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Embodiment in VR

Posted on February 21st, 2019 by Marco Otte

As of Monday February 25th, Associate Prof. Jesse Fox (Ohio State University, see here or here) will start a 6-month sabbatical stay at the VU Department of Communication Science (Faculty of Social Sciences) to collaborate together with Tilo Hartmann – … Continue reading →

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Weston Brain Institute grant project starts in collaboration with the Tech Labs

Posted on February 14th, 2019 by Marco Otte

Professor Charlotte Teunissen and her team at the NeuroChemistry group at the VUmc, received a grant from the Weston Brain Institute to further develop a biomarker helping in the detection of a large number of neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Proceedings of the NIAA program 2017-2018 published under Open Access

Posted on January 23rd, 2019 by Marco Otte

We are pleased to announce that the results of last year’s Network Institute Academy Assistant program are now available online. The proceedings consist of research reports of the individual projects which were collected in these proceedings after having undergone a … Continue reading →

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For over ten years, the Network Institute has been studying the digital society, in an interdisciplinary approach. The institute brings together a unique combination of scientists from informatics, social sciences and humanities.
Network Institute: The hub for interdisciplinary research on the digital society