A-LAB encourages interdisciplinary research by connecting researchers from the different partners, by providing methodological support (including the ELS help desk at RCH), by helping with dissemination (including the use of Open Access repositories and an Open Access book series), and by providing services by a data manager, Thomas Hoogenboom, and by a grants advisor, Marco Last. Marco informs researchers about grant types, comments on draft versions of their applications, and organizes practice interviews. He can also help you think about (preparing narrative) CVs and career planning (how to best prepare for which grant format?). Marco can be reached via E: m.c.last@vu.nl and can be found physically at the NSCR on Wednesdays.
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Helpdesk Empirical Legal Studies
Nieke Elbers and Victor van der Geest are the colleagues manning the ELS Helpdesk. If you have questions about (the use of) empirical methods, you can contact them. In 2021 seven researchers knocked on their door. Four of them had a personal consultation, and three were helped by e-mail to answer questions about software and literature. The VU-Canvaspage that Nieke and Victor manage contains up-to-date information on ELS literature, courses, and meetings, among other things.