Experiments Without Explosions
News outlets often discuss scientific research investigating possible causal relationships between two factors. One such causal...
Staying on Track: Finding Motivation at the Intersection of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness
The road of a PhD candidate can be long and troublesome. Data collection is always delayed, your paper gets rejected (again!), and an...
The Five Stages of Big Data Grief
This year, I embarked on the half-exciting /half-terrifying task of conquering the theories and practices of Big Data analysis. For some,...
Free speech on trial. What we can learn about the Wilders trial from other hate-speech prosecutions.
On May 17th 2018 Geert Wilders was once again asked to appear in court. The reason for his prosecution were his vilifying remarks about...
What we talk about when we talk about populism
Populism. Everyone is talking about it. Populism’s once small foothold in the electoral systems of Europe has expanded to a full-blown...