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An inclusive learning environment for children with communication problemsSchools are essential to children’s development and provide numerous options for growth. They also facilitate learning beyond the classroom and give c...
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'New' dummy MRI scannerThe old dummy MRI scanner in the LUMC was replaced by a 'new' one from Marktplaats (!) at the beginning of July 2020. This device is used specificall...
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Voyage to Corona. An artistic insight on COVID-19 by Federico de MussoIn February Cultural Anthropologist Federico de Musso went to Northern Italy to visit his family. He was there for three days when COVID-19 cases star...
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‘The Netherlands thought it was prepared for a pandemic, but was in for a surprise’Has the Netherlands responded well to the corona crisis? Or are we, as Geert Wilders terms it, the ‘dunce’ of Europe? A group of authors including Lei...
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Black Lives Matter - New network of Dutch museumsHow are people of color represented in art collections? And do young people of color feel that museum collections reflect their norms and values? Deve...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde receives Heineken Young Scientists AwardThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded the Heineken Young Scientist Award 2020 in the Social Sciences to developmental ...
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Five principles to preserve social trust in scientific modellingExperts from several disciplines have raised concerns about the use of seemingly precise models to guide policies in matters as complex as the current...
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Shirley van der Maarel and team ‘Samen Verder’ granted Speckmann Awards 2020Bachelor’s students Dana Huisman, Marleen Kop, Sam Wichers Schreur and Adriënne de Zoeten were granted the Speckmann Award for their Fieldwork NL repo...
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Paul Wouters on what the Black Lives Matter-movement means for Social and Behavioural SciencesGeorge Floyd's death still leads to fierce protests against police violence and racism on a daily basis in the United States and abroad. We asked Paul...
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The Cinematic Santri: Youth culture, tradition and technology in Muslim-IndonesiaFor some devout Muslims, going to the cinema or viewing certain images is provocative and problematic. Ahmad Nuril Huda investigated the development S...
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Our expectations shape our health
Positive expectations about a medicine may help it to work more effectively, even if you tell patients about this placebo effect. The reverse, the noc...
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In Memoriam professor Bonno Thoden van VelzenOn Tuesday 26 May 2020 professor H.U.E. (Bonno) Thoden van Velzen passed away.
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Dr. Anouk de Koning awarded with Urban Citizen FellowshipCultural Anthropologist dr. Anouk de Koning has been awarded the Urban Citizen Fellowship to carry out research about democratisation of local democra...
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‘I miss the fieldwork on the ships’The corona crisis has had a major effect on research. Sarah de Rijcke, Professor of Science and Evaluation Studies, and her group research the effects...
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Network analysis package igraph receives fundingNetworks play an important role in various studies, ranging from analysing epidemics in human populations to studying connectivity in electrical circu...