About research

The themes of the faculty’s research encompass all the behavioural and social sciences: It ranges from research into the functioning of the human brain on micro level to the analysis of large-scale processes in society.

Research of the faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences is embedded in three Research Institutes:

• The Heymans Institute for Psychological Research

• The Nieuwenhuis Institute for Educational Research

• The Groningen Centre for Social Science Research

In collaboration with other faculties, research is carried out on

• Artificial Intelligence

• Movement Sciences

• Sustainable Society