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Maria Montessorigebouw in het voorjaar

Research

The Behavioural Science Institute is a multidisciplinary research institute. Our research crosses the boundaries of psychology, pedagogical sciences, educational sciences, and communication science. The BSI has seven research programmes covering our key theme: Empowering the Young. We conduct fundamental and applied/translational research and have excellent facilities and support for lab and field research.

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Research projects

Living Library

The power of conversation: The Living Library as an intervention against discrimination

Research

In this project, we examined the Living Library as an intervention to reduce discrimination

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What are you waiting for? Procrastinate less for students.

Research

Procrastination is highly prevalent among students and associated with adverse outcomes. In this project, we implement an evidence-informed video training to help students procrastinate less, and will make it available to all RU students.

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ASCEND

Research

Project ASCEND investigates the role of psychosocial factors (such as rejection, self-compassion and social support) in developmental challenges experienced by young adults with ADHD symptoms.

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