Our group is open for Chinese students to apply for a CSC scholarship to pursue a PhD on social tipping dynamics, especially in the context of climate action. Candidates with a background in (computational) climate and/or social science are especially encouraged to apply. Projects can be related to o.a. social norm dynamics, climate action andContinue reading “Opening for CSC scholarship application”
Category Archives: Research
Vidi grant on social tipping points awarded
Anne has been awarded a grant from NWO to study perceptions of social tipping points over the next 5 years. See below for a project description, and keep an eye out for vacancies (will be announced here and on our lab wiki)!
Research assistant opportunity
The CoCoSys Lab at Leiden University is looking for a research assistant to help get new experimental projects on social tipping points and collective climate action off the ground. Note: we are moving on to the interview stage, and are no longer accepting further applications. Keep an eye on the lab website for future opportunities.
Anne starts as chair of Young Academy Leiden
This academic year, Anne will serve as the chair of the Young Academy Leiden, joined in the leadership team by Eduard Schmidt as vice-chair and Marlieke Muilwijk as project manager.
Does the ageing brain become ‘noisier’?
By Fenying Zang Older people often respond less consistently when making decisions. But does a similar behavioural pattern occur in other species, and what happens to the activity of individual neurons as the brain ages? Researchers at Leiden University, working with collaborators from the International Brain Laboratory (IBL) and University of California, Los Angeles, analysedContinue reading “Does the ageing brain become ‘noisier’?”
Connecting Neural Data and Computational Models at CCNSS 2026
By Fenying Zang When I arrived at the Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in Suzhou, I felt both excited and curious. My PhD project has largely focused on analysing neural recordings and examining how neural activity varies across trials. While this empirical perspective has allowed me to identify patterns in data, I had becomeContinue reading “Connecting Neural Data and Computational Models at CCNSS 2026”
Explainer video on the neuroscience of decision-making
Anne explains the neuroscience of decision-making. In Dutch.
Anne receives Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences
Anne Urai (1988), assistant professor of cognitive neuroscience at Leiden University, receives theHeineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences 2026. In her laboratory, she investigates through controlled experiments how the brain processes information and how decisions are made. The jury is impressed by the originality and impact of her work and expects that she willContinue reading “Anne receives Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social Sciences”
SBDM in Paris
Several lab members attended the Society for the Biology of Decision-Making meeting in Paris (https://sbdm2026.sciencesconf.org/). We kicked off with a satellite event, co-organised with the Palminteri lab, focusing on the intersection of cognitive science and sustainability: https://magdalenasabat.github.io/pre-sbdm. During the main meeting, Isabelle presented her DisRNN work, Robin his work on confidence fluctuations (preprint), and AnneContinue reading “SBDM in Paris”
Climate psychology – creative student projects
For the 2026 course Psychology of the Climate Crisis, students worked on creative projects to communicate insights they learned to a broader public. Enjoy!
