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Ireen obtained her Master’s degree in Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania from Leiden University in 2002. Before she worked as a project manager for Asian Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA) and as an editor for KITLV Press and BKI (Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania). As from 2012, she has been working on several research projects on the Indonesian war of independence. She contributed to both the Dutch and Indonesian edition of Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950 (Gert Oostindie, Prometheus 2015 and Obor 2016).
From 2016-2023 she worked as coordinator of the collaboration with the Indonesian research team within the NIOD-NIMH-KITLV research programme ‘Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia 1945-1950’ and was co-editor of Revolutionary Worlds (AUP, 2023)/ Dunia Revolusi (Obor, 2023) and Onze Revolutie (AUP, 2023).
With Bambang Purwanto, Roel Frakking, Abdul Wahid, Gerry van Klinken, Martijn Eijkhoff, Yulianti (eds.), Revolutionary worlds: Local perspectives and dynamics during the Indonesian independence war 1945-1949. Amsterdam: AUP, 2023.
With Bambang Purwanto, Roel Frakking, Abdul Wahid, Gerry van Klinken, Martijn Eijkhoff, Yulianti (eds.), Dunia revolusi: Perspektif dan dinamika lokal pada masa perang kemerdekaan Indonesia, 1945-1949. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor, 2023.
With Abdul Wahid and Yulianti (eds.) and Frank van Vree (co-eds), Onze revolutie; Bloemlezing uit de Indonesische geschiedschrijving over de strijd voor de onafhankelijkheid, 1945-1949. Amsterdam: AUP, 2023.
Looking back at a shared history: New perspectives, yes please!, KITLV blog. 2016.
With Gert Oostindie and Jonathan Verwey, Serdadu Belanda di Indonesia 1945-1950: Kesaksian perang pada sisi sejarah yang salah. Jakarta: Obor, 2016.
With Gert Oostindie and Jonathan Verwey, Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950: Getuigenissen van een oorlog aan de verkeerde kant van de geschiedenis. Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2015.
Bali; Benteng terbuka 1995-2005; Otonomi daerah, demokrasi elektoral, dan identitas-identitas defensif. Henk Schulte Nordholt. Denpasar: Pustaka Larasan, 2010 [Ireen Hoogenboom (ed.), Arif B. Prasetyo (trans.).].
With Henk Schulte Nordholt and Gerry van Klinken (eds.), Politik lokal di Indonesia. Jakarta: Obor, 2007.
With Henk Schulte Nordholt (eds.), Indonesian transitions. Jakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2006.
‘Guru di Indonesia dari masa ke masa’, in: Dedi Supriadi (ed.), Guru di Indonesia, pp. 1-50. Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, 2004.