Donders Citylab for Researchers

Donders Citylab fosters curiosity for science and brings researchers and society together to learn, connect, educate and make discoveries about how our brains work.

Run your experiment

If you are interested in running an experiment at Donders Citylab, please fill in the form below. You can find more information about running an experiment on Donders intranet, Donders Citylab GitLab or get in contact with us by filling out the proposal form on this page.

Donders Citylab offers a unique opportunity for scientists where research is taken out of the lab and towards the citizens of Nijmegen. The general public will have the opportunity to become research participants, and because of this, Donders Citylab provides a diverse population that is typically not easily available at the University setting. 

Experiments 

Currently, researchers have the possibility to carry out so-called micro-experiments.   

Micro-experiments are conducted on touch-screen computer kiosks in the muZIEum’s exhibition lounge and consist of short educational and entertaining experiments. The experiments should take less than 5 minutes to complete and should not require extensive instructions. All muZIEum visitors pass through the exhibition lounge and, thus, have the opportunity to participate. An experiment on the kiosks yields approximately 600 responses a month. Therefore, micro-experiments provide an opportunity for rapid and large-scale data collection. 

The Donders Citylab’s vision is to expand the locations for kiosks to other public spaces and to enable larger experiments in public spaces.  

Organisation 

The organisation of the Donders Citylab consists of a Citylab project manager, Citylab officer and Scientific Committee. Both the project manager and officer are part of the Donders Institute bureau. The Scientific Committee members are spread across the stakeholders of the Donders Institute. 

Contact us 

For more information, we encourage researchers to contact the Donders Citylab team via citylab [at] donders.ru.nl (citylab[at]donders[dot]ru[dot]nl). Additionally, information about ethical and practical considerations can be found on Donders intranet. 

Proposal for Donders Citylab experiment

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If you are interested in running an experiment at Donders Citylab, please fill in this form. Do you have any questions, feel free to get in contact with us at citylab [at] donders.ru.nl.

Centre
Donders research theme
Type of experiment
Ethical approval status
Experiment platform (micro-experiment only)