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May 12, 2026

[ENG] Pressure cooker Transdisciplinarity – A theoretical approach

What – This pressure cooker is an introduction to the theory of the why and what transdisciplinary education. You’ll learn why transdisciplinary education can be useful and what it means. For whom – The format can be used (and adjusted) for a class of students (all levels; any group size) as well as a team of educational developers or teachers. Why – Guided training in, for instance, transdisciplinary education improves the actual working with, or teaching of, it. How long – In-class activities take under one hour. Preparation at home takes up to 40 minutes. Our practical approach (the how), which you can take after this pressure cookers takes op two hours.

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Anke Swanenberg, Yvette Baggen, Programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs

April 8, 2026

Legal Network Analysis

How can complex legal systems, filled with interconnected cases, statutes, and actors, be understood through data? Legal Network Analysis offers law students and researchers a practical guide to mapping and interpreting relationships in legal data using the tools of network science. Building on the foundations of graph theory, this open textbook shows how relationships between cases, statutes, or states can reveal underlying structures in law that traditional methods often overlook. Whether analysing citation networks, treaties among nations, or the diffusion of legal norms, readers learn to translate legal questions into visual and quantitative insights. Developed by the Law and Tech Lab at Maastricht University, this resource combines conceptual clarity with applied learning. Each chapter blends concise explanations with interactive Jupyter notebooks, allowing readers to reproduce, modify, and experiment with examples in real time. Appendices include step-by-step guidance for data preparation, visualisation, and software setup; making the book equally accessible for newcomers and advanced students. Designed to support the Network Analysis course at Maastricht University, this textbook is also a valuable standalone introduction for anyone exploring the data-driven dimensions of law and policy.

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Gustavo Arosemena, Gijs van Dijck, Roland Moerland

April 1, 2026

Mind Measuring Mind

Mind Measuring Mind explores the foundations of psychological methodology, ethical research practice, and the pivotal role of measurement in understanding behaviour and mental processes. Blending teaching material, scholarly context, and personal perspective, it opens a dialogue about the challenges and responsibilities of doing science when the subject and the scientist share the same mind. Why is psychological science different from other sciences? Psychology is the study of behaviour and mental processes. Unlike most other fields, psychologists use their own mental processes to examine those of others. This self-referential nature, “mind measuring mind,” brings unique challenges for psychological measurement and the interpretation of research results. This book critically examines psychology as a science, exploring the empirical cycle and the teaching of methodology and statistics. In most academic psychology programmes, students are expected to participate as subjects in psychological studies. To support this, a series of PBL tutorials was developed to familiarise students with the empirical cycle and encourage discussion of validity, research methods, ethical standards, scientific communication, and potential threats to responsible, high-quality research. The materials in this book are based on those tutorials. This open textbook is designed for first- and second-year BSc Psychology students at Maastricht University, particularly those navigating the renewed curriculum’s emphasis on ‘Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking’ (SICT). It serves as a flexible guide for students following individual learning paths, including participation in faculty-led research experiments, reflection on the empirical cycle, and connecting practical experiences to theoretical concepts such as methodology, statistics, validity, ethics, and scientific communication. Ideal for self-study, group PBL sessions, and research practicums, the book helps bridge hands-on research involvement with classroom discussions, supporting competency development in psychological research.

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Garmt Dijksterhuis

June 6, 2025

How To Write A Quantitative Research Paper

So, you need to write a ‘quantitative’ research paper, and you want to know: what is the correct way of writing such a paper? The answer is, unfortunately: it depends … For one, there is no universally accepted, ‘correct’ way of writing any paper in the social sciences in general. Moreover, even just within the so-called ‘quantitative’ research tradition specifically, there exist different viewpoints on what makes for a good research paper. To muddy things up even further, how to write a paper will also depend on the specific research question(s) that it addresses. Hence, even the same scientist might opt for varying approaches in different papers. Having said that, it is possible to identify some common rules and practices that are often followed, as well as a number of practices that should generally be avoided. Based on these common rules and practices, this document is meant to help you on your way with writing a ‘quantitative’ research paper by offering a number of tips, tricks and rules-of-thumb. None of these rules and practices are set in stone, and you (or your teacher/supervisor) may have excellent arguments to deviate from them. However, in general, following them will greatly increase the quality of your paper.

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Alex Lehr, Roderick Sluiter

November 1, 2024

Systematic review as a research method

A systematic review is a research method used to answer a very specific research question. Scoping reviews ask broader questions such as “What is already known about certain practices/theories etc.?” In this workshop you will learn more about: • Different types of reviews • Phases and stages of a review • Tools for your review process. Who can attend? • (External) PhD candidates or researchers at the Nijmegen School of Management who are planning to conduct a literature review. How can you prepare for the workshop? • Search for systematic reviews on your own research topic. Select at least one systematic review and one other type of review. • Read the method section of the articles you have found. Use the PRISMA checklist to evaluate on the authors' method. What items of the method are according to PRISMA, and which items are you missing? You're also invited to take a look at the workshop "Efficient and complete literature searches for researchers" It'll give you a great foundation before moving on to the workshop about systematic review as a research method. NOTE This comprehensive workshop was given at the Radboud University, School of Management in October and November 2024. It is shared here as inspiration and guidance for PhD candidates who are struggling to set up a good systematic review in order to find relevant literature.

