Behavioural Science Institute

The BSI is a multidisciplinary research institute that brings together experts from psychology, educational science, and communication science. We focus on strengthening people by understanding the foundations of human behaviour. We strongly commit to open science and aim to facilitate craftsmanship, curiosity and connection in academic research.

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New interventions to sit less: ‘Stop getting coffee for your colleagues'

19 June 2023 Research news item

Most people are by now aware that sitting at your desk all day is not particularly healthy. Yet existing interventions, such as sit/standing desks and smartwatches with reminders to stand up, seem to bring about very little lasting change.

“Start teaching young people media literacy on time“

15 June 2023 Research news item

In times of fake news and endless streams of information, it is important that young people learn to critically reflect on what they read or see online. That is the opinion of Sanne Tamboer, a Communication Science researcher. On 20 July, she will...

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Hybrid Human-AI Regulation

Research

This project focuses on the development of a ‘Hybrid Human-AI Regulation System’ (HHAIR system), which teaches 10- to 14-year-olds self-regulation skills. This will allow them to learn with support from adaptive or self-adaptive learning tools.

Research projects

Look Who’s Talking

1 September 2020 until 1 March 2025 Research

The main aim of this project is to create and field-test chatbots designed to develop and foster long-term engaging and human-like conversations with humans for two technologically and linguistically diverse domains.

Cool @ School

1 July 2023 until 30 June 2028 Research

Financed with an ERC starting grant, project Cool @ School (CatS) contributes to a better understanding of how kids think about and respond to being (un)popular, and how it may shape their bullying behavior.

Interactieve virtual reality training

1 September 2021 until 31 August 2024 Research

This project examined the effects of virtual reality training on the socio-emotional functioning of adolescents diagnosed with developmental language disorders.

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