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Guided tour of Fort Hoofddijk, exclusively for Friends of the Botanic Gardens.

Sophie Harleman defends her dissertation on the use of cyber investigation powers by intelligence and security services.

PhD dissertation of Logambal Madhuanand (Faculty of Geosciences / Department of Physical Geography)

Join the Urban Futures Studio on November 3rd for an engaging Friends of the Future seminar with Hazem Abuorf, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Palestine and Research Fellow at NIAS.

This mini-symposium aims to gain a deeper understanding of the possibilities of online reading communities for continuing reading education.

On 5 November 2025 the (online) Bachelor's Open Day of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will take place.

In a pop-up lecture, Professor Charles van Marrewijk of U.S.E. will reflect on the academic work of the 2025 Nobel laureates.

‘What should secondary school pupils know about your climate change research?’

On 6 November 2025 Marlies Honingh will accept her chair as endowed professor in Enacted Democracy at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

PhD dissertation of Swantje Gebhardt (Faculty of Geosciences / Department of Sustainable Development)

Wendy Yan defends her dissertation, about how judges send off signals about legislative bottlenecks and what legislators do with these signals.

Hans Versnel will defend his PhD thesis 'Stadsverbeteraars in Indië en Indonesië' ('City improvers in the Ducth Indies and Indonesia').

On 11 November, 11:00–12:00 JB Ruhl (Vanderbilt ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) will explore how Earth is reclaiming dominance over human systems.

Find out more about how GIs function across diverse contexts through transdisciplinary dialogue and contributions from smallholder farmers!

A Friday Earth Sciences Talk by Dr Vincent van Hinsberg

The SIM Peter Baehr lecture of 2025 will be given by Jolien Schukking, judge at the European Court of Human rights.

During this session everyone can share their ongoing project with other SIG-members and we can have a fruitful discussion about current research within our SIG.

Speakers: Sonja Bekker (Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) and Mikkel Mailand (FAOS (Employment Relations Research Centre) ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Copenhagen).

Strategies for a changing world with Bart Hollants (NATO), Jessica Dorsey (university lecturer) and moderator Daan Sanders (PhD researcher in defence policy and deterrence during the Cold War)

On 21 November 2025, the first of two Bachelor's Open Days at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will take place.

On 22 November 2025, the second of two Bachelor's Open Days at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will take place.

The Cost of Growth documentary connects local struggles against extractivism in Serbia, Italy and Sapmi with broader debates on justice, democracy, and war.

PhD dissertation of Lotte-Marie Brouwer (Faculty of Geosciences / Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning)

Alumni of our Bachelor & Master programmes are cordially invited to join us for a catch-up gathering.

PhD dissertation of Eric Top (Faculty of Geosciences / Department Human Geography and Spatial Planning)