No evidence as yet that people exercise less after office work
After a busy day at the office, many people collapse onto the sofa instead of getting some exercise. Sven van As explored the mechanism behind this phenomenon. “When we feel stressed or tired, we tend to go for the easy option."
Children's educational attainment harmed by adverse events
Children of higher-educated parents are also more severely impacted by adverse events such as divorce or child abuse. This is the conclusion of the PhD research of Carlijn Bussemakers, who is defending her PhD thesis at Radboud University.
Schools, researchers and companies join forces in the National Education Lab AI to work on intelligent technology in education
Artificial Intelligence is playing a growing role in Dutch economy and society, and by extension also in education. This has led to the creation of the National Education Lab AI, opening its doors on October 6.
Research into our relationship with social media is flawed
Social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Twitter encourage their users to scroll endlessly. But this doesn’t automatically imply that there is evidence of ‘doom scrolling’, in which the user’s endless scrolling is negative.
Media stories inspire young people to help during the pandemic
During the Covid pandemic, media stories have been proven to inspire young people to help others. Helping others also often gave them a feeling of satisfaction, concludes a new paper from researchers at Radboud University and Erasmus University.
Evelyn Kroesbergen to be new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
As of 1 October 2022, Evelyn Kroesbergen will be the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Radboud University, succeeding the current dean, Michiel Kompier.
Paul van der Heijden appointed as Professor of Multidimensional Psychodiagnostics
On 1 March 2022, Paul van der Heijden was appointed as professor by special appointment of Multidimensionele psychodiagnostiek gedurende de levensloop (multidimensional psychodiagnostics over a lifetime) at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
