Office Hours Archives

Office Hours Spiegeloog 434: Transformation

Office Hours – Bertjan Doosje

Bertjan Doosje is an associate professor at the UvA and held the Frank Buijs Chair on Radicalization Studies from 2012 to 2019, financed by the…

Laura SpringerSeptember 11, 2024

Office Hours Spiegeloog 433: Control

Office Hours: Roeland Voskens

Last month, we paid a visit to Roeland Voskens, who was happy to chat with us about his hobbies, teaching, and what inspires him. Roeland…

Evita EgertMay 13, 2024

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 429: Explore

Office Hours: Nonlinear Career Paths

In the past, when it came to future plans, preoccupation with doing things by the book used to be far more common. Expectations on what…

Evita EgertDecember 1, 2023

Office Hours Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Office Hours: Dylan Molenaar

Dylan Molenaar is an assistant professor in the Psychological Methods department. He did his bachelor’s, research master’s, PhD, and Postdoc1 in Psychology at the UvA.…

Laura SpringerOctober 26, 2022

Office Hours Spiegeloog 416: Language

Office Hours: Astrid Homan

Astrid Homan is a member of the Work and Organisational Psychology department. Her research focuses on teams, especially diverse teams. She investigates how organisations can…

Laura SpringerJanuary 14, 2022

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 415: Home

Office Hours: Academic Friendships

My experience reading the often-touching acknowledgment section in science books made me suspect that friendships between researchers are a great source of inspiration and contagious…

Magda MatetoviciNovember 19, 2021

Office Hours Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Office Hours: Johnny van Doorn

Back in February 2020, pre-corona times, we visited Johnny van Doorn and asked him about three personal items in his office. Johnny is part of…

Nitya Shah and Néstor Narbona ChulviNovember 1, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 413: Nature

Office Hours: UvA Green Office

For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog spoke with Milly Warner, the research and education team leader of the UvA Green Office in the 2020-21 academic…

Arda ErginSeptember 17, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 412: Happiness

Office Hours: Rebeka Rotter & Irene Luth

For this issue’s Office Hours, Spiegeloog talked to study advisors Rebeka Rotter and Irene Luth. Rebeka Rotter is a recently employed study advisors who completed…

Bianca MoraruJune 16, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 411: Power

Office Hours: Brenda Jansen

For this issue’s Office Hours, Spiegeloog talked to Brenda Jansen. Brenda has several academic roles at the UvA within the Clinical Developmental Psychology field. She…

Lydia TianApril 30, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 410: Rainbows

Office Hours: Titia Beek

For this issue's Office Hours, Spiegeloog talked to Titia Beek. Titia Beek has obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the UvA, specializing in social…

Milena KaprálováMarch 15, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 409: Conflict

Office Hours: The Programme Committee (PC) for Psychology

Ruby Manten is the new student chair for the PC, for the year 2020-2021. She has been in the PC for almost 2 years and…

Lydia TianFebruary 5, 2021

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 408: Consequences

Office Hours: Frenk van Harreveld

Frenk van Harreveld has been appointed as the new director of the Psychology Research Institute, succeeding Han van der Maas. We congratulated him on his…

Laura SpringerNovember 30, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 407: Motivation

Office Hours: UvA’s Regional SPS-NIP Board

With a new academic year comes a new Regional Board of the UvA Section Psychology Students (SPS) of the Dutch Association of Psychologists (NIP). Spiegeloog…

Lydia TianOctober 16, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown

Office Hours: Lotte Lebbink

For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog talked to Lotte Lebbink, a tutorial teacher in Psychology at the UvA. She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s…

Milena KaprálováSeptember 4, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 405: Together

Office Hours: Reinout Wiers

Reinout Wiers, a former Spiegeloog writer from his student years, is a professor of Developmental Psychopathology and heads the Addiction Development and Psychopathology (ADAPT) Lab.…

Nitya ShahJune 12, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 404: Experience

Office Hours: de Advieswinkel

For this month’s office hours, Spiegeloog talked to De Advieswinkel, a non-profit organisation that offers free and open-ended conversations for everyone wishing to talk or…

Julius DullaertMay 11, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 402: Appearances

Office Hours: Marc Heerdink

For this month’s office hours, we visited Marc Heerdink and asked him about three personal items in his office. Marc is an assistant-professor in the…

Julius Dullaert and Nitya ShahMarch 16, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Office Hours: Sharon Klinkenberg

Sharon Klinkenberg is a senior lecturer at the UvA, in the Psychological Methods department. He is one of the lecturers for the course on scientific and…

Lydia TianJanuary 13, 2020

Office Hours People Spiegeloog 399: Attention

Office Hours: Steven Scholte

Steven Scholte has been working at the UvA since 2004. He started as an assistant professor in the Psychology department and became an associate professor…

Laura Springer and Wolter de BoerDecember 25, 2019