Degrees of Freedom

The Degrees of Freedom podcast aims to empower learners and teachers in Higher Education in their goals. We host conversations between teachers and students on pedagogical, practical, cultural, and inspirational topics with the goals of strengthening the community and its members. -+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+- The podcast is produced at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Science of the University of Groningen, in The Netherlands, by Tassos Sarampalis and Marcello Seri.

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Degrees of Freedom

Episodes (34)

Apr 30th S4E05 - Embodying science values
Mar 19th S4E04 - Tales from EuroSoTL Conference 2025 - Building Bridges in Higher Education with Irma Meijerman
Mar 18th S4E03 - Tales from EuroSoTL Conference 2025 - An interview with Helga Dorner

Degrees of Freedom

Apr 30, 2026
1 hour
65 MB

In this episode, we explore a provocative question raised in Tassos’s Research Methods course: Can scientists truly live up to the ideals of "disinterestedness" and "communalism" in an academic world dominated by competition and the "credit cycle"? We are joined by Stefanos Zelkas Sapountzis, whose inquiry instigated this discussion, Ivar Hjortfors Lozanovic, master student of Philosophy and Psychology, and we welcome back Maarten Derksen, historian and philosopher from the Psychology department. Together, we deconstruct Merton’s Norms, describing the traditional ethical pillars of science, and contrast them with the pragmatic pressures of publishing, funding, and reputation. We t...

Degrees of Freedom

S4E05 - Embodying science values

Degrees of Freedom

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