Research projects
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Top-down neuromodulation and bottom-up network computation
This project studies how neuromodulators affect the activity of single brain cells and networks of those, in order to understand how perception is performed by networks of brain cells, and how this is influenced by these neuromodulators.
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Understanding the predictive brain in the natural world
Our brain makes predictions about the future based on what it knows. However, what the brain actually predicts has remained largely unclear. This requires examining prediction in the real world, which is much more complex than typical lab experiments
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Focus area Ethics of the National Education Lab AI
The Ethics focus area of the National Education Lab AI conducts research on ethical aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in primary and secondary education in The Netherlands.
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Faith Meets Swipe
This project explores how Muslim users in the Netherlands engage with halal dating applications.
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Developing an AI Concept Inventory for Non-Experts
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping the world around us, yet misconceptions about its capabilities and limitations persist, particularly among non-experts.
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Seeing and thinking: Interplay between externally and internally generated neural representations
By using neuroimaging methods, behavioral experiments, and a bicycle simulator, the researchers will reveal how the brain combines seeing and visual thinking.
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Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)
Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS) is a collaboration of researchers from seven universities and a wide variety of disciplines that share one mission: to understand how young people grow up in a complex society.
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Dutch Brain Interface Initiative (DBI2)
Dutch Brain Interface Initiative (DBI2) combines two innovative approaches to advance our understanding of cognition and brain functions: 1) Closed-loop stimulation, and 2) experiments in naturalistic environments.
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Research on Intersectionality in Policy and Interventions
Intersectionality is essential for just policymaking that ensures all citizens are recognized and supported, regardless of their background. This project focuses on analyzing and strengthening intersectional policy via participatory action research.
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Damages following breaches of EU law
Our rights increasingly originate in 'Brussels', but what compensation can citizens receive if their European rights are violated? What criteria do we apply for damages and are they different in case of collective proceedings?
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PrecisION
Dit project zal een geavanceerde dataset en een simulatiemodel opleveren van hoe medicijnen en ionkanalen met elkaar omgaan. De resultaten kunnen bijdragen aan een betere en meer individueel-gerichte behandeling van ionkanaalstoornissen.
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iCorneaTherapy
The interdisciplinary iCorneaTherapy project aims to characterize a promising stem cell technology. This constitutes a major step towards the commercialization of a viable stem cell product for corneal transplantation.
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Doing Gender Studies amidst changing political climates
This research focuses on the experiences of Gender Studies scholars working amidst changing political climates in the Netherlands, exploring how these scholars navigate and resist the ongoing pushback against critical feminist work.
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Asexual Embryo: Asexual reproduction through clonal seeds
In "Asexual Embryo" we explore the mechanism of asexual reproduction through clonal seeds – Apomixis – in plant species like dandelion. Moreover, we will explore the potential to engineer clonal seed production in crop species like tomato.
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A shared responsibility to mitigate land use emissions
Agriculture and forestry cause nearly 25% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions. This project creates a framework to trace and assign these emissions to products, companies and countries, helping identify responsibility and set reduction goals.
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Integrating Sustainability in Higher computer Science Education
This study asks how do computer science educators understand sustainability, and how does this understanding influence the way they teach it within computer science courses.
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seXY blastoids: Developing female and male human blastoids to study sex specific early embryogenesis
In this project, the research team aims to systematically understand differences between female and male early embryogenesis by the use of blastoids, embryo-like structures derived from stem cells.
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At home and in the locker
In this project, we collaborate with adolescents (ages 12 - 18), parents/caregivers, and schools to explore which phone-related measures — both at home and school — positively contribute to adolescents’ well-being, for whom, why, and in what context.
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SPINES: Cross-sectoral strategies for shaping infrastructure
SPINES supports infrastructure managers in developing cross-sectoral strategies to proactively manage infrastructure demand, as an alternative to the traditional, unsustainable 'predict-and-provide' paradigm.
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Ethnicity and (in)equality in early Christianity
This project analyses the characterisation of people with different ethnic identities and the extent to which early Christian literature promotes ethnic (dis)equality.