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How these young researchers are preparing for their first scientific conference 16 April 2024
Three Psychology students will present a poster of their thesis research on Alzheimer’s and dementia at the international conference AAIC Neuroscience...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression 16 April 2024
Scared to read aloud, put your hand up, answer a question or make a mistake at all: many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental management: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote highlands of Myanmar? ‘To ta...
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High school students get a taste of psychology: 'Later I'll become a neuroscientist' 09 April 2024
How does loneliness work? Why can friendships be so complicated for autistic people? And what makes the school building such an unpleasant place for s...
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The internet has many bosses. It’s chaotic but it works 08 April 2024
Governing the internet is rather chaotic, says Professor Jan Aart Scholte. ‘But it works.’ Not only do national and local governments have a say but a...
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’ 08 April 2024
More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue ...
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Working towards a healthier society: learn all about it in this new minor 08 April 2024
Why are health problems such as loneliness and obesity so persistent? What causes them to occur more frequently in some neighbourhoods than others? An...
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Autism and loneliness at school: ‘I always have to stifle my feelings’ 03 April 2024
Echoing corridors, chaotic lessons and the obligatory chit-chat in the playground: for pupils with autism, an average day at school is exhausting. As ...
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Black hole images are not just simple "photographs", but the product of complex human choices (and can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave) 02 April 2024
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole. Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame was inte...
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Anthropologist working for the government 01 April 2024
Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...
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Floor van Meer receives news Trial & Error Award 28 March 2024
Psychologist Floor van Meer won the first Trial & Error Award for her research on the effect of being distracted while eating on eating behavior. This...
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The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024
With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
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'An international classroom is about opening up to different voices' 26 March 2024
There is a lot of discussion about international students and Dutch universities. The Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development programme is ...
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Joop van Holsteyn appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council 26 March 2024
Joop van Holsteyn has been appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad). As of 1 april 2024 the Professor in Political Behaviour and ...