Category: research
Cultural Worldviews and Lay Interpretations of Research Findings: The Role of the Scientific Consensus
The less scientific facts align with people’s preexisting cultural worldviews, the less likely they are to accept…
Dan wordt geluk weer heel gewoon.: Nostalgie, onzekerheid en het verlangen naar verandering
Achterberg, P., & Peper, B. (2019). Dan wordt geluk weer heel gewoon.: Nostalgie, onzekerheid en het verlangen…
Covid-Spiracy: Old Wine in New Barrels?
How to make sense of the current COVID-19 crisis? While many people rely on official statements made…
A Science Confidence Gap: Education, Trust in Scientific Methods, and Trust in Scientific Institutions in the United States, 2014
A Science Confidence Gap: Education, Trust in Scientific Methods, and Trust in Scientific Institutions in the United…
Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status as Sources of Status-Legitimacy Effect and Legitimation of Income Inequality
System justification theory proposes that people are motivated to perceive the existing social system as fair, legitimate,…
To Prove and Improve: An Empirical Study on Why Social Entrepreneurs Measure Their Social Impact
This large-scale statistical study tests the validity of two factors that explain why social entrepreneurs measure their…
More than a Free Lunch: A Content Analysis of the Controversies Surrounding Universal Basic Income on Dutch Twitter
Universal Basic Income (UBI) reached political agendas as a proposal to radically reform welfare systems, followed by…
Trust Thy Neighbour: Contextualizing the Relationship between Non-Religiosity and Tolerance
Over the years, Loek Halman has had a vast interest in investigating religious change and its ramifications. In this chapter, his neighbours at the Department of Sociology study how people with different religious backgrounds differ in their tolerance towards neighbours.
Switch on the Big Brother! Investigating the educational gradients in acceptance of online and public areas surveillance among European citizens
In this study, we investigate whether, and why, individuals express different levels of acceptance of surveillance depending…
Dimensions of controversy: Investigating the structure of public support for universal basic income in the Netherlands
As interest in universal basic income (UBI) policy has peaked in recent years, the study of public…
Between left and right: A discourse network analysis of Universal Basic Income on Dutch Twitter
Universal Basic Income (UBI) found its way back to media and policy agendas, presented as an alternative…
The Closing Educational Gap in E-privacy Management in European Perspective
Educational gaps are increasingly salient as skills and knowledge gain prominence in digital societies. E-privacy management, namely,…
Detraditionalization, mental illness reports, and mental health professional care use in Europe
In this study, we address the question of whether individuals that live in more detraditionalized countries have…
Het gevecht om de waarheid
Sla de kranten open, en de fact checks zijn nauwelijks te ontwijken. Die soms ook weer gecheckt worden trouwens….
Science engagement, education and democracy
If new terms such as ‘post-fact’, ‘post-truth’, ‘alternative facts’, ‘anti-science’, and ‘fake science’ indicate anything, it is…
