March 2020
Podcast on Open Science Radio about Open Science Mentorship and building and maintaining Open Science Communities. Based on a session I organized with Loek Brinkman (Open Science Communites Leiden & Utrecht) at the Open Science Barcamp Berlin, March 10, 2020. Currently the podcast is being edited; to be published soon.
September 2019
Volkskrant, “Bij elk bericht op je telefoon een shotje dopamine in het brein? ‘Dit effect is nog nooit onderzocht’”. Provided my expertise about the functioning of brain in a myth-debunking piece about the role of dopamine in reward.
December 2018
BNR Nieuwsradio. “Microdosering”. An interview about our recent results on the influence of microdosing psychedelics on creativity measurements.
September 2018
Volkskrant, “Eerste, voorzichtige bewijs dat kleine beetjes psychedelische drugs de mens écht creatiever maken” (First, careful indication that small dosages of psychedelic drugs really make individuals more creative).
March 2018
BNR Nieuwsradio, De Nieuwe Wereld. “Wat als je collega’s je concurrenten zijn” (“What if your colleagues are your competition”). An interview about statistics, psychological methodology, good scientific practice and communication between scientists. This interview resulted from the methodological paper “Justify your Alpha” (Lakens et al., 2018 Nature Human Behavior) which we wrote with a large group of scientists using Google Docs.
April 22, 2017
Het Parool “Blijven uitleggen hoe wetenschap werkt, wat onze motivatie is” (“Keep on explaining hoe science works, what our motivation is”). Interview on the role of science in society and the March for Science which took place globally in April 2017, and of which I organized a sistermarch in The Netherlands.
April 21, 2017
Een Vandaag “March for Science: wetenschap onder vuur” (“March for Science: science under attack”).
April 21, 2017
NRC Handelsblad “March for Science: meer feesten dan marcheren” (“March for Science: more party than marching”).
April 21, 2017
De Kennis Van Nu “Dit kan je morgen bij de March for Science verwachten” (“This is what you can expect at the March for Science tomorrow”).
April 5, 2017
Leidsch Dagblad “Wetenschap laat zich niet meer ondermijnen” (“Science won’t be undermined any longer”).
March 28, 2017
Universiteit Leiden Website “Nederland staat op voor wetenschap” (“The Netherlands stand up for science”).
Feb 16, 2017
Mare (Leiden Universiteit) “Niet Alleen een Mening” (“Not just an opinion”).
Feb 14, 2017
Volkskrant “Steeds meer wetenschappers verzetten zich tegen beleid van Trump” (“An increasing amount of scientists resist against the policies of Trump”).
Feb 11, 2017
De Kennis Van Nu “Ook Nederland houdt een March for Science” (“Also The Netherlands will March for Science”).
March 2014
AdValvas “Veelbelovende wetenschapper Zsuzsika Sjoerds krijgt Rubiconbeurs” (“Promising scientist receives Rubicon Fellowship”).
Zsuzsika Sjoerds, PhD 