Teaching

Here is a list of courses, at the University of Twente, I worked on or I am currently working on:

Advanced Research Methods for Conflict, Risk and Safety Psychology

In this course students get acquainted with (a) current best (and questionable) research practices in the social sciences and (b) acquire skills to use advanced research methods and technology in the domain of Conflict, Risk and Safety. These practices and skills are aimed at facilitating and informing students’ upcoming master thesis research and are relevant…

Advanced Research Methods for Psychology of Health and Technology

This course teaches Master students advanced skills in conducting and reporting research in technology-oriented clinical and health psychology. The course prepares for the MA thesis. Students gain insight in state-of-the art academic and applied research. The focus is on how to solve dilemmas in everyday research practice with a keen eye to the reliability, validity…

Advanced Research Methods for Human Factors and Engineering Psychology

The course Advanced Research Methods (ARM) teaches Master students of the specialization ‘Human Factors and Engineering Psychology’ (HFE) advanced skills in applied research methods commonly practiced in the field of Human Factors. These research practices build upon different courses and modules offered in the Bachelor and Pre-Master curriculum such as module 6, ‘Human Factors and…

Advanced Topics in Digital Marketing

The course reviews and teaches the current and emerging technology-based business aspects of Digital Marketing. The course will explain the importance, impact and pervasiveness of ICTs in today’s business environment and in particular in the Marketing domain. The main objective of the course is to educate future marketers in skills and knowledge underpinning the Digital…

User Experience for Communication Science

The primary question in this module is how we live in a world where we are surrounded by technology. In today’s world, almost everyone uses a range of technological products on a daily basis. How do people interact with these technologies? Why are some new technologies immediately taken up by large groups of people while…

Communication by Design for Communication Science

The success of (technological) interventions aimed at changing behaviour depends on the communication efforts that surround such interventions. For instance, the effect of surveillance technology on behaviour has been shown to vary depending on how surveillance is framed on information boards or warning signs. Likewise, recent research shows that encouraging desirable behaviours (e.g., taking a…

Living under Extreme Conditions for University College Twente

Semester three focusses around the project: Living under Extreme Conditions. For Science & Math you will do Lab work & Experimentation and Material Sciences. Next to that Ethics and Research Methodology & Experimentation will be given in the Social Sciences domain. The semester project that connects to this theme shows students the ins-and-outs of writing…

Research Methods and Research Project for Psychology

In the third module you will learn how to set up and carry out well-founded psychological research. You might research the reliability of Wikipedia, influencing strategies in police interrogations or the use of technology (such as gaming) in learning. Having already learned about (basic) research methods and techniques in the first year, you will now…

Peter Slijkhuis

PhD Candidate and Educational Coordinator BMS LAB at University of Twente