CDH lecture by Prof. dr. Pasi Ihalainen on studying the history of parliamentary democracy On 7 February 2025, Pasi Ihalainen (Professor of Comparative European History at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland), discussed merging conceptual and digital history to study the transnational evolution of parliamentary democracy. This guest lecture was hosted by the Centre for Digital Humanities at Utrecht University. Abstract Building on our previous research on the history of democracy […] Read more
ILS Labs The Institute for Language Sciences (ILS) Labs provide a variety of resources for experimental linguistic research, for instance: […] Read more
NVivo video tutorial In this video series, Julia Straatman (Data School) provides a beginner-friendly tutorial of NVivo: a software program designed to help analyze qualitative data. Installation instructions for NVivo are provided by Utrecht University in English and in Dutch. If you run into any trouble while using NVivo, manuals for NVivo 14 are available for Windows and […] Read more
Book ‘Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society’ recommended by DUB The book Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society: Methods and Practices for Investigation and Intervention (2024, Amsterdam University Press) has been recommended by DUB (the independent news site of Utrecht University) in their December 2024 book review. This book was edited by Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Science Lead at Data School), Karin van Es (Humanities Lead at […] Read more
New study on the effect of GenAI in teacher-student relationships Jiahui Luo (Jess) of the University of Hong Kong has published a research article titled: How does GenAI affect trust in teacher-student relationships? Insights from students’ assessment experiences. Abstract Many observed that the rise of GenAI is causing an ‘erosion of trust’ between students and teachers in higher education. Such distrust mainly stems from concerns […] Read more
