Photo of the Maria Montessori building
Photo of the Maria Montessori building

Behavioural Science Institute

We believe that the challenges of tomorrow require an interdisciplinary and collaborative effort today. Our mission is to join forces in interdisciplinary research on the theme: Empowering the Young. We study young people's challenges in our current society and are dedicated to contributing to their empowerment by providing the knowledge, tools, and confidence to shape their future.

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Highlights

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How to recognise and acknowledge a highly gifted pupil

Research news item

Equal opportunities for pupils that display characteristics of giftedness. That is what Lineke van Tricht is committed to creating as a Radboud University researcher and owner of Bureau Talent.

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Can you feel sorry for a robot?

Research news item

A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: it doesn’t take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion of a study by Marieke Wieringa, who will be defending her PhD thesis on 5 November.

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Do detracked classes increase equity in education?

Research news item

Educational anthropologist Floris Burgers examines the effectiveness of detracked classes to identify their success factors.

Research projects

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Alcohol Use in Dutch University Students

Research

This project aims to understand students' drinking motives and investigates (bidirectional) relationships of alcohol use with academic achievement and mental well-being. It uses the longitudinal Healthy Student Life dataset.

Onderzoeksproject

Transition from secondary education to higher education

Research

Radboud University offers activities for secondary school students and prospective university students. This study examined how these activities support students’ transition to university.

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SOSIAL

Research

In this project, the IkPas intervention (one month of no alcohol) will be focused on the social student context. This will help lower social drinking norms and reduce excessive alcohol consumption among students.

More projects

News

Acculturation of Turkish-Dutch citizens varies according to domain and generation

Research news item

Why we need to devote more attention to the interpersonal factor in mental health care

News item

Radboud Explains: Why we love Christmas movies according to science

News item

This is why you can never get enough of Christmas films and why they connect us

Research news item
More news

Events

Spotlight on statistics

Thursday 16 January 2025, 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Colloquium / Seminar

Context matters for the effectiveness of video games for young people’s mental health

Wednesday 22 January 2025, 4:30 pm PhD defence

A team intervention to sustainably employ and retain healthcare staff

Monday 27 January 2025, 2:30 pm PhD defence

Unseen, unknown & untreated: The added value of screening instruments for people with a severe mental illness

Thursday 13 February 2025, 10:30 am PhD defence
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Visiting address

The Behavioural Science Institute is located in the Maria Montessori building in Nijmegen.

Thomas van Aquinostraat 4
6525 GD Nijmegen

Contact

Get in touch with the research institute by contacting the BSI office.

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