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Jan Albert van Laar is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen. He serves as Vice Dean of the Faculty and holds roles such as Editorial Board Member for Argumentation, Argument & Computation, and Topoi. His research focuses on multimodal argumentation, fallacies, deliberative negotiation, and argumentation software. He leads projects funded by the Dutch Science Foundation, including work on dialogue-theoretical approaches and apps for deliberative negotiation.
Research Interests:
- Philosophy of argument
- Multimodal argumentation
- Public discourse norms
- Deliberative methods in education
Recent Work Trends: His 2024 publications emphasize norms in public argumentation, multimodal dialogue structures, and applications of argumentation theory in pandemic discourse. He co-edited special issues on pragma-dialectics and public argumentation ethics.
Professional Activities: Treasurer of the Foundation for Empirical Logic and Analytical Philosophy and Steering Committee member of the European Conference on Argumentation. Teaches courses like 'Argumentation and Political Deliberation' at the Honours College.
