New Publication by Ardi Roelofs Offers Groundbreaking Insights into Psychology
Radboud University Press the book The Discovery of Mind: From Wundt to Neuroimaging, a new book by Ardi Roelofs, Professor at Radboud University.
Overview of changes in the EER
The Education and Examination Regulations (EER) of the Faculty of Social Sciences are critically reviewed every year, and revised where necessary. Here you will find the most important changes for the academic year 2024-2025.
Making Olympic dreams come true in Paris: ‘Focus as the key to success’
How do you achieve optimal focus to perform at the Olympics?
Tensions on holiday: ‘Opportunity to discuss underlying needs’
Tensions on holiday: where they comes from and could they actually be a good thing?
Representation of minorities on streaming services and broadcasters lags behind
The representation of women, ethnic minorities, seniors and sexual minorities on streaming services and mainstream broadcasters lags behind. This is shown by research by communication scientist Serena Daalmans of Radboud University.
NWO Veni grants for research into privacy in criminal law, mining and malaria
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to fifteen young researchers at Radboud University and Radboudumc. With this grant of up to 320.000 euro they can further elaborate their own ideas during a period of three years.
Twice-exceptional students: do you know them?
Evelyn Kroesbergen and Marielle Wittelings spent three years researching what needs to be done to recognise gifted pupils in whom learning, for various reasons, does not come naturally.
Upgrade your workspace to Windows 11 from 1 August
All Windows desktops and laptops managed by Radboud University will be migrated to Windows 11 in the near future. As a staff member of the Faculty of Social Sciences, you will be able to upgrade to Windows 11 as from Thursday 1 August.
Appeal by Marieke van Houte: 'Adopt a Pair of Shoes'
Researcher Marieke van Houte invites people to 'adopt' a pair of children's shoes from the project ''empty shoes, difficult steps'' this summer.
Take a look at our Brain Computer Interfacing lab
Imagine yourself being paralyzed: you cannot move anymore you cannot talk anymore. Researchers Michael Tangermann and Jordy Thielen are developing new technologies that allow you to communicate again, simply by using your brain.
Take a look at our Brain Stimulation Lab
Did you know we can stimulate your brain in one of our labs? Would you like to see what this looks like? Lennart Verhagen, Hanneke den Ouden, and Soha Farboud provide you a unique look at the Donders Institute's Brain Stimulation Lab.
Informal care is difficult to combine with work
Informal care has a huge impact on your working life. 'Informal carers earn less per hour and are less satisfied with their job,' says sociologist Klara Raiber, who will defend her PhD dissertation at Radboud University on 2 July.
Can knowledge about hands and fingers help us understand eating disorders?
Because of sensory noise, we never experience our hands the same, even if we touch the same object ten times in a row.
Clustering of international students is a bigger problem than increase in numbers
Until a few years ago, the Dutch government was fully committed to attracting more international students. Now that attitude has completely reversed. Sociologist Tijmen Weber investigated the migration patterns of this group of students.
Esther Papies appointed Professor of Enduring Behaviour Change for Sustainability
Esther Papies has been appointed Professor of Enduring Behaviour Change for Sustainability at Radboud University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, with effect from 1 June 2024.
Muslim women face discrimination in the job market
For many Muslim women, discrimination in the job market is commonplace. This was revealed by research conducted by scientists from Radboud University for the outgoing Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
Papiamentu should be a structural part of reading instruction on ABC islands
Melissa van der Elst-Koeiman studied the bilingual reading development of children in the senior years of primary school on the islands. “It is important to use Papiamentu to teach reading in primary education.”
Current state Social Safety Programme FSS 2024 – 2025
The faculty is working on an environment that is as socially safe as possible for students and employees. Also thanks to the efforts of the social safety project team, we are seeing more awareness and a cultural change.
People of Social Sciences: Mustafa Akpinar
Mustafa Akpinar wants to know how to improve the health of the Turkish-Dutch community. He uses a foolproof time management system to combine his busy personal life with his research.
On world non-smoking day, we help young people quit smoking!
Today is World Non-Smoking Day. Do we think about our youngsters on this day? We do! We are launching a large-scale study on smoking cessation among young people.
