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Mastering the Art of Academic Conferencing
Brahim Zarouali Do you have a conference ahead? Is it maybe your first? Fear not, for here are some quick tips on how to get the most out of it and master the art of academic conferencing! Presentation First and foremost: don’t worry about your presentation. Just don’t. Most of the time, the people in…
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Lost in Translation? Science and Creative Health Posts on Social Media
Maria Altendorf Many of us follow channels on social media. Some channels only post entertaining memes, but others deal with more serious topics. While I do enjoy the occasional funny meme and video, I am also interested in neglected or stigmatized health topics. By following start-ups concerned with these topics, I want to support their…
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Welcome to our new ComCom Editors: Edina Strikovic and Linda van den Heijkant
Anna Brosius and Maria Altendorf As of mid-April, two new editors will take over ComCom: Edina Strikovic and Linda van den Heijkant. We are happy to leave ComCom in good hands. Over the course of the last (almost) two years, we learned a lot about scientific research. The posts published during our time as editors…
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Teaching: Ideal vs. Reality
Linda van den Heijkant On September 6, I was standing in front of 24 brand new students, ready to give my first tutorial ever. About 7 years ago, I was the fresh student walking into the university building to attend my first lecture – and now here I was, feeling a bit uneasy to be…
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The Serious Side of Entertainment
Marthe Möller The film industry is one of the biggest industries in our society. It is a booming business with one mission: to entertain. To some people, the fact that our need for fun is big enough to sustain a whole industry is troublesome. We like to think of humans as creatures who can be…
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Personalized advertising: unloved or simply unknown?
Joanna Strycharz In the last years, online advertising has gone through a major transformation. Instead of seeing random banners on websites and getting annoying pop-up ads, Internet users are now mostly exposed to ads that have been pre-selected especially for them. With the rise of big data, companies have gained access to a vast amount…
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Experiments Without Explosions
Marthe Möller News outlets often discuss scientific research investigating possible causal relationships between two factors. One such causal relationship that is frequently discussed in the media evolves around the question ‘Does playing violent video games make people aggressive?’ (for example, see these articles by CNN, The New York Times and The Guardian). But when it…
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Staying on Track: Finding Motivation at the Intersection of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness
Zeph M. C. van Berlo The road of a PhD candidate can be long and troublesome. Data collection is always delayed, your paper gets rejected (again!), and an avalanche of student emails keeps clogging your inbox (and your mind). Many external factors can keep you from staying on track. But face it; the biggest threat…
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The Five Stages of Big Data Grief
Edina Striković This year, I embarked on the half-exciting /half-terrifying task of conquering the theories and practices of Big Data analysis. For some, the thought processes involved in writing code may be intuitive and come as second nature. If you are one of those lucky folk, keep moving along, this is not the blog you’re…
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Free speech on trial. What we can learn about the Wilders trial from other hate-speech prosecutions.
Sjifra de Leeuw On May 17th 2018 Geert Wilders was once again asked to appear in court. The reason for his prosecution were his vilifying remarks about Muslims. The present trial concerns his infamous statement in which he asked for “less Moroccans”. If found guilty, Wilders risks receiving a 5000 euro fine. Yet, thorough analyses…
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