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Seed-fund project on the impact of interactive eco-documentaries
[2 July 2024] This seed-fund project led by Karin Fikkers delves into the persuasive powers of Sam van Zoest’s award-winning interactive eco-documentary, ...
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Bregje Holleman on Voting Advice Applications
[6 June 2024] With the elections for the European Parliament on June 6th, a large part of the electorate does not feel very knowledgeable and is ...
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Opdat wij schrijven
[15 mei 2024] De schrijfcrisis in het Nederlandse onderwijs kreeg minder aandacht dan de leescrisis. Maar ook de resultaten van het Nederlandse ...
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Florian Kunneman in Meldpunt on the status of service agent chatbots
[10 May 2024] On May 10th Florian Kunneman was interviewed in the television programme Meldpunt on the status of service agent chatbots. Meldpunt has ...
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Antal van den Bosch at the Heerlijk Duidelijkheid on AI and readability tools
[21 March 2024] Professor Language, Communication and Computation Antal van den Bosch is invited as a speaker on the Heerlijk Duidelijkdag on Thursday 21 ...
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What role can communication play in solving big societal issues?
[15 March 2024] Communication is seen by many not only as the root of all evil, but also as the solution to all problems. Because if only there had been ...
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Utrecht BabyLab explores the connection between rhythm and language
[6 March 2024] What if you’re listening to speech for the first time in your life? You hear a series of sounds. But what do these sounds stand for? ...
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Haidee Kotze held her inaugural lecture: Changing Tongues
[13 February 2024] Since 1 November 2019, professor Haidee Kotze is Professor of Translation Studies at Utrecht University’s Faculty of Humanities. On ...
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Suzanne Bogaerds-Hazenberg wins AVT/Anéla Dissertation Award
[13 February 2024] Suzanne Bogaerds-Hazenberg, former PhD student of our research group, has received the AVT/Anéla Dissertation Award. She wins the award ...
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“Engaging in conversation with library visitors taught me how to look at our field differently again.”
[5 December 2023] Does this feel familiar, working a lot behind your laptop or in the lab and sometimes losing sight of the outside world for a while? ...
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De voordelen (en tekortkomingen) van Stemwijzer en Kieskompas
[20 november 2023] Verkiezingsprogramma’s zijn nauwelijks voorlichting voor kiezers. Ze zijn moeilijk geschreven en erg dik, en worden dan ook vooral ...
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Researchers launch online escape room to get you thinking about Open Science
[25 October 2023] Open Science is an increasingly important part of conducting research. To increase the familiarity of the concept, the team of the Open ...
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Speech from the throne not simpler, but more complex than in previous years
[20 September 2023] This year’s speech from the throne was complexly worded once again, analysis by linguists Leo Lentz and Henk Pander Maat shows. It ...
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Volwassen worden anno 2023: “Jongeren hebben ook ideeën over hoe het beter kan”
[6 september 2023] Sociale druk, prestatiedruk, globalisering, digitalisering, klimaatverandering. In hun tocht naar volwassenheid krijgen jongeren nogal ...
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De chatbot, is dat nu echt dé oplossing voor klantenservices?
[11 augustus 2023] De klantenservice van veel bedrijven is ondermaats, zag Kassa in haar Klantenservice Enquête. Het consumentenprogramma sprak Charlotte ...
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Christopher Jenks appointed Professor of Language and Intercultural Communication
[12 December 2022] As of August 1 2022, Prof. dr. Christopher Jenks has been appointed Professor of Language and Intercultural Communication at the Faculty ...
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Antal van den Bosch appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation
[9 June 2022] As of 1 September 2022, Prof. Antal van den Bosch has been appointed Professor of Language, Communication and Computation at the Faculty of ...
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Hans Hoeken wins John E. Hunter Award at ICA 2022
[2 June 2022] During the conference of the International Communication Association in Paris, Professor of Communication & Information Sciences Hans ...
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Daniel Janssen te gast bij TV-programma Atlas
[26 april 2022] Hoe zeg je op de juiste manier sorry? Universitair hoofddocent Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen Daniel Janssen bespreekt bij Atlas ...
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Zo maken we het liefst kennis met een chatbot
[17 maart 2022] Ongeveer een kwart van de Nederlandse organisaties gebruikt chatbots om vragen van consumenten te beantwoorden. Communicatie- en ...