dr. Robbie van Aert

Bio

I am an assistant professor at the department of Methodology and Statistics and member of the Meta-Research Center. I am also a BITSS Catalyst advocating research transparency.

My research focuses on developing statistical methods for conducting meta-analyses. Many methods that I worked on are methods to correct for publication bias in a meta-analysis. I also worked on meta-analysis methods to combine a published original study and replication. Moreover, I regularly participate in large-scale collaborative projects like the Reproducibility Project: Psychology and Many Labs 2. Other interests of mine are R programming and sports analytics.

I received a NWO Veni grant in 2022 for the research project: "Empowering meta-analysis by taking advantage of preregistered and replication studies".

Please see my personal website for more information: http://www.robbievanaert.com/

Expertise

My expertise is on meta-analysis methods.

Courses

• Research Master: Colloquia and Seminars in Methodology and Statistics
• Public Administration Research 3: Quantitative Research
• Research Master: Meta Analysis
• Experimental Research Methods
• Experimental Research Methods
• Research Master: Experimental Research and Meta Analysis

Recent publications

1. Cognitive outcomes after multimodal treatment in adult glioma patient…

   De Roeck, L., Gillebert, R. C., van Aert, R. C. M., Vanmeenen, A., Klein, M., Taphoorn, M. J. B., Gehring, K., Lambrecht, M., & Sleurs, C. (2023). Cognitive outcomes after multimodal treatment in adult glioma patients: A meta-analysis. Neuro-Oncology.

2. A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well…

   Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., Allen, P. J., Altay, S., Alzahawi, S., Amir, Y., Anthony, F-V., Appiah, O. K., Atkinson, Q. D., Baimel, A., Balkaya-Ince, M., Balsamo, M., Banker, S., Bartos, F., Becerra, M., Beffara, B., ... Wagenmakers, E-J. (Accepted/In press). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior.

3. Deciding what to replicate - A decision model for replication study s…

   Isager, P. M., van Aert, R. C. M., Bahnik, S., Brandt, M. J., DeSoto, K. A., Giner-Sorolla, R., Krueger, J., Perugini, M., Ropovik, I., van 't Veer, A. E., Vranka, M., & Lakens, D. (2023). Deciding what to replicate: A decision model for replication study selection under resource and knowledge constraints. Psychological Methods.

4. The end justifies all means - Questionable conversion of different ef…

   van Assen, M. A. L. M., Stoevenbelt, A. H., & van Aert, R. C. M. (2023). The end justifies all means: Questionable conversion of different effect sizes to a common effect size measure. Religion, Brain & Behavior.

5. The meta-plot - A graphical tool for interpreting the results of a me…

   Assen, M. A. L. M. V., Akker, O. V. D., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Bakker, M., Nuijten, M. B., Olsson-Collentine, A., Stoevenbelt, A. H., Wicherts, J. M., & Aert, R. C. M. V. (2022). The meta-plot: A graphical tool for interpreting the results of a meta-analysis. PsyArXiv Preprints.