Pieter Drenth

Drenth, Pieter J. D.

Drenth, Pieter J. D.

Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science; Honorary President, European Association of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (All European Academies, ALLEA); Former President, Royal Netherlands’ Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam; Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Former Rector Magnificus (Vice Chancellor) of the VU University

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Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science; Honorary President, European Association of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (All European Academies, ALLEA); Former President, Royal Netherlands’ Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam; Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Former Rector Magnificus (Vice Chancellor) of the VU University

Pieter J.D. Drenth (1935) studied experimental psychology at the VU University and New York University. He is emeritus professor of psychology at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is former Rector Magnificus (Vice Chancellor) of the VU University, and former President of the Royal Netherlands’ Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was President and is Honorary President of the European Association of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (All European Academies, ALLEA). He chaired the ALLEA/ESF working group that developed and published the ‘European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity’ (2011). He is fellow of the WAAS.

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Institutional Dealing with Scientific Misconduct
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Since recent studies have shown that scientific misconduct is anything but a rare phenomenon, and given the harmful effects of such misconduct both for science itself and for the society at large, it is obvious that violations of integrity norms in scientific research should be taken seriously. The promotion of a culture of scientific integrity and the furthering of responsible research by their employees deserve a high priority within universities and research...
Bridging Political, Cultural and Religious Divides: The Role of Academies of Sciences and Humanities
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract This paper addresses the question why science in the Muslim world, after its influential position at the end of the first and the beginning of the second millennium,has declined to a marginal position at present, and what Academies of Science scan contribute to building, or rather rebuilding, bridges between science and higher education in the Muslim and the Western world. There is no doubt that the causes of such decline are manifold and in several ways dialogue...