Extra Academic Emporium

Academic and extra-academic courses | Scientific consultancy | Invited talks

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The Extra Academic Emporium was established in 2021 to provide novel education inside and outside academia, and to help scientists improve the quality of their research. We aim to improve people's understanding of the content they are studying or working on by making information accessible, concrete, and relating abstract knowledge to real-world situations. In our courses, critical skills are trained to achieve a deeper understanding of the material, rather than superficial knowledge

our courses

Building Theories

An interactive course on creating scientific theories and evaluating explanations.

Levels: Layperson, undergraduate, (post)graduate

Length: 1 day, 2 days, or 4 days

Style: short lectures and long tutorials

The Good, the Bad, and the Science

A course on scientific and every-day reasoning.

Levels: Layperson, undergraduate, (post)graduate

Length: 1 day, 2 days, or 4 days

Style: short lectures and long tutorials

Psychedelic Science

A course on modern research into psychedelics and its clinical applications.

Levels: Layperson, undergraduate, (post)graduate

Length: 1 day, 2 days, or 4 days

Style: Lectures and assignments

Bayesian Statistics

In introductory course on Bayesian statistics.

Levels: Layperson, undergraduate, (post)graduate

Length: 1 day, 2 days, or 4 days

Style: Lectures and assignments

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the team

Dr.dr. N.N.N. van Dongen

Noah studied at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and graduated cum laude in Art and Cultural Sciences. After a double PhD track, he received his first doctorate for his thesis Investigations into Art Appreciation and his second doctorate for Methods and Philosophy: Doing Science. As a methodologist at the Amsterdam Law School (University of Amsterdam), he provides advice and assistance on research design, methods education, and grant acquisition. researcher at the University of Amsterdam he works on the challenge of making science more objective.

Dr. J. Zijlmans

Josjan studied Biological and Cognitive Psychology and graduated cum laude from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He received his doctorate from the VU University Medical Center for his thesis Neural correlates of antisocial behavior in multi-problem young adults. He works as assistant professor at the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of VUmc where he studies the mental health of children in psychiatric care. In addition, he works on furthering the understanding of psychedelic experiences and their uses.

Building Theories

“I really like this idea of creating your own theory and working with others to make it work. It was a very creative and unique course in my experience."

GBS