Registration and abstract submissions are open! VNOP-CAS Research Days 2026

The VNOP-CAS Research Days are a great opportunity for researchers in developmental psychology and pedagogics to present their work. You can register for the days until November 2nd. Are you a Research Master student, PhD or postdoc? We invite you to submit your abstract for a paper presentation, symposium or poster presentation. You can submit your work until October 26th The Research Days will take place on November 19 and 20 in Nijmegen. Thursday, 19 November An entire afternoon and evening reserved for PhDs and postdocs. Join an interesting workshop and meet other early career researchers. This day is dedicated to your development as a researcher.  Friday,

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Keynote VNOP-CAS Research Days 2026

Keynote Speaker Dr. Margot Peeters: Making Research Work: Implementing Evidence-Informed Practices in Youth Development Settings On average, it takes 17 years for a scientific finding to find its way into practice. This takes far too long, especially when it comes to youth development—an area where trends and societal influences change rapidly. How can we accelerate this process, and how can we ensure that our research has a faster impact in practice? Associate professor Margot Peeters will reflect on these questions and evaluate implementation frameworks and practical applications that could facilitate this acceleration.  Registration will open in September. Stay tuned for

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Save the date VNOP-CAS Research Days 2026

We are happy to announce that the boards of VNOP and CAS will organize the joint Research Days in Nijmegen again in 2026! Get your calendar out and write down the following dates: November 19: Workshops and social activity for PhDs & PostdocsNovember 20: Conference for all researchers (RM students and staff members are very welcome to join!) More information on call for abstracts, registration, workshops and prices will follow soon.

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Save the date VNOP-CAS Research Days 2025!

We are happy to announce that the boards of VNOP and CAS will organize the joint Research Days again in 2025! Get your calendar out and write down the following dates: November 20: Workshops and social activity for PhDs & PostdocsNovember 21: Conference for all researchers (RM students and staff members are very welcome to join!)  More information on call for abstracts, registration, workshops and prices will follow soon.

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VNOP-CAS Research Days 2024 – Thank you!

On the 28 and 29 of November, the VNOP-CAS Research Days took place in Utrecht again. During this tenth edition (!), 138 researchers attended this year’s Research Days. Thank you to all for attending and for your participation! On Thursday, PhDs and post docs attended one of the three workshops and developed their skills as young researchers. How can we share our research with a larger audience? How can we benefit from using Artificial Intelligence in our research? And how can we conduct a single case experiment? After learning the answers to these questions, we got to know each other

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Final call for submissions for the Research Days!

Don’t forget to register and/or submit for the VNOP-CAS Research Days 2024! They will take place on November 28 and 29 in Utrecht. The Research Days are a great opportunity for researchers to share their work about the interesting work in the field of developmental psychology and pedagogics. The Thursday is specifically aimed at PhDs and postdocs, but the Friday is open to all researchers (RM students and staff members are very welcome to join!) You can register for the event until November 18. Are you a PhD, postdoc or RM student and do you want to tell others about your work? We

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Registration and abstract submissions are open! VNOP-CAS Research Days 2024

The VNOP-CAS Research Days are a great opportunity for researchers in developmental psychology and pedagogics to present their work. You can register for the days until November 18. Are you a Research Master student, PhD or postdoc? We invite you to submit your abstract for a paper presentation, symposium or poster presentation. You can submit your work until November 4. The Research Days will take place on November 28 and 29 in Utrecht. Thursday, 28 November An entire afternoon and evening reserved for PhDs and postdocs. Join an interesting workshop and meet other early career researchers. This day is dedicated to your development as a researcher.  Friday,

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Save the Date! VNOP-CAS Research Days 2024

We are happy to announce that the boards of VNOP and CAS will organize the joint Research Days again in 2024, which will take place in Utrecht! Get your calendar out and write down the following dates: November 28: Workshops and social activity for PhDs & PostdocsNovember 29: Conference for all researchers (RM students and staff members are very welcome to join!)  More information on call for abstracts, registration, workshops and prices will follow soon.

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VNOP-CAS Research Days 2023 were a success!

In November the VNOP-CAS Research Days took place in Utrecht again. This year we had a record number of 172 (!) registrations and we would like to thank everyone for these two amazing days! On Thursday during the workshops we learnt a great deal about grant writing, experience sampling methods, and team work and the pub quiz with pizzas in the Cambridge Bar was a great way to end the first day! On Friday we listened to an inspiring keynote and panel members shared their expertise with regard to bridging the gap between science and society. A lot of researchers

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