Open Science Blog

This month's article presents an analysis of the Buddha Mummy Statue case by UG author Zhen Chen, in which Chinese village committees sued a Dutch collector for the return of a stolen golden statue that contains a mummified Buddha. This brought up the question: is a mummy a person or a property, or in fact neither? 

This month's publication is dedicated to the phenomenon of speech prosody, which is the variation in how we use our voices when we speak. Special about this article is that it was published in Frontiers for Young Minds, which is a journal tailored to a young audience. 

The authors of this month's article in the spotlight argue that soil degradation should be considered the 10th Earth system process in the so-called planetary boundaries framework. It was written by Clarisse Kraamwinkel, Anne Beaulieu (both from Campus Fryslân), Teresa Dias (Universidade de Lisboa) and Ruth Howison (Faculty of Science and Engineering).

This month's publication addresses the intensification of state control over the digital domain in Russia, and what types of online activism are tolerated or even endorsed and why. It was written by Rashid Gabdulhakov, who works at the Faculty of Arts. 

This month's article in the spotlight presents a study on how acceptance and rejection by parents and peers play an important role in pre-adolescents’ educational outcomes. It was written by various authors from the Sociology department at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

This months' publication in the spotlight presents an open-source toolkit named Q-Force, which is applicable for atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. All co-authors work at the UG's Faculty of Science and Engineering.

This month's publication is dedicated to an analysis of the phenomenon of belief polarisation, which occurs when the same evidence causes a divergence of opinion between two individuals. It was co-authored by Leah Henderson, who works at the Faculty of Philosophy.

The article in the spotlight for this month is dedicated to public reactions to organizational digressions. It was written by Peer Stiegert and co-authors, who are all affiliated to the Faculty of Economics and Business. 

In this months' open access article in the spotlight, authors Eveline van Leeuwen (Wageningen University) and Viktor Venhorst (Faculty of Spatial Sciences, UG) investigate whether Dutch households prefer to move up or down the urban hierarchy during an economic crisis.

As EURO 2020 has just kicked off, we place the spotlight on the article 'How Soccer Scouts identify Talented Players,' which was written by various UG authors from the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Faculty of Medical Sciences.