Scientific publications (1):
- Van Stratum, L. C. (2025, 4 september). Gemaskeerde genderdysforie bij complex trauma: Een reflectieve casusstudie over trauma-gerelateerde lichaamsafwijzing en genderdysforie. Tijdschrift voor Seksuologie. Geraadpleegd van https://www.tijdschriftvoorseksuologie.nl/lees/gemaskeerde-genderdysforie-bij-complex-trauma-een-reflectieve-casusstudie-over-trauma-gerelateerde-lichaamsafwijzing-en-genderdysforie
My core values as an academic
Who I am as a writer, thinker, and contributor to the scientific field
Lived experience as epistemic source
I believe that embodied experience is relevant not only to clinical practice but also to scientific reflection. My writing arises from lived reality, not as anecdote, but as an entry point to complexity-sensitive and nuanced thinking. Because my writing aims to enrich discourse, not to center myself.
Complexity above reduction
My research interests lie where dominant frameworks often fall short: at the intersections of identity formation, (complex) trauma & dissociation, neurodiversity & giftedness, and sex/gender & diversity. I strive for a publishing space where ambiguity is given a right to exist.
Transparency about positionbias
I never write neutrally. And I don't pretend to be. My strength lies in making my perspective explicit, rather than concealing it. In this way, reflexivity forms an instrumental framework. It's precisely because of this that I prevent implicit bias from unknowingly coloring the discourse. As individuals and as researchers, we can't eliminate our biases, but we can be transparent about them.
Ethics as a supporting framework
My research ethics are anchored in responsibility. Not only for what I say, but also for what it evokes. I don't want to claim truth, but to create movement, without subjecting anyone else to it. The goal isn't normative truth, but opening up space for multiple meanings.
Language as a deepening instrument
I see language as more than a medium. Language shapes how we understand, label, and treat. At the same time, I recognize the individuality of language as a bridge for experience within each person's own frame of reference. Therefore, I am careful in my choice of words, not to be vague, but to prevent harm where language becomes too rigid, simplifying, masking, or stigmatizing.