Daniël Lakens
Department / Institute
RESEARCH PROFILE
Daniel Lakens is an Associate Professor in 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 also focuses on how to design and interpret studies, applied (meta)-statistics, and reward structures in science. A large part of his work deals with developing methods for critically reviewing and optimally structuring studies.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Daniel has a background in experimental psychologist and received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2010. Daniel’s research is funded by an NWO VIDI grant for a project that aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of psychological science. He has also convinced NWO to start a pilot project with grants dedicated to replication research.
He teaches an online MOOC on ‘Improving Your Statistical Inferences’, and won a TU/e Teacher of the Year award in 2014. He has given over 40 workshops on open science and improving research practices, co-edited a special issue consisting of pre-registered replication studies with Brian Nosek.
Recent Publications
-
Andrea Kis,Elena M. Tur,Krist Vaesen,Wybo Houkes,Daniël Lakens
Academic Research Values: Conceptualization and Initial Steps of Measure Development
(2023) -
Duygu Uygun Tunç,Mehmet Necip Tunç,Daniël Lakens
The epistemic and pragmatic function of dichotomous claims based on statistical hypothesis tests
Theory & Psychology (2023) -
Peder Mortvedt Isager,Robbie C.M. van Aert,Štepán Bahník,Mark J. Brandt,K. Andrew DeSoto,Roger Giner-Sorolla,Joachim I. Krueger,Marco Perugini,Ivan Ropovik,Anna E. van ‘t Veer
Deciding What to Replicate
Psychological Methods (2023) -
Maximilian A. Primbs,Charlotte R. Pennington,Daniël Lakens,Miguel Alejandro A. Silan,Dwayne S.N. Lieck,Patrick S. Forscher,Erin M. Buchanan,Samuel J. Westwood
Are Small Effects the Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science? A Reply to Götz et al. (2022)
Perspectives on Psychological Science (2023) -
Farid Anvari,Rogier A. Kievit,Daniël Lakens,Charlotte R. Pennington,Andrew K. Przybylski,Leo Tiokhin,Brenton M. Wiernik,Amy Orben
Not All Effects Are Indispensable
Perspectives on Psychological Science (2023)
Ancillary Activities
No ancillary activities