Universiteit Utrecht (UU) • Interdisciplinaire Sociale Wetenschappen

A complete summary of key challenges to the Welfare state, including all lectures, articles and seminars. I had an 8.1 for the exam

Complete summary of the lectures, articles, and seminars. I had an 7.6 for this exam.

Extensive lecture notes from Understanding Prejudice: an Interdisciplinary Perspective on Intergroup Relations (course ) at Utrecht University. focus on understanding how prejudice forms and manifests in intergroup relations.

Summary of Risk Behavior and Addiction in Adolescence () at Universiteit Utrecht, covering the foundational theories and models for understanding adolescent risk behaviors. Topics include the behavior change wheel, interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks across biological, psychological, and social levels, neurological development in adolescence, and the distinction between motivational, capability, and opportunity factors in behavior change. These notes are essential for grasping the core conc...

Lecture notes from the course Adolescent Development () at Universiteit Utrecht. It covers all the lectures (1-11).

Lecture notes from the Comparing Cultures: Theory and Research course at Universiteit Utrecht. It covers all the lectures (1-8).

Lecture notes from the course Challenges in Work, Health and Wellbeing () at Universiteit Utrecht. It covers all the lectures (1-7).

In this assignment, you will analyze a recent societal issue related to youth and sexuality by integrating academic research with current events. You will apply concepts and theories from the course and critically assess public discourse.

Four written assignments have to be completed individually. The assignments cover the material discussed in the previous lectures and the associated literature. The assignments are a good preparation for the exam.

Students will write a paper, in groups of three, relating to the topic of immigrant integration. The specific topic of the paper can be chosen by students but needs to be approved by the tutorial teacher. The goal of the paper is to answer a research question designed by students by reviewing existing empirical and theoretical literature.

Literature notes on all articles BUT 3 for the Youth and Sexuality course () at Utrecht University, covering all six weeks of the 2025/2026 academic year. Missing articles in this summary are: Cacciatore et al., 2019; Vanwesenbeeck, 2009; Buss & Schmitt, 2011. Check the first page of the summary to see to which lectures these articles belong.

ALL lecture notes for the Youth and Sexuality course () at Utrecht University.

Integrated summary of lectures and literature for Artificial Intelligence for an Open Society () at Utrecht University. Covers six lectures and their corresponding literature integrated into one summary structured by week. Lecture 6 and its corresponding literature was cancelled, and 'lecture 8' was a short lecture where the mock exam was discussed and is therefore excluded from this summary.

Complete lecture notes from the course Artificial Intelligence for an Open Society at Utrecht University, covering six lectures from April-May 2025 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7). Lecture 6 was cancelled and lecture 8 was the discussion of the mock exam.

Extensive lecture notes from the first four weeks of 'Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies' () at Utrecht University, covering the 1st exam content. Topics include key concepts like social inequality, equity, needs, social dilemmas, solidarity frameworks, policy responses, and social justice theory, with specific focus on how welfare states address social problems.

Lecture notes from Adolescent Development () at Universiteit Utrecht covering the fundamentals of adolescent development theory and research. The notes include HC1 on introduction to adolescent development, covering key concepts such as puberty, the five areas of biological change, Tanner Staging, cognitive and social development, and the self-determination theory. Comprehensive coverage of foundational theories (G. Stanley Hall, Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model) and contemporary research on...

Lecture notes from Comparing Cultures () at Utrecht University covering cross-cultural psychology theory and research methods. Topics include correlation and statistical significance, psychological universals, culture-comparative psychology vs. cultural psychology, definitions of culture, evoked vs. transmitted culture, and applications to ethnic group differences. Essential for understanding the foundational concepts and debates in cross-cultural psychology covered in the course.

Lecture notes from HC 1 of Risk Behavior and Addiction in Adolescence () at Universiteit Utrecht. Covers neurological development during adolescence, the Maturational Imbalance Model explaining peak risk-taking, psychoactive substances, and the COM-B behavior change framework. Essential for understanding why adolescents engage in risk behaviors and the brain mechanisms behind addiction, with direct application to exam preparation and assignments.

Summary of the lectures and literature.

Summary of Migrants and Integration. Articles and lectures