BARBARA BRAAMS
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COMMUNICATING SCIENCE

​I am highly motivated to disseminate my work to the general public. I regularly participate in outreach event such as public lectures, give interviews in newspapers and on television, and I am the author of a popular science book ‘Het Riskante Brein’. I am the developer and organizer of a science theater show for children, the Hoe?Zo! Show. A selection of media appearances can be found on this page. ​


​Newspaper & Magazine articles
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2022 Interview - Rijnmond 
2022 Eureka - New Scientist 
2022 Interview Hoe?Zo! Show Ad Valvas 
2021 Interview Hoe?Zo! Show Trouw
2021 Interview De Stentor
2021 Interview Didactief Special Financiële Geletterdheid
2020 Interview Algemeen Dagblad
2020 Interview NRC
2020 Interview 'De Psycholoog'
2018 Opinion piece 'De Volkskrant'
2017 Interview RTL Nieuws
2017 Interview NRC
2017 Interview Algemeen Dagblad
2017 Interview Psychologie Magazine
2017 Interview De Morgen
2017 Interview Het Nieuwsblad
2014 Interview Leidsch Dagblad
2014 Interview J/M Ouders
2014 Interview Psychology Magazine
2014 Interview Didactief
2013 Research press coverage in Sp!ts newspaper
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Books
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2022 Contributor 'PromovendAtotZ', Uitgeverij Fontaine

​2017 Author ‘
Het Riskante Brein’, Uitgeverij Unieboek | Het Spectrum - Press coverage in NRC, Algemeen Dagblad, De Morgen, Het Nieuwsblad, Trouw, Psychologie Magazine & BNR radio 

​2017 Co-author ‘
Hoe zwaar is licht’, Uitgeverij Balans

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Television, Radio & Online

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Television
2022 Interview RTL Nieuws
2021 Interview NH Nieuws
2017 Contestant ‘
Nationale Wetenschapsquiz’
2016 Interview Channel One News 'Inside Your Brain' series
2015 Invited guest at ‘De Dokter Corrie Show’
2013 Interview Jeugdjournaal
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Radio
2017    Interview BNR
2015    Interview Kennis van Nu
2015    Interview FunX radio
2013    Interview Radio 1
2011    Interview Radio Rijnwoude​

Online 
2021              Interview Studio Wetenschap 
2021              Podcast Nibud Geldpraat - https://spoti.fi/3dsYi75​ 
2019              Contributor NOS Stories ‘Minors & Online Gambling’ 
2016              Interview www.kennislink.nl 
2015              Interview 7days - online newspaper for adolescents 
2014-2016    Author Faces of Science Blog
2014-2015    Author for the Leiden University Psychology Blog

Outreach events

2021 - 2022 Organizer Hoe?Zo! Show
Series of 18 shows across The Netherlands. The show reached a total of 3000 primary school children. A short promo video of the show can be found on YouTube. 

2019 Developer and organizer Hoe?Zo! Show

The Hoe?Zo! Show is a show to increase enthusiasm for science in children. In this show children ask questions, which are answered by a team of 4 PhD students. 

2016 Co-organizer 'Braintime-festival'
The Braintime festival was an outreach event for all participants in my PhD project. A total of 500 participants and their parents visited museum 'Corpus' in Leiden for a day filled with workshops and science. 

​2015 Co-organizer ‘3 October University’
A public event with lectures and interactive sessions in which the public could interact with scientists and participate in research
2 minute video of the Hoe?Zo! Show with English subtitles

Policy & Consultancy

Policy on adolescent financial literacy and debt
2021    Interview newsletter Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR) - 
2019    Interview ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’ (‘Preventing Adolescent Debt’) - Diversion
2019    Invited presentation at the official book launch of ‘Het Grote Schuldenpreventieboek’
2019    Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Roosendaal
2019    Presentation for local government officials and youth workers at Gemeente Groningen
2019    Presentation for youth workers at the yearly symposium organised by Humanitas
2019    Presentation symposium Financial Literary for Adolescents - Stichting Leerplan Ontwikkeling
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Consultancy
2020 Sounding board - project 'Renting without Worries' (Huren Zonder Zorgen) 
2015 Consultant BBC documentary ‘
Child of Our Time’
2015 Consultant Trimbos Institute, short animation to inform parents and adolescents about drugs
2015 Consultant driving safety for adolescents, Regionaal Orgaan Verkeersveiligheid, Gelderland

Public lectures 

2019 Lecture Jeugdsymposium Bergen op Zoom
2019 Lecture ‘Why do adolescents take more risks than adults?’, Expeditie Next, Rotterdam
2016 Lecture 'Why do children learn faster than adults', SPUI25, Amsterdam
2015 Lecture Public Library Amsterdam
2014 Lecture 'Broodje Kennis', Amsterdam
2013 Lecture Youth Center South Park, Leiden
2012 Presenter at Bessensap, NWO, presentation for journalists on adolescent risky driving

Primary School & High School 

Primary School & High School Lectures
2019 Lecture for parents, Het Vierde Gymnasium, Amsterdam
2015 Lecture for high school students, Picasso Lyceum, Zoetermeer
2014 Workshop leader 'Science Communication', Pre-University College, Leiden University
2013 Lecture Children's University, Haarlem
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​2012 Guest teacher primary school
2012 Guest teacher biology high school
2011 Lecture for parents at a primary school
2011 Invited guest teacher at a primary school for a lecture about the brain
2011 Supervisor thesis high-school students, thesis was awarded a 9,5 out of 10
2011 Group leader Young Academy on Wheels, Royal Academy of Sciences

Primary school programs
2021 Developer of a series of four lessons on science
The lessons are aimed at 10-year old children. The lessons are on how to ask a good question, how to find and judge information, how to do an experiment and how to present information. The lessons, instructions for teachers and accompanying materials are freely available for all primary school teachers via this link. In 2022 the lessons were given to 3000 primary school children across The Netherlands. 

High school programs
2019 Developer of a guest lecture for high school students
This guest lecture was given to a total of 27 high school classes between 2019 - 2022. We reached a total of ~700 high school students. 
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Children's University - Haarlem 

Performance & Art

2022 Gala of Science and Society, Leiden, The Netherlands
2016 Volunteer ‘
It’s only human’, Cambridge, MA, USA
2016 Contributor ‘Illusions’ exhibit, Museon, Science Museum, The Hague
2015 Contestant ‘Science Battle’
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Gala van Wetenschap en Samenleving 2022 
​www.newscientist.nl/blogs/gala-van-wetenschap-en-samenleving-2022/