Who's Rens?
Practicing science is a field of passion. With all the external incentives and publication pressure, however, it is almost understandable that scholars move towards unethical practices such as using fraudulent questionnaires and emphasizing only the positive (i.e. significant) findings. Through my work, I urge upon an emphasis on the personal, the ethical and the honest of practicing science.
I am affiliated with a number of organisations aiming to improve science and society as whole, such as The Young Academy and the The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. Also, I regularly devote time with my PhD students to discuss the fine boundaries of responsible research practices. All these activities I initiate with the aim to inspire young people to never renounce from improving research output and resulting political decisions.
Because of my belief in change when it is needed, I am described to be an open-minded, ambitious person, using my academic specialisations to encourage academics to level up. I am specialised in the inclusion of expert opinions into Bayesian Statistical models to bring practice and theory closer together. The accuracy of concepts tested in questionnaires is also a topic he is eager to study, and provide feedback and advice on. In terms of applying statistics, I am particularly interested in posttraumatic stress originating from extraordinary situations, such as fire hazards and wars.
Besides my academic life, I enjoy outdoor climbing and survival trips with my family to counterbalance the long hours in the office. Notably, I have a particular fascination and love for the black bears I've met in Alaska.
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Marthe Egberts
Sonja D. Winter
Time till my inaugural presentation
R for Beginners
Welcome to the world of R! This tutorial aims to provide the basics of R for beginners.
Searching for Bayesian Systematic Reviews
Bayesian analyses are becoming ever more popular in many different disciplines as is indicated by the systematic reviews listed below. For a new paper I am searching for even more systematic review papers describing this increase. Will you help me??
Docu
Op 21 januari 2020 sprak ik mijn oratie uit getiteld ‘Machines vervangen Wetenschappers’. Op deze website kun je de allerlei filmpjes vinden: een samenvatting van de oratie (zelfs mijn kinderen zitten goed op te letten!), de volledige versie,