Joanna Wojtkowiak, MSc Cultural Psychology (2006), Ph.D. Religious Studies (2012). is an interdisciplinary scholar and specialized in changing rituals in Western societies. She works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies, the Netherlands. Her research interests are rituals, meaning making in changing Western societies, humanist chaplaincy, and birth and death as existential transitions. She is a lecturer and scientific coordinator of the one-year celebrant training program at the University of Humanistic Studies.