So far, this year has been everything I did not expect. I expected 2020 to be about flying cars and upgrading our brains to X-ray…
Quinty MarsSeptember 25, 2020
Psychology has had a pretty long journey. The study of the human mind and behavior started more than two millennia ago. Greek philosophers had arguments…
Néstor Narbona ChulviMay 31, 2020
For the longest time, I thought I would never find people who understood what it’s like knowing, living in and embodying more than one culture.…
Lydia TianMay 1, 2020
A few months ago I was sitting with my mom on the terrace of Bagels & Beans just across the street from the Roeterseilandcampus. My…
Lisanne van der VeldenMarch 27, 2020
Everyone knows that feeling of being exhausted after a long day, with the deepest wish to forget about everything for a while and drift away…
Julius DullaertFebruary 24, 2020
Whenever there was a fresh face present at one of Spiegeloog’s editorial board meetings, I became somewhat self-conscious. A self-consciousness that had everything to do with what I…
Wolter de BoerJanuary 15, 2020
Back in the days when I tried the study Applied Psychology for a year, I ambitiously started with an internship at an organization whose mission…
Elise van GravenDecember 30, 2019
I’ve been a student for almost seven years now, and studying has certainly been an expensive endeavor. I am finally about to graduate. So where…
Martin VerloopSeptember 2, 2019
On warm spring days like today, Amsterdam, along with the flowers, starts to blossom again. Sunny terraces fill up with joyful people, the city beach…
Julius DullaertJuly 3, 2019
I remember cycling with a friend of my parents through a typical Dutch countryside a few months after my grandfather passed away. We were talking…
Lisanne van der VeldenMay 27, 2019
Fear determines many of the actions and decisions in our lives. Being afraid of certain consequences does not only stop us from acting but can…
Julius DullaertApril 17, 2019