Student projects
If you are interested in doing a tutorial, research internship, BA or (r)MA thesis on one of the LANCAR research themes, please write an e-mail to group coordinator Jean Wagemans. For inspiration and information, have a look at the pages Empirical research, Practical research, and Theoretical research, which include short descriptions on past and present student projects.
LOT Lab Rotations
As a student at a Dutch university other than the UvA, you can join LANCAR for an accredited research internship by taking part in the LOT Lab Rotations program. To prepare your application for this program, please write an e-mail to group coordinator Jean Wagemans.
Courses
Members of the LANCAR group teach various research-based courses with topics varying from visual rhetoric and argumentation analysis to psycho-linguistic research methodology. For more information, please check the UvA course catalogue.
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Special announcements
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Honours module From Fact-Checking to Argument-Checking 2026-2027
Bertijn van der Steenhoven and Jean Wagemans will teach the IIS honours module ”From Fact-Checking to Argument-Checking”. For course information, please go to MORE INFO or consult the UvA Course Catalogue description.
Honours module Visual Rhetoric 2026-2027
In Semester 2, Block 5, Stef Spronck will teach the College of Humanities honours module ”Visual Rhetoric”. For more info, please consult the UvA Course Catalogue description.
EPICUR course on Argument-Checking and Critical Thinking 2025-2026
Together with their Polish colleagues Mariusz Urbanski and Maciej Ras, LANCAR members Jean Wagemans and Federico Gobbo will teach an EPICUR European University course on Argument-Checking and Critical Thinking.
LOT Winter School 2023
The LOT Winter School 2023 is organized by LOT in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam and will take place from January 9-20, 2023. LANCAR members Monique Flecken and Jean Wagemans will teach a course on the psycholinguistics of communication. The course is open to students who have previously written a paper on the topic or PhD students whose research relates to the topic.
The psycho-linguistics of communication: Processing persuasive discourse
Why do people believe crazy stuff? This course presents the building blocks for studying the psycho-linguistics of communication with a focus on how people process persuasive discourse. After a general introduction, the course focuses on two specific themes: framing and source-based persuasion. Framing draws on the idea that how a message is formulated affects its processing and persuasive effectiveness. Source-based persuasion is premised on the psychological fact that people are more inclined to believe something when the message stems from a source they deem trustworthy. Each theme is covered in two meetings: one focused on theory and the other on designing empirical research, drawing on psycholinguistic research related to the topic in the broad sense. The course is jointly taught by Monique Flecken, a psycho-linguist specializing in language-to-cognition effects, and Jean Wagemans, a philosopher specializing in argumentation and rhetoric.
You can find the registration form for the LOT Winter School 2023 here.
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