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Norma Fötsch

April 23, 2024

Navigating the Landscape of Blended Higher Education

In recent years, blended teaching formats have become increasingly important in higher education. Designing effective blended education is challenging and requires a profound knowledge of digital tools and technologies, as well as the didactical proficiency to deploy them effectively and efficiently within the learning environment. However, little is known about didactical design principles to support teachers in creating an effective blended design. This chapter reports on the combined results of two independently conducted extensive literature reviews that investigated (a) didactical strategies, methods, and techniques concerning online education in the existing empirical research on higher education, and (b) the effects of different blended teaching formats, compared to face-to-face education, on learning outcomes and/or psychosocial outcomes in higher education students. It was found that blended education can enhance student achievement and psychosocial well-being, yet that the instructional approach plays a crucial role. Combining the insights of both studies has subsequently led to a series of evidence-informed recommendations to design effective blended education with a view to the broad development of students. Readers will be provided with practical guidance on how to implement these design principles in educational practice.

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March 13, 2024

2C2C - Classification Criteria for Substantiation through Scholarship / 2C20 - ClassificatieCriteria voor Onderbouwing middels Onderzoek

To communicate transparently about the origin and substantiation of (educational) tools, Utrecht University's Interdisciplinary Education programme has developed classification criteria. These criteria allow potential users of a tool to assess at a glance whether the tool - given its origin and substantiation - can be supportive in developing, implementing or evaluating an innovative educational task. A tool is evaluated by the developer or publisher along two lines: Theoretical Foundation (TF) and Empirical Foundation (EF), together these lines lead to a classification of the type of resource(s) on which the tool is based. Om transparant te communiceren over de herkomst en onderbouwing van (onderwijs)tools heeft het programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs (IDO) van de Universiteit Utrecht classificatiecriteria ontwikkeld. Middels deze criteria kunnen potentiële gebruikers van een tool in één oogopslag inschatten of de tool – gezien herkomst en onderbouwing – ondersteunend kan zijn bij het ontwikkelen, uitvoeren of evalueren van een innovatieve onderwijstaak. Een IDO-tool wordt door de ontwikkelaar of uitgever langs twee lijnen geëvalueerd: Theoretische Fundering (TF) en Empirische Fundering (EF), gezamenlijk leiden deze lijnen tot een classificatie van het type bron(nen) waarop de tool gebaseerd is.

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Programma Interdisciplinair Onderwijs

January 1, 2024

How to design open inquiry labs

In this article we show how student “open inquiries” in undergraduate labs can be powerful teaching and assessment methods. In such open inquiries it is the students who define the question they want to answer, formulate the hypothesis, search for information, design and carry out experiments to reach their goal, and share their ideas, needs, and results with others. This student agency afforded by open inquiry trains critical thinking, teaches students to learn from failure, and requires effective science communication in authentic contexts. Adapting open inquiry methods for the first time can be especially daunting for instructors who have no examples to draw upon. To address this challenge we explain the findings of a diverse group of five lab instructors and an educational researcher who have compared open inquiry practices in different contexts. As a group, we formed a Community of Practice dedicated to “Supporting students’ scientific Open Inquiries in Labs” (aka SssOIL). The commonalities across our diverse project team suggest some defining features and best practices. By sharing our findings and example course designs and materials, we hope to aid instructors in adapting more open inquiry teaching methods in their own lab courses. Any questions about this article can be addressed to Forrest via: forrestbradbury@gmail.com or to our team via: S3OIL@outlook.com

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Forrest Bradbury, Simone Mesman, Morten Stromme, Paul Logman

October 17, 2023

Health Policy Analysis - An Introduction

This book is intended for students, teachers, and educators interested in health policymaking. A key theme in the book is that health policymaking includes more than translating empirical knowledge about the determinants of health and disease into effective policy measures. A linear path from knowledge to health policy does not exist. Though undoubtedly essential, empirical knowledge on the determinants of life expectancy, quality of life, infant mortality, maternity death, health disparities, and other public health parameters is only one dimension of health policymaking. An instrumental view on health policymaking falls short because it neglects what may be called its political face. Health policymaking is not only a matter of applying empirical knowledge into practice but also the outcome of political contests, ideological beliefs, commercial interests, power, and standardized practices. This book aims to train students in analyzing the impact of these factors on health policymaking. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Maastricht University Press for generously supporting the publication of this book as an open-access resource, making it freely available to all those interested in health policymaking. This accessibility will undoubtedly contribute to a broader, more informed discourse on this crucial subject. The book results from many years of teaching health policy analysis or the analysis of and for health policymaking. It could not have been written without the enthusiastic input of all the students I have met in my courses at Maastricht University. It is to them I dedicate this book. I also thank Arianne Elissen, Daan Westra, and Harm Lieverdink for their comments on an earlier version of the book. Maastricht, August 2023 Hans Maarse

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Hans Maarse

August 23, 2023

Interactive session: Psychological Aspects when working with AI - stress, anxiety, depression

Recognize and articulate the psychological problems that may arise when working with AI technologies, understanding the unique stressors and pressures associated with the field. Analyze the fear of skill obsolescence in the fast-paced AI domain and gain insight into the emotional impact of job insecurity. Discuss the importance of addressing algorithmic bias and promoting fairness in AI systems, discussing the potential psychological implications of biased technologies. Examine the psychological phenomenon of emotional attachment to AI systems, evaluating its implications for human-AI interaction. Identify burnout risk factors in AI work and explore strategies to prevent and address burnout to maintain mental well-being. Recognize the psychological challenge of imposter syndrome in the AI field and discuss ways to build self-confidence and combat feelings of inadequacy. Examine the risk for social isolation. Understand the phenomenon of decision fatigue in AI development and explore strategies for effective decision-making and managing cognitive load.

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