Recharge overview
Black Lives Matter, One Year Later: Anti-Racism Should Be Higher On the Agenda
A year ago, Black Lives Matter protests took place all over the world. There were demonstrations in Nijmegen too. The Radboud Anti-Racism Collective, will present an online #BLM one year later debate with philosopher Lewis Gordon and Suus te Braak (lecturer at HAN) on Thursday 3 June. What has changed over the past year, and how can we become more inclusive and fairer?
The Catholic mission wanted to ‘westernise’ the Dutch East Indies
Contrary to what has long been thought, the Christian mission in the Dutch East Indies was more than merely religious in nature. The mission made a vital contribution to preserving and legitimising colonial power, sometimes in invasive ways. This is what historian Maaike Derksen argues in her thesis, which she will defend at Radboud University on 15 June.
Family with a child with ADHD? Mindfulness might help
Families with a child with ADHD can benefit from family-based mindfulness training, a study of Radboud university medical center, University of Amsterdam and Karakter shows.
Lessons from history for tackling the Covid-19 crisis
Societies have faced serious health crises and pandemics in the past. Four historians investigate the way in which citizens and governments used to react to long-term social disruption and draw lessons from this for the contemporary Covis-19 crisis. They published their research on May 18 in Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy.
Why so curious?
Curiosity is an important motivator in our search for knowledge. Research from Radboud University shows that we are mostly curious about information that reduces uncertainty about our world
'You don't see it, but slow violence is extremely aggressive'
After centuries of exploitation, the West has become well-disposed in recent decades: humanitarian help has a higher priority on the agenda, but there have been no structural economic changes yet. In the meantime, our consumer behaviour contributes to a process of slow violence. How this is possible and what can be done about it is the subject of the roundtable talk with artist, Renzo Martens.
Solidarity without an Expiration Date
We need solidarity to get through the crisis. But as long as the government conceives of solidarity as the individual responsibility of citizens, solidarity will never be sustainable. This is what we’ve learned from a longitudinal qualitative study on solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why natural scientists also benefit from philosophy
Natural scientists are sometimes sceptical about how useful philosophy is in their field. Unjustifiably, says Henk de Regt. The subject teaches scientists and students to reflect on their assumptions critically. Last Friday, the professor of Philosophy of the Natural Sciences held his inaugural lecture.
Why you must learn to delete
In order to create better products, ideas, or situations, it is important to add the right elements but often also to omit them. Research shows that humans don’t naturally do this, writes Felix Klaassen in a Donders Wonders blog.
Long-term symptoms more common after Lyme disease
More than a quarter of people with Lyme disease continue to have long-term symptoms that lead to limitations in daily life even after treatment. This was shown in the large-scale LymeProspect study in the Netherlands, carried out by RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Radboud university medical center and Amsterdam University Medical Centre.
Article about ethical use of online data noticed by ‘method guru’
Assistant professor of language & communication Wyke Stommel and Research Master's student Lynn de Rijk wrote an article about the ethics behind the use of online data for research: some researchers discuss ethical considerations in detail, others simply consider these data to be public. The results obtained by Stommel en De Rijk caught the attention of ‘method guru’ Janet Salmons of SAGE.
Image recognition for population-based lung cancer screening
Being able to automatically recognize lung tumors on CT scans: professor of functional image analysis Bram van Ginneken developed software within his Vici project that is now used worldwide. The resulting cost savings bring the introduction of a population-based lung cancer screening closer.
Real me vs Virtual me
Nowadays, the anonymization and greater social distance involved in online social interactions appear to facilitate misbehavior and a lack of empathy. Why is it easier to ignore, criticize, or mock people when online?
How sports became of national importance
At the end of the nineteenth century, sports were an activity for a handful of elite young men. Fifty years later, sports fields could be found in every corner of the country, gymnastics was a compulsory part of the school curriculum and the Dutch were fanatically involved in physical education and sport outside of school and club contexts. On 26 May, historian Jelle Zondag will defend his doctoral thesis on why sport was able to grow into this ubiquitous national phenomenon.
Filling cavities with hand instruments no worse than by drill
A tooth with a cavity, cleaned by hand and filled with a biological filling agent, is no worse than a tooth whose cavity has been repared by drill and fitted with a conventional filling. That's according to a recently published review article by retired dental researcher Jo Frencken of Radboud university medical center.
Tragic films as an invitation to think about death
Why are many people drawn to tragic films about death, a topic that is usually avoided as much as possible? Professor of communication and influencing Enny Das examines this in the project Beyond a Fear of Death. The project will soon expand beyond the walls of the university as well. ‘Nobody wants to talk about death, that's why I think it's such a fun project.’
'Administrative toolbox needed to understand EU crisis sensitivity'
To appreciate how the European Union works, public administration students need knowledge of the formal structures as well as diagnostic knowledge. This was the stance taken by Adriaan Schout, professor by special appointment of European Public Administration, recently at his inaugural address.
Green investors benefit from clarity
Investors prefer green investments. They are also prepared to pay for them according to research by Professor of Financial Economics, Stefan Zeisberger (Radboud University). However, it is often unclear exactly how green an investment is. A classification system could help.
Special needs students build more friendships in regular schools
Children with special educational needs experience positive social consequences if included in mainstream education. Their social inclusion is higher than for children attending special schools: they make more friends, and are perceived to be less lonely.
Potential for sustainable churches lies primarily in energy and land use
Many Protestant churches work on improving sustainability, but there is still much progress to be made. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Tjirk van der Ziel (Christelijke Hogeschool Ede, Christian University of Applied Science) in collaboration with researchers of Radboud University