moore, D.S., Khaluf, Y., & Thompson, K. (under review). Evaluating the effectiveness of social network interventions for health and well-being in agent-based models: A systematic review. SSM – Population Health.
• Kaan, J., Thompson, K., Khaluf, Y., & Moore, D.S. (under review). An agent-based approach to modeling network inequality after food system interventions. In: Social Interactions and Food Systems Transformation.
• Kaan, J., Thompson, K., Khaluf, Y., & Moore, D.S. (under review). Measuring inequity in resource access on social networks. Social Networks.
• Kaan, J., Thompson, K., Khaluf, Y., & Moore, D.S. (submitted). Changing health-taste beliefs and body mass index across time and scale. npj Complexity.
• Ulug, C., Kaan, J., Wagemakers, A., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (working paper). Mapping neighborhood health challenges: understanding residents’ perspectives in Amsterdam. To be submitted to Social Science & Medicine.

Talks

• Kaan, J., Ulug, C., Thompson, K., Khaluf, Y., Wagemakers, A., & Moore, D.S. (2026). Testing social network interventions to improve health, well-being and resilience of communities in Amsterdam using agent-based modelling. ODISSEI Conference for Social Sciences in the Netherlands (OCSSN 2026).
• Kaan, J., Khaluf, Y., Kunz, S., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (2026). Biased information processing using pseudocontingency inference. Social Simulation Conference, Durham (SSC 2026).
• Kaan, J., Gieschen, A., Khaluf, Y., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (2026). A synthetic population for agent-based modelling in Amsterdam. International Journal of Population Science. IPDLN 2026, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
• Kaan, J., Khaluf, Y., Kunz, S., Thompson, K.M., & Moore, D.S. (2025). Simulating the influence of social networks and food environments on the formation of health-taste beliefs. ODISSEI Conference for Social Sciences in the Netherlands (OCSSN 2025).

Posters

• Kaan, J., Khaluf, Y., Thompson, K., & Moore, D.S. (2026). Comparing network inequity with adoption after social network interventions. Social Simulation Conference, Durham (SSC 2026).
• Ulug, C., Kaan, J., Wagemakers, A., Thompson, K.M., & Moore, D.S. (2025). Mapping neighborhood health challenges: towards social network interventions in Amsterdam. European Journal of Public Health. Helsinki, Finland. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.1504
• Kaan, J., Thompson, K.M., Khaluf, Y., & Moore, D.S. (2024). Agent-based models of social network interventions promoting health and well-being: A systematic review. ODISSEI Conference for Social Sciences in the Netherlands (OCSSN 2024).
• Kaan, J., Khaluf, Y., Thompson, K.M., & Moore, D.S. (2024). Simulating food environment- and individual-level interventions to shift ultra-processed food preferences. ODISSEI Conference for Social Sciences in the Netherlands (OCSSN 2024).
• Kaan, J., Thompson, K.M., Khaluf, Y., & Moore, D.S. (2023). Health in All Networks Simulator (HANS). ODISSEI Conference for Social Sciences in the Netherlands (OCSSN 2023).

Funding

Teaching

• Health Psychology
• Environmental Assets for Health
• Data Types for Health Promotion

Reviewing

• Communications Sustainability (1)
• Evaluation and Program Planning (1)

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