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Opinion piece: Why there should be a place for English and Dutch in the University Council
[March 15, 2021] Should the University Council adopt English as its official language or should it stick with its decision to use luistertaal? Jan ten ...
Blog: Do men interrupt women more often than they interrupt men?
[March 15, 2021] Do men interrupt women more often than they interrupt men? This question was on the news this week, as female members of the government ...
How do you determine who to vote for?
[February 25, 2021] With the upcoming Dutch general elections, how do people determine which party (and which politician) to vote for? Our colleague Bregje ...
Food labels can be much clearer
[February 9, 2021] Leo Lentz and Bregje Holleman, colleagues from the Language and Communication research group, joined forces with experts from University ...
How does a person change their opinion?
[December 14, 2020] In the past 2.5 years, the Dutch newspaper De v olkskrant published a series called ‘180 graden’, in which people shared ...
Anita Eerland speaks about the Open Science Community in DUB
[September 9, 2020] Language & Communication group member Anita Eerland and Loek Brinkman (UMC Utrecht) were interviewed by DUB about the Open Science ...
Roos Beerkens and Jan ten Thije published a book on intercultural communication
[September 8, 2020] Roos Beerkens and Jan Ten Thije have published a book titled ‘Enhancing Intercultural Communication in Organizations ...
Karin Fikkers wins Best Published Article award
[May 22, 2020] At this year’s digital annual conference of the International Communication, L&C group member Karin Fikkers received the Best ...
Bregje Holleman speaks about corona measures in Dutch newspaper Trouw
[May 8, 2020] Language & Communication group member Bregje Holleman was interviewed by Dutch newspaper Trouw about the corona measures in the ...
Blog post and newspaper article on corona-crisis communication by Bregje Holleman
[April 2, 2020] Dr. Bregje Holleman was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant about how the Dutch government communicates about the corona ...
L&C members present their work at Etmaal van de Communicatie-wetenschap
[February 6, 2020] Several members of the Language & Communication research group have presented their work at the Dutch-Flemish conference ...
Lingua Receptiva makes positive contributions to construction, health, and education sectors
[February 3, 2020] Members of the Language & Communication group conducted a study into the use of lingua receptive (in Dutch: luistertaal) in the ...
Jan ten Thije delivers inaugural lecture
[January 31, 2020] On January 31, 2020, Prof. Jan D. ten Thije (Languages, Literature and Communication) gave his inaugural lecture as faculty ...
Jos van Berkum delivers public lecture on Language and Emotion
[November 19, 2019] Jos van Berkum delivered a public lecture about his research at Rozet, the new cultural center in Arnhem. Addressing about 100 ...
Tessa van Charldorp delivers keynote ‘Polar bears, tigers and empathy’ during meeting of the Dutch Health Literacy Alliance
[November 7, 2019] On November 7th, Tessa van Charldorp talked about how interdisciplinary research and teaching can lead to innovative new ways of ...
Language & Communication group members help improve government communication
[October 28, 2019] Ted Sanders is part of the steering committee of the Dutch-Flemish Netwerk Begrijpelijke Overheid (NBO) which aims to tackle unclear ...
Rena Zendedel to speak at symposium on Intercultural Communication and Migrant Inclusion
[October 28, 2019] Dr. Rena Zendedel will speak about her research at a symposium at the Radboud University on December 12, 2019. If you are interested, ...
Haidee Kotze appointed as Professor and Chair of Translation Studies
[24 October 2019] From 1 November 2019 Haidee Kotze will take up the role of Professor and Chair of Translation Studies in the Department of ...
Anita Eerland delivers keynote about Open Science at University of Groningen
[October 22, 2019] How can an Open Science Community facilitate open science practices? Dr. Anita Eerland, one of the members of the Language & ...
Hans Hoeken discusses the new organ donation campaign in Radio 1 news [Dutch]
[October 22, 2019] In the early morning of Tuesday October 22, Professor Hans Hoeken (one of the members of the Language and Communication group) was ...