Recent societal impact projects (scroll down for more)
Co-supervising the postdoc project of Frances Wijnen on the impact of public engagement activities on sustainable behavior. In collaboration with Erik van Sebille and Wouter van Joolingen, and embedded at the Utrecht Freudenthal Institute for science communication.
Main researcher of an empirical study on the impact of the Betweter Festival on the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of the visitors. In collaboration with Stephanie Helfferich, Jessie Waalwijk and the Centre for Science and Culture at Utrecht University.
Recent societal impact projects (scroll down for more)
Organizing and teaching the course "How to write a policy brief" at the Social, Health, and Organizational Psychology department. In collaboration with Peter Franx from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
Co-authoring a chapter on the social functions of humor for the interdisciplinary Handbook of Humor Research with sociology professor and humor research authority Giselinde Kuipers of KU Leuven.
Doing live experiments on humor at "The Funniest Festival Ever", a festival of comedy, debate, and science in Den Bosch. In collaboration with Mark Boukes, Giselinde Kuipers, Dick Zijp and the Koningstheateracademie.
Public lecture "Why are people with humor so wildly attractive?" for the Universiteit van Nederland (University of The Netherlands, a platform where scientists from Dutch universities give free lectures on the internet).
Our research group Organisatiegedrag.nl was granted a KNAW award for ongoing commitment to science communication.
Member of the assessment committee of the Public Engagement Seed Fund, an opportunity for Utrecht University academics to apply for a small grant to undertake innovative public engagement activities.
Fellow of the Public Engagement pillar of the UU-wide Open Science Program. Member of the Open Science Team of the social sciences faculty (FOST).
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Helping high school students with their "profielwerkstuk". Click on the picture for an example: a short documentary by Yili Kong en Tessa van Kesteren on the behavioral influence of advertising.