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Can we learn from our dealings with the coronavirus to stop climate change?
15 Apr 2020
The speed at which people adapt to stop the spread of Covid19 is impressive. It contrasts with the speed and motivation to adjust behaviour when it comes to other global issues, such as climate change. Why this ...
Research into ‘corona humour’
6 Apr 2020
UvA communication scientist Mark Boukes collects and analyses corona humour from around the globe, together with Giselinde Kuipers from KU Leuven. What differences exist between humorous expressions in various ...
Guda van Noort obtains DFG grant
12 Mar 2020
Prof dr. Guda van Noort obtained a grant from The German Research Foundation
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). The grant was obtained together with prof. dr. Martin Eisend (PI) from the Viadrina European ...
UvA Communication & Media Studies once again number 1 in world: QS ranking
4 Mar 2020
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has been ranked best in the world for Communication Science & Media for the third year in a row. The UvA ranks among the top 100 worldwide in 27 out of the 47 subject areas measured ...
Kick off: Global Digital Cultures
17 Feb 2020
On Friday, 27 March 2020, the University of Amsterdam will kick-off its new research priority area ‘Global Digital Cultures’ (GDC). Researchers and students from all faculties at the UvA are warmly invited to this ...
Replication study contradicts claim that conservatives have stronger physiological responses to threats than liberals
10 Feb 2020
For years, a study from 2008 that claimed that conservative people have stronger physiological reactions to threatening stimuli than those who express liberal views, has been widely quoted. A replication study, led ...
ASCoR hosts Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2020
7 Feb 2020
On the 6th and 7th of February 2020, ASCoR hosted the “Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap”, the annual conference for all communication science scholars in the Netherlands, Flanders, and beyond.
Young Talent Award for Eline Smit
6 Feb 2020
On January 31st, Dr. Eline Smit received the Young Talent Award from the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH).
Do algorithms make us even more radical?
29 Jan 2020
‘Technology ensures that we’re all served our own personalised news cycle. As a result, we only get to hear the opinions that correspond to our own. The result is polarisation’. Or so the oft-heard theory goes. But ...
Don’t drink, it’s fun
17 Dec 2019
On social media, young adults frequently encounter information that is in some way related to alcohol: from professional anti-alcohol advertisements, to strongly pro-alcohol posts by party-loving friends. These ...
Joost van Spanje receives ERC Consolidator Grant
10 Dec 2019
New Parties on the News. How New(s) Media and New Parties Shape Attention and Electoral Support for Political Ideas.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to neuroscientist Birte Forstmann, Eastern Europe researcher Artemy Kalinovsky, clinical hematologist Arnon Kater, behavourial scientist Shaul ...
Dr. Edmund W.J. Lee wins ASCoR McQuail Award 2018
10 Dec 2019
On December 9, dr. Edmund Lee won the McQuail award and visited ASCoR for his McQuail lecture on explicating problematic social network sites use.
Dr. Lee will be McQuail Honorary fellow of ASCoR for the year 2020.
Virtual Reality for cleaner oceans
29 Nov 2019
We know that plastic pollutes our oceans on a large scale. Still, plastic is part of our daily lives. How can we reduce our plastic consumption and contribute to cleaner oceans? This question is at the heart of a new ...
How do we help city dwellers psychologically?
5 Nov 2019
People who live in the city experience mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and addiction at greater rates than those who live outside urban areas. More than 50% of the world’s population currently live ...
Andreu Casas received CQ Press Award
5 Sep 2019
Andreu Casas, and his co-authors Matthew Denny, and John Wilkerson, received the CQ Press Award to the Best Paper on Legislative Politics presented in APSA 2018.
How are artificial intelligence and data affecting our society?
26 Aug 2019
Data plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives. What effects and consequences is this having? How are citizens adapting to the new developments? These questions are key to the research of Claes de ...
Veni research grants for 23 UvA researchers
16 Jul 2019
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to 166 highly promising young scientists. The grant provides the laureates with the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas ...
Eline Smit and colleagues receive a ZonMw grant
4 Jul 2019
Together with colleagues from Maastricht (a/o Dr. Ciska Hoving) and Leiden Universities (a/o Dr. Matty Crone), ACHC researcher Eline Smit has received a grant from ZonMw to identify the effective ingredients in ...
Guda van Noort, Hilde Voorveld and Theo Araujo awarded grants by the RPA Human(e) AI
4 Jul 2019
Three ASCoR researchers were awarded grants by the Research Priority Human(e) AI, an UvA-wide initiative aimed at fostering the investigation of the societal consequences of Artificial Intelligence in an ...
Peter Neijens wins the Flemming Hansen Award
2 Jul 2019
Peter Neijens has received the Flemming Hansen Award for excellence in research from the European Advertising Academy.
UvA Communication Science #1 in Academic Ranking of World Universities, Shanghai Ranking.
28 Jun 2019
University of Amsterdam- Communication Science was ranked number one worldwide in the social science
category Communication in the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019.
Kirsten van der Eijken wins the Health Communication Master Thesis of the Year Award at ICA
27 Jun 2019
Kirsten van der Eijken won the Amanda Kundrat Health Communication Master Thesis of the Year Award, from the Health Communication Divisions of NCA/ICA. Her master thesis was entitled: “Knowledge is Power? How Using ...
Theo Araujo and Nadine Bol win award at ICA’s Human-Machine Communication preconference
27 Jun 2019
Theo Araujo and Nadine Bol were awarded the Jake Liang top paper award for their paper "From speaking like a person to being personal: The effects of personalised, regular interactions with conversational agents".
Judith Möller and Michael Hameleers win ASCoR Baschwitz Awards 2018
21 Jun 2019
ASCoR Researchers awarded on June 20, 2019
Jochen Peter named ICA fellow
6 Jun 2019
At the recent conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Washington D.C., prof dr. Jochen Peter has been named an ICA fellow by the Board of Directors of the ICA.
Dutch have nuanced opinions on Europe
13 May 2019
This year's European elections will be held on 23 May. How do the Dutch really feel about Europe? UvA research has revealed that Dutch people have reasonably nuanced opinions on this topic.
Margot van der Goot wins Strategic Communication Challenge
4 Apr 2019
Margot van der Goot won the Strategic Communication Challenge 2019–organized by the “Centrum Strategische Communicatie” of Logeion (the Dutch association of communication professionals). This means that Margot ...
Guda van Noort appointed professor
25 Mar 2019
Dr G. van Noort (1977) has been appointed professor of Persuasion & New Media Technologies at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
Guda van Noort, professor of Persuasion & New Media Technologies
25 Mar 2019
Dr G. van Noort (1977) has been appointed professor of Persuasion & New Media Technologies at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
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