Having been appointed professor and chair of experimental psychology and
professor of traffic science in 1971, I served the University of
Groningen for 22 years. Then, In 1992 I was appointed director of the
newly established Netherlands Institute for the Study of Criminality
and Law Enforcement (NSCR) and, concurrently, I became research professor of criminality and
law enforcement at Leiden University. The following links give
access to the inaugural lectures pronounced in celebration of these
appointments.
The presidential address that I delivered in 1986 as President of
the International Society for the Study of Time constitutes an other
special occasion, especially in the light of the fact that the ISST has long been
my favourite scholarly society.
Criminaliteit en rechtshandhaving: Kritiek van de begrensde rede (1994)
[PDF 91kB]
[Criminality and
law enforcement: Critique of bounded reason].
Oratie Universiteit Leiden, uitgesproken op 15 april 1994 bij de
aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar in de
criminaliteit en rechtshandhaving.
Timing your mind and minding your time (1986)
[PDF 420 kB]
Presidential Address at the Sixth Conference of the
International Society for the Study of Time, July 1986,
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devonshire, UK. A discussion of the
two main psychological perspectives on the hmuan experience
of time: 'mental chronometry' and what is known as the 'time
sense'.
Psychonomie onderweg (1971) [PDF
113kB]
[Psychonomics underway]. Oratie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
uitgesproken op 2 november 1971 bij de aanvaarding van het ambt
van buitengewoon hoogleraar in de psychologische functieleer en
het ambt van bijzonder hoogleraar in de verkeerskunde.