Rijn Vogelaar’s PhD research on enthusiasm featured in Psychology Today
Rijn Vogelaar earned his PhD researching enthusiasm. Psychology Today explores the power of this often underestimated emotion: how enthusiasm gets us moving, why we show it at work, and when ‘faking enthusiasm’ can actually leave us feeling drained.
Psychology Today
Why Enthusiasm Feels So Powerful (8 September 2026)
Rijn Vogelaar is a psychologist, writer, and speaker. As a PhD candidate, he researches enthusiasm, an emotion we still know relatively little about.