Research projects
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Restoration of ancient oak forests with stone meal
Ancient oak forests are threatened by nitrogen deposition and are now on the verge of collapse. Stone meal restores acidification and mineral imbalance. We combine soil and plant chemistry with soil biology and microbiology, among other things.
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WorldTrans
WorldTrans will use system dynamics methods and modelling to deal transparently with multiscale issues and policy response options. The team will work to “bridge the gaps” between models, experts, and user communities.
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Intercultural difficulties in primary mental health care with Turkish patients
This project aims to study intercultural difficulties in the relationship between Dutch GPs, POH-GGZ and Turkish patients. The aim of this project is to improve communication in this context and provide culturally sensitive mental health care.
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iRECS
iRECS focuses on 'improving Research Ethics Expertise and Competences to Ensure Reliability and Trust in Science'. ISiS will be involved to ensure societal and policy uptake of the project’s results.
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WildlifeNL
WildlifeNL is dedicated to the search for new forms of wildlife management. The goal is to develop new technologies, governance arrangements and communication strategies, to enable a low-conflict coexistence of humans and wildlife.
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IANUS
IANUS focuses on strengthening trust in science by fostering participation in research as a co-creative and inclusive process, sensitive to societal values, concerns and needs.
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PRISM-LT
PRISM-LT focuses on two innovation cases for combination of mechanical induction with chemical guidance of stem cells: in vitro meat and organoids for replacement tissue in medicine.
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GAPs
What are the trajectories, infrastructures, and diplomacies that shape the EU’s governance of return migration? What are the effects and human rights costs of this return governance?
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Processing pronouns of address (ImPro)
In various languages, speakers have a choice between using a polite or informal pronoun when addressing others. This project focusses on the impact of the use of a polite or informal pronouns on the addressee.
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CorneaRegID
Current treatments for cornea damage depend on stem cells in the patient's own healthy eye. This project will develop a novel regenerative technology to convert patient's skin and mouth cells into cornea stem cells to restore vision.
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Speech comprehension in a communicative setting
The aim of this project is to examine how the everyday communicative setting impacts on speech comprehension.
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Moral decision making in a communicative setting
The aim of this project is to develop an ecologically valid account of moral decision making when listening to moral dilemmas in communicative settings.
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Digital tools for analysing conversation
In this project we work with the Netherlands eScience Center to create scientific computing tools that enable inclusive curation, rapid exploration and rich visualization of conversational data.
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The development of word production in young children: Monitoring of self and others
PerPLex is a project about the speech perception (how a child perceives speech) and speech production of lexical items (words) of toddlers.
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Stats and Structure
This project investigates how the nature of children’s peer language affects language acquisition for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
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New emoji proposal
How do new emojis come about? With this study Verheijen wants to examine how the emoji submission process works in practice.
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Effects of emoji in webcare
This project investigates the use of different kinds of emoji together with different aspects of 'Conversational Human Voice' (CHV) in webcare, and explores language style accommodation with emoji in webcare in terms of usage and effects.
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Evaluating subjectivity in digital news stories
This project aims to unravel the relationship between subjectivity, digital news medium, and literacy level, by investigating processing and appreciation of subjectivity in online news narratives.
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Optimal variability and perceptual improvement in second language learners
This study investigates the effects of using different levels of stimulus variability during training on the learning of second-language pronunciation.
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Advice-giving and advice-receiving in doctor/patient interactions in Nigerian hospitals
This project will use theories from linguistics to examine how advice-giving and advice-receiving are internationally organised, and how they, in turn, shape medical interactions in Nigerian hospitals.