Dirk is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Financial Markets at the Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.). His research is focused on the behaviour of financial consumers, financial institutions and financial markets. Examples of recent research topics in the area of consumer behaviour involve checkout decisions when confronted with Dynamic Currency Conversion checkout options and switching behaviour of bank clients based in deposit rate differentials.

In addition to his research, Dirk is program director of the MSc. in Banking and Finance at U.S.E. and teaches courses on Investment Management. Outside academia, he is a member of the Euronext AEX Indices Steering Committee and of the editorial board of the VBA Journaal which is a quarterly journal published by the CFA Society VBA Netherlands.