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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 DullaertMarch 16, 2020
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
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 SpringerDecember 25, 2019