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Amy Nivette

@nivette.bsky.social

Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Utrecht University. Studies crime things. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Btw I think green OA is good (!!), it's just not apparent to me that the growth is because it's specifically green OA...

19.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But I'm not sure many gold OA are only stored in 1 environment anymore. Pubmed and so many other repos often "repost" papers everywhere (OA or not). More policies requiring uni repos, lots of overlap among those who use repos for preprints and have institutional agreements (eg, UK, NL, etc).

19.02.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm..Why would this be the case if Google scholar offers both links? Maybe it's easier for LLMs to scrape OA repositories (and thus more suggested refs)? Also, are these comparing only OA repo vs only gold OA? I have so many measurement questions

19.02.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Answer: no!

16.02.2026 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Radar: an evaluation of a police letter campaign among prolific traffic offenders in the Netherlands This study examines the effectiveness of a police intervention aimed at reducing recidivism among prolific traffic offenders in the Netherlands. Selected offenders received a formal letter intended...

Can a procedurally just letter reduce recidivism among prolific traffic offenders?

Amina op de Weegh, @nivette.bsky.social and I just published our evaluation study of a Dutch police intervention in the new journal Evidence Base.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

16.02.2026 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?

πŸ“’WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

12.02.2026 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Esc Newsletter | Archive

New piece from us in the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social newsletter, on why Criminology is lagging behind in Open Science and steps needed from the ESC to promote #openscience. escnewsletter.org/archive/crim... With TorbjΓΈrn Skardhamar and Jakob Demant

10.02.2026 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wed-nes-day. Every time

22.01.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can access it. No science for you!

05.12.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Long paper short: to really put theories to the test, we should pay closer attention to causal assumptions and mechanisms before drawing conclusions (for vignettes and other designs). Randomisation does not solve everything!

02.12.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New paper with @isabellevdv.bsky.social in Criminology! We test causal assumptions and mechs related to PJT using placebos and open text in a vignette. We show that interpreting vignettes is not so simple - assumptions were violated and ppl gave several reasons why they compiled (eg, fear)...

02.12.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree! I would say other perspectives are also welcome! Non DLC approaches should also be relevant to DLC 😁 Let me know if you want to chat about ideas!

10.11.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Call for papers - special collection! πŸ•°οΈRethinking time in developmental criminology The concept of time is integral to developmental and life course criminology. By definition, developmental… | J... πŸ“£ Call for papers - special collection! πŸ•°οΈRethinking time in developmental criminology The concept of time is integral to developmental and life course criminology. By definition, developmental and ...

Do you think about time in criminology? ⏰ Do you think about how we can better specify temporal processes and effects in theory and research? Consider contributing to a new special collection! πŸ‘‡πŸ»πŸ‘‡πŸ»πŸ‘‡πŸ»

Feel free to send a message if you have any questions!

10.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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bart simpson is standing in front of a podium while a man in a hat walks into a room ALT: bart simpson is standing in front of a podium while a man in a hat walks into a room
07.11.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't see why it has to be one or the other. Preregs can help us evaluate studies to falsify and build stronger theory, and formalization/ strong theoretical work can help inform more severe theory testing using preregs. Again, one of many tools...

02.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels a bit like a strawman though? I don't really know anyone who thinks prereg will solve all problems. It's one tool of many we can implement

02.11.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Not saying it's perfect (definitely not haha), or that it's always necessary, and of course it can be a pain, but my view is why not use the tools we have to make things clearer when we can 😁

02.11.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hm not sure about the ends-means justification made there. There were lots of advances without ethical boards, not sure we should scrap ethics. There are now many more researchers making much more incremental advances. Prereg is just 1 tool that can help us judge the reliability of those findings

02.11.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile birds

16.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Autumn in Utrecht πŸπŸ‚πŸ₯¬ #utrechtuniversity

16.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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15.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd rather burn down all formatting guidelines and reference books

15.10.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Position in Experimental Sociology Do you want to apply innovative methods to study fundamental sociological questions?

WORK! At Utrecht University (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) We're recruiting a PhD student in experimental sociology! More info: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

10.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
European Network for Open Criminology

Hello! ENOC is on BlueSky now. We are a working group of the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social dedicated to the promotion, training, application and rewarding of open research in criminology. Check out our website for more: esc-enoc.github.io

02.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

They admittedly made really good companion books for different types of analyses!

18.09.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not so organized or neat as yours!

18.09.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Reduce the Costs and Increase the Benefits of Open Science – European Network for Open Criminology Find out how shifting incentives can make open science the norm.

New short piece on the European Network for Open Criminology site with TorbjΓΈrn Skardhamar:
Reduce the Costs and Increase the Benefits of Open Science
esc-enoc.github.io/how-to/cost-...

16.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Next year at ESC I'm going to celebrate # of pierogi eaten

09.09.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be even cooler if you could pop it in and it plays Mortal Kombat or Sim City!!

09.09.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0