The University of Twente's BMS Lab has opened a new location in the Kop van Langezijds. The move from Cubicus was necessary because of the planned renovation of that building. The new location offers researchers and students a modern and well-equipped environment for experiments and education.
On Thursday, the opening of the new location was celebrated with workshops, tours and a networking reception. UT employees and students had the opportunity during this afternoon to learn about the lab's facilities and latest research projects.
New developments
The BMS Lab is a technical research facility that supports innovative, data-driven and experimental social science research. Among other things, the new location houses a new driving simulator center and the social robot Furhat.
In addition, the BMS Lab announced the Twente Panel during the opening. The Twente Panel is a pool of potential participants for research studies. It is part of Twente Intervention and Interaction Machine (TIIM) research app, created by the BMS Lab. Researchers, teachers and students at the University of Twente can use this app to create interventions, longitudinal studies, ESM studies and questionnaires. You can then distribute these to participants. The Twente Panel allows participants to participate in multiple studies in TIIM. This also involves cooperation with the Twente initiative MEEDOEN for the recruitment of new participants in studies
Stress in action
One of the leading studies in collaboration with the BMS Lab is Stress in Action, a nationwide research program on stress in everyday life. This project is supported by a Gravitation Grant from NWO. It uses innovative measurement and analysis techniques (including Virtual Reality) to map emotional, cognitive and biological responses to stress.
Learn more
“The BMS Lab is the University of Twente's social science innovation lab, and thus truly the place where technology and social issues meet,” says Jan-Willem van 't Klooster, scientific manager of the lab. “The BMS Lab facilitates and enhances the collaboration of more than 400 people in more than 300 projects per year. We do this by providing 18 high-end lab facilities, a plethora of innovative equipment to conduct research and a mobile laboratory. This makes it a leading facility for BMS and UT” adds operations manager Benno Pals.
Visit the BMS Lab website for more information about its facilities and capabilities.
