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Daniel Lakens is a Full Professor at the Human-Technology Interaction group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His areas of expertise include meta-science, research methods, and applied statistics. Daniel’s main lines of empirical research focus on conceptual thought, similarity, and meaning. He concentrates on designing and interpreting studies, applied (meta)-statistics, and reward structures in science. A significant aspect of his work involves developing methods and critically reviewing how to optimally structure studies. He received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2010 as an experimental psychologist and is funded by the NWO VIDI grant for a project that aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of psychological science. He is an advocate for pilot projects dedicated to replication research. He teaches an online MOOC titled ‘Improving Statistical Inferences’ and won the TU/e Teacher of the Year award in 2014. Additionally, he has conducted 40 workshops on open science to enhance research practices, and co-edited a special issue consisting of pre-registered replication studies with Brian Nosek.
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