LIACS Thesis Repository
These webpages contain theses and reports by students affiliated with the various bachelor and master programmes offered at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
(LIACS),
the computer science and artificial intelligence department of Leiden University.
The following thesis was written by a student who graduated in 2025-2026 from the Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence programme at Leiden University.
Thesis details
| Title | The Impact of Stated Reasoning Monitoring on Sycophantic Response Tendencies in LLMs |
| Student | Ruesink, V. (Victor) |
| Programme | Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
| Year | 2025-2026 |
| Supervisors | dr. T. Kouwenhoven (first supervisor) L.C. Froma (second supervisor) |
| Thesis | Open Thesis PDF |
Citation details
Ruesink, V. (Victor), The Impact of Stated Reasoning Monitoring on Sycophantic Response Tendencies in LLMs, Thesis Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, LIACS, Leiden University, 2026.