Daniël Lakens studies how scientists conduct research, with the aim of increasing the reliability and efficiency of social science research.
He played an important role in investigating the global ‘replication crisis’ in psychology, and thanks to his empirical and theoretical analyses, scientific awareness of ‘publication bias’ and ‘p-hacking’ has grown considerably in recent years.
Over the past decade, Lakens has become one of the leading scientists in meta-science in the Netherlands and abroad.