https://www.uu.nl/en en Wed, 08 May 2024 13:13:11 +0200 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ocw-grant-for-research-into-more-inclusive-special-needs-writing-education Johan Sonnenschein and Els Stronks receive the grant to expand SchrijfLab.nl to include writing education for secondary special needs education, cluster 4. 138414 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/research-into-more-challenging-reading-and-writing-education-receives-nro-grant The interdisciplinary consortium Deliberate Genre Literacy in Secondary Education will receive almost 1 million euros from the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research. 138082 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:29:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/conceptualizing-designing-implementing-and-evaluating-writing-interventions Conceptualizing, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Writing Interventions offers a new perspective on the challenge of writing interventions for research purposes. 136316 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-examine-role-of-communication-in-success-of-new-dutch-pension-system Lisanne van Weelden, Hans Westerbeek, and Hans Hoeken receive a Netspar Grant for their research on the new Dutch pension system. 135787 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:38:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-launch-online-escape-room-to-get-you-thinking-about-open-science To increase the familiarity of the concept of ‘Open Science’, the team of the Open Science Escape Room project designed the online escape room Last Contact. 134797 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-interplay-of-language-law-and-rules Teachers from the Faculty of Humanities and the School of Law teach together in the new interdisciplinary minor Language, Law and Culture at Utrecht University. 133860 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:33:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-sense-and-nonsense-of-blurbs-promotional-quotes-on-book-covers The ‘blurb’, as the promotional quote on the front and back of books is called, is found on many book covers. Jelle Strikwerda did research on this advertising phenomenon. 129272 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:02:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/30-per-cent-of-dutch-citizens-find-government-texts-too-complex This is according to the ‘Monitor Begrijpelijkheid Overheidstesten’: a study of more than two hundred texts on payments, care and support. 128989 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/developmental-psychologist-communication-scientist-community-chairs They didn’t know each other before: Professor of Developmental Psychology Jaap Denissen and Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences Marije van Braak. Since this summer they work together as community chairs of Becoming Adults in a changing World. 123648 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hans-hoeken-wins-john-e-hunter-award-for-the-best-meta-analysis-of-the-past-two-years Hoeken and co-author O’Keefe were awarded the prize for an article on the influence of the communication design on the persuasiveness of the message. 117315 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:24:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/communication-scholars-advise-coa-on-information-for-new-asylum-seekers Communication scientists Jan ten Thije and Inge Versteegt studied how asylum seekers value the information they receive from COA upon arrival. Student Houda Al Kalaf also contributed to the research. 113643 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:49:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/emotional-commercials-are-sometimes-more-effective-than-cheerful-ones Communication scientists Hans Hoeken and Hanny den Ouden were the first to conduct extensive research into the effect of emotional commercials. 112507 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:40:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/jan-ten-thije-project-coordinator-multilingualism-participation Jan ten Thije will continue to coordinate the project Multilingualism & Participation, to stimulate the participation of international staff and students in representative advisory bodies. 111616 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:41:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/hybrid-meetings-what-you-need-to-know-to-have-a-successful-hybrid-session Lisanne van Weelden and Tessa van Charldorp were commissioned by Deloitte to investigate the challenges of hybrid conversations. 110761 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:41:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/may-contain-traces-of-peanut-new-research-on-allergen-information-gives-concrete-recommendations-for Researchers from Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and TNO examined how people interpret and assess the allergen information on labels. 108325 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/is-there-a-golden-formula-for-designing-the-most-persuasive-message O'Keefe's and Hoeken's research into the influence of choice on the persuasiveness of communication has been published in Frontiers of Psychology. 107891 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/enhancing-intercultural-communication-in-organizations This book provides a qualitative analysis of the process of consultancy, to prove how intercultural communication can solve issues rising from multiculturalism in organizations and policymaking. 99444 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 06:23:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/tom-idema-receives-uu-acceleration-grant Tom Idema has received an Acceleration Grant for his project "Crafting Sustainable Transformation Stories". 87809 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:26:00 +0100 Nieuws Plastic in zee © iStockphoto.com https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hospitals-should-pay-more-attention-to-comprehensible-communication Tessa van Charldorp identifies bottlenecks in the field of hospital communication. 75293 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:28:00 +0100 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com https://www.uu.nl/en/news/frank-hakemulder-gives-his-inaugural-lecture-at-stavanger-university Frank Hakemulder will give his inaugural lecture at Stavanger University on March 11. 72449 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:09:00 +0100 Nieuws Dr. Frank Hakemulder