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

Meta-analysis; Meta-research; Statistics

Courses

• RM: Experimental Research & Meta Anal.
• RM: Meta Analysis
• Experimental Research Methods
• Experimental Research Methods (Dutch Pr)

Recent publications

1. Affective responses to acute exercise - A meta-analysis of the potent…

   Weinstein, A. A., van Aert, R. C. M., Donovan, K., Muskens, L., & Kop, W. J. (Accepted/In press). Affective responses to acute exercise: A meta-analysis of the potential beneficial effects of a single bout of exercise on general mood, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine.

2. 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, 25(8), 1395-1414.

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, 28(2), 438-451.

4. Research into evidence-based psychological interventions needs a stro…

   Niemeyer, H., Knaevelsrud, C., van Aert, R. C. M., & Ehring, T. (2023). Research into evidence-based psychological interventions needs a stronger focus on replicability. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 5(3), Article e9997.

5. Meta-analyzing the multiverse - A peek under the hood of selective re…

   Olsson-Collentine, A., van Aert, R. C. M., Bakker, M., & Wicherts, J. (2023). Meta-analyzing the multiverse: A peek under the hood of selective reporting. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication.